Welcome to the National Forum on Education Statistics Winter 2011 Meeting sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics as a component of the National Cooperative Education Statistics System

Forum Officers Kathy Gosa, Kansas State Dept. of Education David Weinberger, Yonkers Public Schools (NY) Linda Rocks, Bossier Parish Schools (LA) Patricia Sullivan, Texas Education Agency Cheryl McMurtrey, Mountain Home SD 193 (ID) Laurel Vorachek, Anchorage School District (AK) Tom Howell, Ctr. for Educ. Performance & Info (MI) Lee Rabbitt, Newport Public Schools (RI) Peter Tamayo, Washington State Office of Supt. Chair: Vice Chair: Past Chair: NESAC Chair: NESAC Vice Chair: PPI Chair: PPI Vice Chair: TECH Chair: TECH Vice Chair:

New Members SEA Members DeDe Conner, Kentucky DoE Sally Gordon, Minnesota DoE Sandy Hyslop, New Hampshire DoE Candy Johnson, Kentucky DoE Joshua Klein, Oregon DoE Judy Merriman, South Dakota DoE Dorice Miller, North Dakota DPI Esmeray Ozdemir, Nevada DoE Marshall Patton, West Virginia DoE Marilyn Peterson, Nebraska DoE Joyce Popp, Idaho DoE Geir Solvang, Wyoming DoE Brian Townsend, Vermont DoE Ken Wagner, NY State Ed. Dept. David Wu, Hawaii DoE LEA Members Thomas Deadrick, Marion County Schools (WV) Daniel French, Bennington Rutland Supervisory Union (VT) Paul Tisdale, Biloxi Public School District (MS) Associate Members Craig Hoyle, Regional Education Laboratory-Northeast & Islands Douglas Levin, State Educational Technology Directors Association Eli Pristoop, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Forum Mission To develop and recommend strategies for building quality education data systems that will support local, state, and federal efforts to improve elementary and secondary education throughout the United States.

Recently Completed Products Prior-to-Secondary School Course Classification System: School Codes for the Exchange of Data Forum Guide to Data Ethics Online Course

Recently Completed Products Traveling Through Time: The Forum Guide to Longitudinal Data Systems, Book II: Planning and Developing an LDS Traveling Through Time: The Forum Guide to Longitudinal Data Systems, Book III: Effectively Managing LDS Data

Meeting Agenda (Monday AM) Forum Opening Session, 8:45 – 10:30 a.m. Forum Agenda Review Kathy Gosa, Kansas State Department of Education Welcome to Texas Patricia Sullivan, Texas Education Agency Connecting K-12 to Early Childhood Education and the Workforce Kathy Gosa, Kansas State Department of Education Carol Jenner, Washington State Education Research and Data Center Standing Committee Meetings, 10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. National Education Statistics Agenda Committee (NESAC) ………...……. Policies, Programs, and Implementation Committee (PPI). ………….…..... Technology Committee (TECH) ………………………………………..………… Lunch on Your Own, 12:00 – 1:15 p.m. Salon J Salon K Salon F

Meeting Agenda (Monday PM) Standing Committees Reconvene, 1:15 – 3:15 p.m. National Education Statistics Agenda Committee (NESAC) ………..……… Policies, Programs, and Implementation Committee (PPI). ………………... Technology Committee (TECH) ………………………………………….………. Establishing & Using the Teacher-Student Link, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m…………………… David Weinberger, Yonkers Public Schools (NY) Tom Ogle, Missouri Department of El. and Sec. Education Peter Tamayo, Washington State Office of Supt. of Public Instruction Sonya Edwards, California Department of Education Bob Swiggum, Georgia Department of Education Steering Committee Meeting, 4:30– 5:00 p.m.…………………. Salon J Salon K Salon F Salon H Mtg Rm 602

Meeting Agenda (Tuesday) Privacy Issues, 8:15 – 8:45 a.m……………………………..……... Melanie Muenzer, Office of Planning, Evaluation & Policy Dev., ED Emily Anthony, National Center for Education Statistics Public Domain Clearinghouse, 8:45 – 9:15 a.m……………….. Jeff Sellers, Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Program Standing Committee Meetings, 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. National Education Statistics Agenda Committee (NESAC) ……………… Policies, Programs, and Implementation Committee (PPI). …………….…. Technology Committee (TECH) …………………………………………………. Lunch on Your Own, 12:00 – 1:15 p.m. Standing Committees Reconvene, 1:15 – 3:15 p.m. Forum Closing Session, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.…………………………. NCES Update Standing Committee Progress Reports Recognition of Completed Projects Meeting Evaluations Steering Committee, 4:30 – 5:00 p.m. ……………………….…… Salon H Salon J Salon K Salon F Salon H Mtg Rm 602

Have a Productive and Enjoyable Meeting Questions about the Forum meeting can be directed to Ghedam Bairu at