what is ceds?

What isCEDS?

What is CEDS?• A national collaborative effort to develop voluntary, common data standards for a key set of education data elements

Voluntary Common Vocabulary

• A vocabulary including standard definitions, option sets & technical specifications to streamline sharing and comparing

Why do we need CEDS?1.Accurate, timely, and consistent data

to inform decisionmaking

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

CEDSis Not:

CEDS:How &Who?

How do we get it done?• Assemble stakeholders representing

the field• Use existing sources of standards• Check alignment with the field• Review ideas with the public• Model elements• Place in tools• Release

CEDS v2 Stakeholders (1 of 2)• State Agencies

• State Education Agencies• State Higher Education Agencies• Social Services Agencies

• Local Education Agencies• K12• Head Start• Social Services

• Institutions of Higher Education• Public• Private• Community Colleges

CEDS v2 Stakeholders (2 of 2)• U.S. Department of Education

• NCES (SLDS, IPEDS)• EDFacts• Office of Educ. Technology

• U.S. Health and Human Services• U.S. Department of Labor• Interoperability Standard

Organizations• Education Associations• Foundations

• Financial Student Aid• Office of the Undersecretary• Special Education

UsingCEDS

Using CEDS• What does CEDS provide?• Viewing the Elements• Exploring the Data Model• Using the Alignment Tool• A look ahead: Use Case

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Standard Information: The Basics

ElementDefinition

Option set

Domain

Related Use Cases

Entity

YesNoNotSelected

K12 Student

Hispanic or LatinoEthnicity

K12

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CEDS Logical Data ModelComprised of 2 distinct views:• Domain Entity Schema (DES)

• A hierarchy of domains, entities, attribute categories, and attributes organizing and assigning elements to specific entities

• Used primarily by people as an index to search, map, and organize elements

• Normalized Data Schema (NDS)• The NDS Logical Model provides a standard framework for

integration of P-20 data systems through a well-normalized “operational data store”

• NDS factors the entities and attributes of the DES with standard technical syntax and 3rd normal form

CEDS Domain Entity Schema (DES)

Domain EntityEL EL ChildEL EL FamilyEL EL StaffEL EL OrganizationEL Parent/Guardian

Domain EntityK12 K12 SchoolK12 Local Education AgencyK12 State Education AgencyK12 K12 StudentK12 K12 Staff K12 K12 SectionK12 K-12 CourseK12 AssessmentK12 ProgramK12 IncidentK12 CalendarK12 Parent/Guardian

Domain EntityPS PS InstitutionPS PS StudentPS PS Section

Domain EntityAssessments AssessmentAssessments Assessment AdministrationAssessments Assessment FormAssessments Assessment ItemAssessments Assessment Item ResponseAssessments Student Assessment

RegistrationAssessments Assessment Subtest Score Domain Entity

Learning Standards

Learning Standards Document

Learning Standards

Learning Standards Item

CEDS NDS Conceptual Model

Organizations People

Learning Process

Roles

Time

Organization

SEA/State

Region

LEA

School

Grade

Section

All can be represented as

Organizations

Key Concept: Organization Directory

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All can be represented as

Roles

Key Concept: Roles

CEDS Logical Model (NDS): High Level

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Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD)

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CEDS Alignment ToolWeb-based tool that allows users to:• Import or input their data

dictionaries• Align their data to CEDS• Compare themselves with others• Analyze their data in relation to

various other CEDS-aligned efforts

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CEDS Use Case Generator ToolBuilds on the CEDS Alignment Tool and allows stakeholders to:• Generate specific and relevant

maps to a growing pool of CEDS aligned use cases

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1. CEDS Elements provide a

common vocabulary.2. A Data Model offers a framework for development.3. The Alignment Tool helps users align & compare.

RECAP

For more information,

visit:http://

ceds.ed.gov

Contact Information:• Beth Young, QIP

bethyoung@qi-partners.com• Jim Campbell, AEM

jim.campbell@aemcorp.com• Nancy Copa, AEM

Nancy.copa@aemcorp.com