The Development of P-20 Common Education Data Standards (CEDS) to Advance Education Research and Policy

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Abstract

This symposium will present Version 2 of the Common Education Data Standards (CEDS) released by NCES in February 2012. Dr. Buckley will present the standards and how the CEDS project has been structured to develop a voluntary collaborative set of standards across stakeholder groups to support the development of consistent and comparable data through all education levels and sectors. Discussants will examine the CEDS, consider the issues and challenges involved in adoption of such standards, and specifically address and illustrate how such standards can drive the advancement of scientific knowledge and of sound public policy related to education.

Sub Unit

• AERA Sessions

Chair

• Michael T. Nettles, ETS

Participant

• Jack Buckley, U.S. Department of Education

Discussants

• Douglas N. Harris, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• Barbara Schneider, Michigan State University

• Michael J. Flicek, Michael Flicek Projects, LLC

• Jerry D. Weast, Montgomery County Public Schools