http:/ceds.ed.gov

CEDS Update•What is CEDS?•Who and How?• Version 2 Update and Scope• Public Comments• Version 3

What is CEDS?

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 provides:• A Robust & Expanding

Common, Voluntary Vocabulary drawn from existing sources

• Powerful Stakeholder Tools & Models• Data Alignment Tool• Logical Data Model

Standard Information: The Basics

ElementDefinition

Option set

Domain

Related Use Cases

Entity

YesNoNotSelected

K12 Student

Hispanic or LatinoEthnicity

K12

CEDS:Who & How?

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

Evaluation& planning

Fall 2010

Stakeholder Group meetings;

development

Spring─Summer 2011

Draft One released for

public review

July─August 2011

Version 2 Development

Stakeholder Group meetings;

development

Fall 2011

Final Draftreleased for public review

October 2011

Stakeholder Group

meeting; development

December 2011

Version 2 Development (continued)

Released FINAL Version

2 standard

January 2012

Version 2 Development (continued)

CEDS v2 Update

&Scope

Version 2 Expansions• Content Focus: From 161 to 628

unduplicated elements→ Added Early Learning and

Postsecondary→ Expanded K12 scope

• Technical Support→ CEDS Data Model→ Data Alignment Tool→ Searchable database of elements

Version 2 Focus: Early Learning• Demographics

→ child, family, and staff• Eligibility

→ child and family• Health

→ child• License/program compliance

→ organization

Version 2 Focus: K12• Assessments

→ District → State

• Federal reporting→ EDEN→ CRDC (districts)→ Others

• Indicator/metrics support

Version 2 Focus: PostsecondaryIntegrated Postsecondary Education

Data System (IPEDS): Student-level items

• Demographics• Instructional programs• Entrance/high school information• Enrollment• Some financial aid

CEDS v2Public

Comments

CEDS Comments by Area (1,098 total)

K12

EarlyLearning Overlapping

Postsecondary

CEDS Comments by Role (1,098 total)

CEDS v3Where do

we go from here?

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

(CMSS), faculty/staff, price/tuition, Complete College America• Additional Areas: Workforce, CTE, Adult Ed• Tools: Use Case Generator, Alignment Tool

Support

1. We need standards2. CEDS is here3. It’s a group effort4. It’s for P-20W5. It provides Elements6. It’s got a Data Model7. It’s got Powerful Tools

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