ceds: why?
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CEDS: Why?. What is CEDS?. A national collaborative effort to develop voluntary , common data standards for a key set of education data elements. A vocabulary including standard definitions, option sets & technical specifications to streamline sharing and comparing. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
CEDS:Why?
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:Who & How?
How do we get it done?• Assemble stakeholders representing
the field• Use existing sources of data 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
Version 2 Development• April – June, 2011: Element development• July – August, 2011: Draft released for public
comment• September, 2011: Element revisions• October, 2011: Second draft released for
public comment• December, 2011: Element revisions• January, 2012: Version 2 released
Version 3• Early Learning: policy question support,
professional development, child outcomes, and federal alignment• K12: CCSS assessment, teaching & learning,
implementation support, record exchange• Postsecondary: furthering IPEDS support,
access, price/tuition, time to degree, Complete College America, teacher education• Additional Areas: Workforce, CTE, Adult
Education
Version 3 Development• February – March, 2012: Finalize V3 scope• June, 2012: Stakeholders convene to review
elements• July – August, 2012: Element revisions• September, 2012: Release draft for public
comment• October, 2012: Stakeholders convene to
review public comments
Version 3 Development (continued)• November – December, 2012: Element
revisions• January, 2013: Version 3 released
CEDS: What does it provide?
CEDS provides:• A Robust & Expanding
Common, Voluntary Vocabulary
• Powerful Stakeholder Tools & Models• Data Alignment Tool• Logical Data Model
Web-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
CEDS Align Tool
Builds on the CEDS Align tool and allows stakeholders to:• Generate specific and relevant maps
to a growing pool of CEDS connections
CEDS Connect Tool
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1. We need standards2. CEDS is here3. It’s a Group Effort4. It’s for P-205. It provides Elements6. It’s got a Data Model7. It’s got Powerful Tools
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