Common Education Data Standards: Version 2 Update Tate Gould, NCES Beth Young, QIP
Work Since Winter Forum Meeting o May: CEDS Stakeholder Group Meeting o Scope setting o Spring: Element Development o Prioritizing for first draft o July 18th: First Draft for Public Review o August: Public WebEx Meetings
Version 2 CEDS Stakeholder Group (1 of 2) o State Agencies o State Education Agencies o State Higher Education Agencies o Social Services Agencies o Local Education Agencies o K12 o Head Start o Social Services o Institutions of Higher Education o Public o Private o Community Colleges
Version 2 CEDS Stakeholder Group (2 of 2) o US Department of Education o NCES (SLDS, IPEDS) o EDFacts o Office of Education Technology o Financial Student Aid o Office of the Undersecretary o Special Education o US Health and Human Services o US Department of Labor o Interoperability Standard Organizations o Education Associations o Foundations
Content Scope of V. 2 – K12 o Assessment o Support for Common Core State Standards o District-level needs o Classroom instructional support o Federal reporting o EDFacts o Civil Rights Data Collection (LEA) o Metrics o State Fiscal Stabilization Funds (SFSF) o Supporting metrics
Content Scope of V. 2 – Postsecondary o Student-level items needed for IPEDS reporting o Data quality o Reduction in burden o Surrounding metrics
Content Scope of V. 2 – Early Learning o Program entry/application process o Early Learning program applications o Information on early learning stored in state systems o Early learning workforce o Information about the early learning workforce stored in data systems o Programs/entities o Basic information on early learning entities
Schedule for Version 2 o July 18th: Release Draft One of the Version 2 Standard for public review o August 15th: Comments on Draft One due (due date for consideration in Draft Two) o October: Release Draft Two of the Version 2 Standard for public review o November: Comments on Draft Two due (for consideration in final standard) o January, 2012: Version 2 standard released
elements, definitions, code sets data model catalog of data elements relationships among data state system catalog CEDS as Culmination Direct technical assistance to its stakeholders Data dictionary comparison tools Cross-walking tools Policy question generator tool More to come! Data definitions Data model State Core CEDS comes from… CEDS is… CEDS will provide to its users…
Questions for You: o What is needed to make CEDS implementable? o What kinds of supplemental materials would be helpful? o What user tools would you like to see?