UPDATE National Forum on Education statistics JULY 27 and 28, 2010 Annual Mandatory Collection of Elementary and Secondary Education Data through EDFacts

Agenda What’s going on with EDFacts EDFacts model Package contents Additions for SY Changes from SY Comments during the 30 day period Directed questions Next steps

Collection of Data CSPR o Significant increase in utilization of ESS o All states successfully completed their CSPR for CCD as of July 19, 2010, 54 to submit o 51 submitted dropout o 50 submitted graduate and completers CCD as of July 19, 2010, 54 to submit o 52 – submitted all of the seven required files

Usage of Data Profile documents  State  Congressional District  Local Education Agency (in development) Evaluations and studies  NCES study of assessment  Charter school program Internal Analysis Public Data:  IDEA Data (not all states from EDFacts)  ED Data Express  CCD Public Use Files  ED National Indicators (in development – not all indicators from EDFacts)  Local community dashboard on education (in development)  Downloadable Public Use Files (in development)

EDFacts Model Govern the Data Acquire the Data Validate the Data Improve Uses of the Data

Package contains Attachment A will be all the public notices. Attachment B – EDFacts Data Set – 1 – Overview – 2 – Explanation of EDFacts data – 3 – Data groups – 4 – Data categories – 5 – Civil Rights Data Collection – 6 – School Improvement Grants (SIG) – 7 – State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) – 8 – Dispute resolution (IDEA) Attachment C – Changes from SY Attachment D – Directed questions Attachment E – Public comment & response – 60 day Attachment F – Public comment & response – 30 day (IN PROGRESS)

Additions for SY School Improvement Grants (SIG) State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) Career and technical education for the transformation of Perkins secondary Reconstituted status (DG743) to mark schools that are the same for Common Core of Data (CCD) but have a new accountability history. Computer equipment table (DG744) including other devices and excluding computers not connected to the internet. Preschool suspension and expulsion (DG746) added to CRDC.

Changes from SY Combining the Assessment data for ESEA with IDEA Career and Technical Education for Perkins transformation, early implementation Educational Environment (IDEA) Early Childhood High school graduation rate indicator status divided into met (target) and met (goal) Homeless “enrolled” instead of homeless “served” for assessment, graduation, and dropout

Public Comments for the 30 day period Civil Rights Data Collection Discipline Data Education Environment (IDEA) Early Childhood School Improvement Grants (SIG) State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) Technology Data More discussion on the directed questions Technical comments

Directed Questions Charter Schools and Districts – Supplemental Information  How to collect the data efficiently  60 day – Preference for a new ESS file  30 day - One SEA restated preferred adding to directory  Decision – New ESS file Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) - Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006  Implement changes early  60 day – Preference for option to implement early  30 day - One SEA ready for early implementation  Decision – Offer early implementation Discipline  Collect both student counts and incidents  60 day – Provide reasons why both need to understand the school safely climate  30 day - One SEA need guidance on incidents  Decision – Improve the file specification guidance

Directed Questions Dispute Resolution – IDEA Table 7 (OMB )  Move to EDFacts  60 day – Move into EMAPS  30 day - One SEA agreed, One SEA disagreed  Decision – Move into EMAPS Expulsion/Suspensions or “More Than One Day”  Collecting by Expulsion/Suspensions (CSPR) or “more than one day” (EDFacts)  60 day – Leave as is, need more consensus on discipline data  30 day - One SEA disagreed with not changing EDFacts, Another disagreed with ever moving to “more than one day”  Decision – Need more consensus on discipline data Headcount and Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) of State Migrant Education Program (MEP)  Collecting state director manually through CSPR and not through EDFacts  60 day – Preference for manual  30 day - One SEA agreed with decision  Decision - Manual

Directed Questions Homeless Students  Change from “served” to “enrolled”  60 day – Preferred “served”  30 day - One SEA agreed with decision  Decision – “served” Magnet Schools  How to collect better data  60 day – Better definitions  30 day - No comments  Decision – work through data governance Open Enrollment  Collecting an indicator of open enrollment to interpret public school choice data  60 day – More complex, ED will need some metadata  30 day - One SEA asked about metadata needed  Decision – Explain need some metadata at state level

Directed Questions State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF)  How to collect  60 day – Combination of ESS and EMAPS  30 day - One SEA agreed with collecting using both ESS and EMAPS  Decision – Combination of ESS and EMAPS School Improvement Grants (SIG)  How to collect  60 day – ESS files  30 day - One SEA disagreed, preferred EMAPS  Decision – Use ESS

Directed Questions Statewide Assessments – Academic Achievement and Participation  Combine ESEA and IDEA assessment files  60 day – Combine the files  30 day - Two SEAs agreed, One disagreed concerned about complexity, comments about data quality process  Decision – Combine, build a new data quality process Status Files  How should single number and status data groups be organized into files  60 day – Used SEA ideas and created a plan  30 day - Two SEAs asked about placement of one data group  Decision – More that one data group Title I Status  Collect program type with program eligibility  60 day – Leave as is  30 day - One SEA agreed with decision  Decision – Leave as is

Next Steps SectionChangeExplanation for Change All “New” and “Revised” notes are removed for items that were “new” or “revised” in the 30- day package. Unless noted otherwise in the document, these changes have been incorporated into the final package. Text marked as “new” or “revised,” indicated text that has been added or changed since the 30- day public comment period version of the document was released. IntroductionAdded Attachments B6, B7, and B8 to list of parts of Attachment B While these attachments were included in the original clearance package, they were inadvertently excluded from the list of sections within Attachment B. Submit Attachment F Summarize the comments during the 30 days Contain ED’s response Submit the other Attachments Changes because of the comments and any error correction Include “Appendix A” in each listing the changes Appendix A