Welcome to the National Forum on Education StatisticsWinter 2011 Meeting

sponsored by the

National Center for Education Statisticsas a component of the

National Cooperative Education Statistics System

http://nces.ed.gov/forum

2010-2011 Forum OfficersKathy Gosa, Kansas State Dept. of EducationDavid Weinberger, Yonkers Public Schools (NY)Linda Rocks, Bossier Parish Schools (LA)

Patricia Sullivan, Texas Education AgencyCheryl 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

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 Datahttp://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2011801

Forum Guide to Data Ethics Online Coursehttp://nces.ed.gov/forum/

dataethics_course.asp

Recently Completed Products

Traveling Through Time: The Forum Guide to Longitudinal Data Systems, Book II: Planning and

Developing an LDShttp://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?

pubid=2011804

Traveling Through Time: The Forum Guide to Longitudinal Data Systems, Book III: Effectively Managing LDS Datahttp://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2011805

Meeting Agenda (Monday AM)

Forum Opening Session, 8:45 – 10:30 a.m.

Forum Agenda ReviewKathy Gosa, Kansas State Department of Education

Welcome to TexasPatricia Sullivan, Texas Education Agency

Connecting K-12 to Early Childhood Education and the WorkforceKathy 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.

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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. EducationPeter Tamayo, Washington State Office of Supt. of Public InstructionSonya Edwards, California Department of EducationBob Swiggum, Georgia Department of Education

Steering Committee Meeting, 4:30– 5:00 p.m.………………….

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Meeting Agenda (Tuesday)

Privacy Issues, 8:15 – 8:45 a.m……………………………..……...Melanie Muenzer, Office of Planning, Evaluation & Policy Dev., EDEmily 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.……………………….……

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Have a Productive and Enjoyable

Meeting

Questions about the Forum meeting can be directed to Ghedam Bairu at ghedam.bairu@ed.gov.