Why CEDS? 101

What are Common Standards? What is CEDS? Why do we need it? Who’s involved? What does it provide?

Common Standards What are we talking about?

standard communication A language is a standard form of communication. certain things all understandcommunicate But, there are certain things we all need to understand and communicate. many different languages Humans speak many different languages. For these, we need a common language common language.

Sign symbols FOR EXAMPLE: Sign symbols Imagine... airportforeign city unfamiliar language You arrive at an airport in a foreign city where an unfamiliar language is spoken.

Universal travel sign symbols. Developed in late 1970s to aid wayfinding. Universal travel sign symbols. Developed in late 1970s to aid wayfinding. find your way How do you find your way?

Common Education Data Standards What are we talking about?

Data standard: Data standard: an agreed upon set of data names, definitions, options & technical specs certain data all understandcompareexchange But, there are certain data we all need to understand, compare & exchange. P-20 manydifferent data standards Education institutions across P-20 use many different data standards. For these, we need a common education data standard common education data standard.

Demographic data FOR EXAMPLE: Demographic data Imagine... State PreK Program Your State PreK Program has a child also enrolled in Child Care Child Care that uses a different education data standard different education data standard.

State PreK Program Here’s a child: Matthe SmithIII Race = Guamanian Gender = M Here’s a child: Matthe SmithIII Race = Guamanian Gender = M Child Care Hmmm… Did you mean: Matthew ? Smith ? Suffix = III ? Race = NHOPI ? Sex = M ? Hmmm… Did you mean: Matthew ? Smith ? Suffix = III ? Race = NHOPI ? Sex = M ?

Demographic data FOR EXAMPLE: Demographic data Imagine... student A student from a high school in State A university in State B different education data standard high school in State A enrolls in a university in State B that uses a different education data standard.

High School in state A IHE in state B Here’s a new student: Jonatha TsumuraII Race = Japanese Gender = M Here’s a new student: Jonatha TsumuraII Race = Japanese Gender = M Hmmm… Did you mean: Jonathan ? Tsumura ? Suffix = II ? Race = Asian ? Sex = M ? Hmmm… Did you mean: Jonathan ? Tsumura ? Suffix = II ? Race = Asian ? Sex = M ?

The P-20 community needs a COMMON VOCABULARY for education data. The P INT is:

What is CEDS?

What is CEDS? voluntarycommon A national collaborative effort to develop voluntary, common data standards for a key set of education data elements Voluntary Common Vocabulary vocabulary A vocabulary including standard definitions, option sets & technical specifications to streamline sharing and comparing

Why do we need CEDS? 1.Accuratetimelyconsistent data 1.Accurate, timely, and consistent data to inform decisionmaking 2.Share & compare high quality data P-20 2.Share & compare high quality data within & across P-20 sectors

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

CEDS:Who’sinvolved?

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

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

What does CEDSprovide?

CEDS provides: Common, Voluntary Vocabulary A Robust & Expanding Common, Voluntary Vocabulary drawn from existing sources Tools & Models Powerful Stakeholder Tools & Models Data Alignment Tool Logical Data Model

Standard Information: The Basics Element Definition Option set Domain Related Use Cases Entity Yes No NotSelected K12 Student Hispanic or Latino Ethnicity K12

CEDS Logical Data Model high-level framework Provides a high-level framework for translating standards into physical models System-agnostic System-agnostic representation 2 distinct views 2 distinct views: Domain Entity Schema Normalized Data Schema

Web-based tool that allows users to: their data dictionaries Import or input their data dictionaries Align Align their data to CEDS Comparewith others Compare themselves with others Analyze Analyze their data in relation to various other CEDS-aligned efforts CEDS Alignment Tool

CEDS Use Case Generator Tool Builds on the CEDS Data Alignment Tool and allows stakeholders to: specificrelevant growing pool Generate specific and relevant maps to a growing pool of CEDS aligned use cases

We need standards CEDShere Group Effort P-20 Elements Data Model Powerful Tools 1. We need standards 2. CEDS is here 3. It’s a Group Effort 4. It’s for P It provides Elements 6. It’s got a Data Model 7. It’s got Powerful ToolsRECAP

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