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Enhancing Education Data Quality and Utility

This forum sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education aims to improve the quality, comparability, and utility of education data at all levels. Explore resources on data ethics, metadata, and more.

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Enhancing Education Data Quality and Utility

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  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. • http://nces.ed.gov/forum

  3. 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 • U.S. territories

  4. Forum Meetings and Collaboration • Annual Forum Meeting • Periodic Virtual Meetings • Standing Committees • Working Groups

  5. Forum Standing Committees • National Education Statistics Agenda Committee • … addresses issues, concerns, and solutions affecting the collection • and reporting of elementary, secondary, early childhood, and • postsecondary education statistics. • 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.

  6. Development of Forum Products Forum members discuss issues related to education data at the SEA, LEA, and federal levels and propose Working Groups to develop practical and useful resources: • Metadata • Crisis Data Management • Data Ethics and Data Quality • Teacher-Student Data Links • Longitudinal Data Systems • Taking Action with Education Data • Facilities Information Management • Collecting and Using Attendance Data • Crime, Violence, and Discipline Incident Data

  7. Current Working Group Topics • Data Disaggregation • Education Data Privacy • Data Visualization • School Courses for the Exchange of Data (SCED)

  8. Free Forum Resources Forum Guide to Elementary/Secondary Virtual Education Data (2016) Forum Guide to Alternative Measures of Socioeconomic Status in Education Data Systems (2015) Forum Guide to College and Career Ready Data (2015)

  9. 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)

  10. Free Forum Resources Forum Guide to the Teacher-Student Data Link: A Technical Implementation Resource (2013) Forum Guide to Taking Action with Education Data (2013) Forum Guide to Supporting Data Access for Researchers: A State Education Agency Perspective (2012)

  11. Free Forum Resources Forum Guide to Facilities Information Management: A Resource for State and Local Education Agencies (2012) Forum Guide to Ensuring Equal Access to Education Websites (2011) Forum Guide to Crime, Violence, and Discipline Incident Data (2011)

  12. Free Forum Resources Traveling Through Time: The Forum Guide to Longitudinal Data Systems (Series) • Book I: What is an LDS? (2010) • Book II: Planning and Developing an LDS (2011) • Book III: Effectively Managing LDS Data (2011) • Book IV: Advanced LDS Usage (2011) Forum Guide to Data Ethics & Online Course

  13. Free Forum Resources Crisis Data Management: A Forum Guide to Collecting and Managing Data About Displaced Students (2010) Forum Guide to Metadata: The Meaning Behind Education Data (2009) Every School Day Counts: The Forum Guide to Collecting and Using Attendance Data (2009)

  14. Free Forum Resources Managing an Identity Crisis: Forum Guide to Implementing New Federal Race and Ethnicity Categories (2008) Forum Guide to Core Finance Data Elements (2007) Forum Curriculum for Improving Education Data: A Resource for Local Education Agencies (2007)

  15. Free Forum Resources Forum Guide to Decision Support Systems: A Resource for Educators (2006) Forum Guide to Education Indicators (2005)

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

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