Sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics U.S. Department of Education

1. Sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics U.S. Department of Education as a component of the National Cooperative Education Statistics System

2. Forum Purpose • To improve the • QUALITY • COMPARABILITY • UTILITY • of elementary & secondary education data

3. Forum Goals • To develop and recommend strategies forimplementing national education standards useful to education decisionmaking • To improve the collection and dissemination of education data • To address emerging issues affecting education data policy

4. Forum Members & Associates • Representatives of state and local education agencies • Offices of the U.S. Department of Education • Other Federal Agencies • Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs) • National Associations • Other Associations

5. Membership Alabama•Alaska•Arizona•Arkansas •California•Colorado•Connecticut•Delaware •District of Columbia•Florida•Georgia•Hawaii•Idaho •Illinois•Indiana•Iowa•Kansas•Kentucky•Louisiana•Maine •Maryland•Massachusetts• Michigan•Minnesota •Mississippi• Missouri• Montana• Nebraska•Nevada• New Hampshire• New Jersey•New Mexico• New York•North Carolina •North Dakota•Ohio•Oklahoma•Oregon•Pennsylvania• Puerto Rico•Rhode Island•South Carolina•South Dakota•Tennessee•Texas•Utah•Vermont•Virginia •Washington •West Virginia•Wisconsin•Wyoming SEAs & LEAs

6. Membership U.S. Department of Education • Institute of Education Sciences • National Center for Educational Evaluation & Regional Assistance • Office of Elementary and Secondary Education • Office of Vocational & Adult Education • Office of English Language Acquisition • Office of Migrant Education • Assessment Division

7. Membership Other Federal Agencies Food, Nutrition & Consumer Services Bureau of Indian Education Department of the Interior National Endowment for the Arts

8. Associates National Associations Association of School Business Officials International•Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation •Consortium for School Networking•Council of Chief State School Officers •Data Quality Campaign •National Catholic Education Association•National Conference of State Legislatures•Northwest Evaluation Association•Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council •Schools Interoperability Framework Association•State Educational Technology Directors Association •State Higher Education Executive Officers

9. Associates Regional Educational Laboratories • REL Appalachia • REL Central • REL Mid-Atlantic • REL Midwest • REL Northeast and Islands • REL Northwest • REL Pacific • REL Southeast • REL Southwest • REL West

10. Associates Other Associates • U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Education • Guam Department of Education • American Samoa Department of Education

11. Forum Standing Committees • National Education Statistics Agenda Committee • … recommends the development of comparable & effective • national elementary and secondary education data systems • Policies, Programs and Implementation • … addresses the policy implications of the Forum’s work on • national education data issues • Technology • ... addresses technology-related strategies for improving data collection and communication within states, between states, • and with the U.S. Department of Education

12. Current Working Group Topics • School Courses for the Exchange of Data (SCED) • Alternative Socioeconomic Status (SES) Measures • College and Career Ready • Virtual Education

13. Forum Audiences • Education policymakers • School, district, and state administrators • Data collectors, reporters, and providers • Data collection instrument developers • Administrative records system developers • MIS & technology staff • Community members • Education researchers • Parents

14. Free Forum Resources Forum Guide to School Courses for the Exchange of Data (SCED) Classification System(2014) Forum Guide to Supporting Data Access for Researchers: A Local Education Agency Perspective (2014)

15. Free Forum Resources Forum Guide to the Teacher-Student Data Link: A Technical Implementation Resource (2013) Forum Guide to Taking Action with Education Data Forum Guide to Supporting Data Access for Researchers: A State Education Agency Perspective

16. Free Forum Resources Forum Guide to Facilities Information Management: A Resource for State and Local Education Agencies Forum Guide to Ensuring Equal Access to Education Websites Forum Guide to Crime, Violence, and Discipline Incident Data

17. Free Forum Resources Traveling Through Time: The Forum Guide to Longitudinal Data Systems (Series) • Book I: What is an LDS? • Book II: Planning and Developing an LDS • Book III: Effectively Managing LDS Data • Book IV: Advanced LDS Usage Forum Guide to Data Ethics & Online Course

18. Free Forum Resources Crisis Data Management: A Forum Guide to Collecting and Managing Data About Displaced Students Forum Guide to Metadata: The Meaning Behind Education Data Every School Day Counts: The Forum Guide to Collecting and Using Attendance Data

19. Free Forum Resources Managing an Identity Crisis: Forum Guide to Implementing New Federal Race and Ethnicity Categories Forum Guide to Core Finance Data Elements Forum Curriculum for Improving Education Data: A Resource for LEAs

20. Free Forum Resources Forum Guide to Decision Support Systems: A Resource for Educators Forum Guide to Education Indicators

21. Publications Download free PDF and HTML versions of publications at: http://nces.ed.gov/forum/publications.asp

22. Forum Contacts browse: http://nces.ed.gov/forum email: ghedam.bairu@ed.gov write: Ghedam Bairu Room 9095 1990 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006-5651