The Virginia Longitudinal Data System (VLDS) is designed to provide Virginia citizens, researchers, and policymakers with a single point of access to educational and workforce training data from multiple, independent sources. The following video provides a brief overview.

Funded by the 2009 Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Grant Program of the United States Department of Education, VLDS is comprised of several component technologies that support secure, authorized research addressing today's key educational and workforce training questions. VLDS is the result of a shared effort by several Virginia government agencies.