2. NCES Education Institution Handbook Jinhee Lee, Council of Chief State School Officers Barbara Clements, Evaluation Software Publishing

3. Key Points in this Presentation Goals for this Session Purpose of the Handbook Timeline Sampling of States Sources of Sampling Information Four Examples of Categories Other Proposed Categories Next Steps

4. Goals for this Session Describe the Proposed Handbook Solicit Ideas for Data Elements Recruit Interested Person

5. Purpose of the Handbook Identify Data Elements that Can Be Used to Describe, Manage, and Evaluate Programs, Schools, School Districts, and Intermediate Agencies.

6. Timeline Stage 1 Winter/Spring 2001: Develop preliminary listing of categories and data elements Stage 2 June, 2001: First Working Group Meeting with Federal Review Group Stage 3 July, 2001: NESAC Review of Data Elements Stage 4 End of September, 2001: First Draft of Handbook Submitted for NCES for Review Stage 5 2002: Publication of Handbook

7. State Education Agencies Web Sites Searched Alabama Arizona California Delaware Hawaii Florida Illinois Montana

8. Types of Web Sites School Report Card: Alabama, Arizona Education Statistics Summary: Alabama, Delaware Glossary: Arizona, Montana State Education Profile: Montana District Profile and Summary: California, Delaware, Illinois Educational Options Office: California Comprehensive Assessment and Accountability System: Hawaii School Indicators Report: Florida

9. Institution Classification Alternative Schools District Language Immersion School Public/Private Special Education State Operated School Youth and Treatment Rehabilitation Education System

10. Assessments Student ACT Composite Scores Report Card Release Dates SAT Mean Scores Stanford 9 average total battery percentile rank score across grades School Awards or Special Recognition Honors School Accreditation School Grade Survey on Effective Schools (by students, parents, staff)

11. Technology Average Number of Students per Computer Number of Classrooms with Internet Access Number of Computers Video Equipment available

12. Other Categories Calendar Information Program Information Classes Offered Graduation Information Finance Staff Students Curriculum School Safety Activities Transportation Technology Nutrition Programs Community Profile

13. Next Steps Add states to sampling: Texas, North Carolina Additional sources of information Working group: Need suggestions for district or school officials