​​New Mexico’s Longitudinal Data System Project, also known as RISE-NM, will aggregate and link data from partner agencies into a single cloud data platform to evaluate education and workforce efforts in New Mexico. The project will analyze data, develop visualizations and reports, establish data governance policies and processes, respond to research requests, and provide the products of these efforts to state leaders, state education agencies (SEAs), workforce developers, practitioners, researchers, policymakers, the public, and others so they can:

• ​Obtain comprehensive and verified educational and workforce data and trends
• ​See aggregate trends in student and workforce performance
• ​Leverage data to improve student outcomes, workforce outcomes, and improve equity
• ​Perform predictive analysis
• ​Obtain assistance with state and federal reporting
• ​Make data-driven policy, programmatic, and investment decisions
• ​Make data-driven educational and career decisions​