CEDS: Why?

2. CEDS:Why?

3. What is CEDS? • A national collaborative effort to develop voluntary, commondata standards for a key set of education data elements • A vocabularyincluding standard definitions, option sets & technical specifications to streamline sharing and comparing Voluntary Common Vocabulary

4. Why do we need CEDS? Accurate, timely, and consistent data to inform decisionmaking Share & compare high quality data within & across P-20 sectors

5. is Not: CEDS Required All or nothing A data collection An implementation Solely an ED undertaking A federal unit record system

6. CEDS:Who & How?

7. How do we get it done? • Assemble stakeholders representing the field • Use existing sources of data standards • Check alignment with the field • Review ideas with the public • Model elements • Place in tools • Release

8. CEDS v2 Stakeholders (1 of 2) • State Agencies • State Education Agencies • State Higher Education Agencies • Social Services Agencies • Local Education Agencies • K12 • Head Start • Social Services • Institutions of Higher Education • Public • Private • Community Colleges

9. CEDS v2 Stakeholders (2 of 2) • U.S. Department of Education • NCES (SLDS, IPEDS) • EDFacts • Office of Educ. Technology • U.S. Health and Human Services • U.S. Department of Labor • Interoperability Standard Organizations • Education Associations • Foundations • Financial Student Aid • Office of the Undersecretary • Special Education

10. Version 2 Development • April – June, 2011: Element development • July – August, 2011: Draft released for public comment • September, 2011: Element revisions • October, 2011: Second draft released for public comment • December, 2011: Element revisions • January, 2012: Version 2 released

11. Version 3 • Early Learning:policy question support, professional development, child outcomes, and federal alignment • K12:CCSS assessment, teaching & learning, implementation support, record exchange • Postsecondary:furthering IPEDS support, access, price/tuition, time to degree, Complete College America, teacher education • Additional Areas:Workforce, CTE, Adult Education

12. Version 3 Development • February – March, 2012: Finalize V3 scope • June, 2012: Stakeholders convene to review elements • July – August, 2012: Element revisions • September, 2012: Release draft for public comment • October, 2012: Stakeholders convene to review public comments

13. Version 3 Development (continued) • November – December, 2012: Element revisions • January, 2013: Version 3 released

14. CEDS: What does it provide?

15. CEDS provides: • Powerful Stakeholder Tools & Models • Data Alignment Tool • Logical Data Model A Robust & Expanding Common, Voluntary Vocabulary

17. CEDS Align Tool Web-based tool that allows users to: • Import or input their data dictionaries • Aligntheir data to CEDS • Comparethemselves with others • Analyzetheir data in relation to various other CEDS-aligned efforts

19. CEDS Connect Tool Builds on the CEDS Align tool and allows stakeholders to: • Generate specific and relevant maps to a growing pool of CEDS connections

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21. 1.We need standards2.CEDSishere3.It’s aGroup Effort4.It’s for P-205.It provides Elements6.It’s got a Data Model7.It’s got Powerful Tools RECAP

22. Contact Information: • J. Keith Brown, CEDS Postsecondary Stakeholder Group Lead Brown.JKeith@gmail.com

23. Contact Information: • J. Keith Brown, CEDS Postsecondary Stakeholder Group Lead Brown.JKeith@gmail.com