Welcome to the National Forum on Education Statistics

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 http: //nces. ed. gov/forum

2010 -2011 Forum Officers Chair: Kathy Gosa, Kansas State Dept. of Education Vice Chair: David Weinberger, Yonkers Public Schools (NY) Past Chair: Linda Rocks, Bossier Parish Schools (LA) NESAC Chair: Patricia Sullivan, Texas Education Agency NESAC Vice Chair: Cheryl Mc. Murtrey, Mountain Home SD 193 (ID) PPI Chair: Laurel Vorachek, Anchorage School District (AK) PPI Vice Chair: Tom Howell, Ctr. for Educ. Performance & Info (MI) TECH Chair: Lee Rabbitt, Newport Public Schools (RI) TECH Vice Chair: Peter Tamayo, Washington State Office of Supt.

SEA Members New Members n Marshall Patton, West Virginia Do. E n n De. De Conner, Kentucky Do. E Sally Gordon, Minnesota Do. E Sandy Hyslop, New Hampshire Do. E Candy Johnson, Kentucky Do. E n Joshua Klein, Oregon Do. E n n Judy Merriman, South Dakota Do. E Dorice Miller, North Dakota DPI Esmeray Ozdemir, Nevada Do. E n Marilyn Peterson, Nebraska Do. E Joyce Popp, Idaho Do. E Geir Solvang, Wyoming Do. E Brian Townsend, Vermont Do. E Ken Wagner, NY State Ed. Dept. David Wu, Hawaii Do. E n n n n LEA Members n n n Thomas Deadrick, Marion County Schools (WV) Daniel French, Bennington Rutland Supervisory Union (VT) Paul Tisdale, Biloxi Public School District (MS) Associate Members n n n 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 http: //nces. ed. gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo. asp? pubid=2011801 Forum Guide to Data Ethics Online Course http: //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 LDS http: //nces. ed. gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo. asp? pubid=2011804 Traveling Through Time: The Forum Guide to Longitudinal Data Systems, Book III: Effectively Managing LDS Data http: //nces. ed. gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo. asp? pubid=2011805

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) ………. . . ……. Salon J Policies, Programs, and Implementation Committee (PPI). …………. …. . . Salon K Technology Committee (TECH) ……………………. . ………… Salon F Lunch on Your Own, 12: 00 – 1: 15 p. m.

Meeting Agenda (Monday PM) Standing Committees Reconvene, 1: 15 – 3: 15 p. m. National Education Statistics Agenda Committee (NESAC) ………. . ……… Salon J Policies, Programs, and Implementation Committee (PPI). ………………. . . Salon K Technology Committee (TECH) ……………………. Salon F Establishing & Using the Teacher-Student Link, 3: 30 – 4: 30 p. m…………. . . . Salon H 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. …………………. Mtg Rm 602

Meeting Agenda (Tuesday) Privacy Issues, 8: 15 – 8: 45 a. m………………. . . Salon H 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………………. . Salon H Jeff Sellers, Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Program Standing Committee Meetings, 9: 30 a. m. – 12: 00 p. m. Salon J National Education Statistics Agenda Committee (NESAC) ……………… Salon K Policies, Programs, and Implementation Committee (PPI). ……………. …. Salon F 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. ……………. Salon H NCES Update • Standing Committee Progress Reports • Recognition of Completed Projects • Meeting Evaluations Steering Committee, 4: 30 – 5: 00 p. m. ……………. …… Mtg Rm 602

Have a Productive and Enjoyable Meeting Questions about the Forum meeting can be directed to Ghedam Bairu at ghedam. bairu@ed. gov.