Welcome to the National Forum on Education Statistics Summer 2012 Meeting sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics as a component of the National Cooperative Education Statistics System

Forum Officers David Weinberger, Yonkers Public Schools (NY) Tom Ogle, Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Kathy Gosa, Kansas State Dept. of Education Cheryl McMurtrey, Mountain Home SD 193 (ID) Raymond Martin, Connecticut State Department of Education Tom Howell, Michigan Center for Educational Performance and Information Sonya Edwards, California Department of Education Peter Tamayo, Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Laurel Krsek, Napa Valley School District (CA) Chair: Vice Chair: Past Chair: NESAC Chair: NESAC Vice Chair: PPI Chair: PPI Vice Chair: TECH Chair: TECH Vice Chair:

New Members SEA Members Tamara Darnall, South Dakota Department of Education Reylam Guerra-Goderich, Puerto Rico Department of Education Karen Lane, Indiana Department of Education Edward Moreno-Alonso, Puerto Rico Department of Education Sameano Porchea, Nebraska Department of Education Annette Severson, Colorado Department of Education Emily Tew, Utah State Office of Education Margaret Votta, Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Jerry Winkler, Utah State Office of Education

New Members LEA Members Cliff Eichel, Charles County Public Schools (MD) Gary Neihaus, McLean County Unit School District 5 (IL) Ellis Ott, Fairbanks North Star Borough School District (AK) John Walker, Henryetta Public Schools (OK) Associate Members Art Burke, Regional Educational Laboratory-Northwest

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.

July 2011 to June ,854 / Month

Opening Session Agenda Forum Opening Session 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. ………………… Forum Agenda Review and Introduction David Weinberger, Forum Chair, Yonkers Public Schools (NY) Welcome to the Summer 2012 Meeting John Easton, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education Data Use and the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Program Ruth Neild, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance U.S. Department of Education REL Roundtables (2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.) East Room Matt Dawson, REL Midwest (This Room) Teresa Duncan, REL Mid-Atlantic Ellen Mandinach, REL West John Hughes, REL Southeast Ruth Neild, REL Southwest Colonial Nolan Malone, REL Pacific (Lower Level) Christopher Mazzeo, REL Northwest Steve Meyer, REL Central Rob Muller, REL Appalachia Jill Weber, REL Northeast and Islands East

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REL Roundtables East Room REL Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, & Wisconsin REL Mid-Atlantic: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, & Washington, DC REL West: Arizona, California, Nevada, & Utah REL Southeast: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, & South Carolina REL Southwest: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas Colonial Room REL Pacific: American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Republic of the Marshall Islands, & Republic of Palau REL Northwest: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, & Washington REL Central: Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, & Wyoming REL Appalachia: Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, & West Virginia REL Northeast and Islands: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont, & the Virgin Islands