DATA VALIDATION Data validation shall be the primary responsibility of the third-

DATA VALIDATION Data validation shall be the primary responsibility of the third- party contractor and undertaken in accordance with SLDS Governing Board rules and regulations and the terms of applicable MOUs. The business rules, logic, and calculation methodology provided by the governmental entity contributing the data shall be used for data validation. The objective of the data validation process shall be to verify that data transferred by governmental entities contributing data to LifeTracks mirrors data contributor internal data so that accurate reports can be produced across systems. The data validation process shall entail individual data contributors working closely with the third-party contractor staff as part of a process designed to detect and correct inaccurate or incomplete records so that LifeTracks data will be consistent and reliable. Data validation diagnostics run to ensure high-quality, accurate, and complete data are available for LifeTracks shall include, but not be limited to: A. Checking that all tables, records, and fields, and the full contents of each field have been successfully transmitted and read; B. Comparing record counts between the source data and the data transmitted to the third-party contractor; and C. Producing a report with basic summary statistics for validation by the data contributor.