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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 datato 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
Element
Definition
Option set
Domain
Related Use Cases
Entity
YesNoNotSelected
K12 Student
Hispanic or LatinoEthnicity
K12
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)
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
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