NCES
School & District Management
UPDATED: House to Discuss Education Research Reauthorization
A House education subcommittee will hold its first hearing on reauthorizing federal education research law on Wednesday.
Federal
NCES Releases New State Education Reform Data
The National Center for Education Statistics has released new state-level information on education reforms.
Education
Tweeting the NCES Data Conference
For the latest updates from the National Center for Education Statistics' annual National Forum on Education Statistics and NCES Data Conference, follow me on Twitter at @sarahdsparks.
Teaching
National Data Conference Highlights Privacy, Innovations
The National Center for Education Statistics' annual National Forum on Education Statistics and NCES Data Conference begins next week, and Inside School Research will be live-Tweeting the event.
While STATS-D.C. is always geared to the technical side, this year explosion of new sessions on using state longitudinal data systems and the piles of new data coming in from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Federal
NCES Looks to Bridge Longitudinal School Information
The National Center for Education Statistics is looking for ways to plug holes in our understanding of children's trajectory from elementary to secondary school.
Student Achievement
Closing the Data Gaps to Close Achievement Gaps
A new report on Hispanic achievement gaps also highlights variation in how English language learners are included in the "nation's report card."
College & Workforce Readiness
'Condition of Education' Looks at College Transition
The federal 2011 "Condition of Education" report shows socioeconomic gaps widening in how smoothly students make the transition from high school to higher education.
School & District Management
NCES Commissioner To Address NAEP, State Data Systems
Jack Buckley, the new commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics is determined to keep state longitudinal data systems evolving amid state budget and staff constraints, he told participants at the American Educational Research Association convention in New Orleans.
School & District Management
AERA: Reauthorization Should Separate IES Research, Statistics
The American Educational Research Association is calling for Congress to decouple education statistics and education research in the next reauthorization of the Institute of Education Sciences.
School & District Management
Ed. Dept. Proposes New Student Data Privacy Rules
In a continuing push to clarify student data privacy rules for researchers and education officials alike, the Education Department today named its first chief privacy officer and proposed several changes to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
School & District Management
Common Data Standards Released
The Common Data Standards Initiative's Technical Working Group has released its first version of voluntary common data standards, intended to make it easier to compare and exchange information across districts and states.
School & District Management
NCES Switches Out Adult Education Study
The National Center on Education Statistics has tabled its primary study of adult literacy in favor of a smaller, more targeted international assessment intended to gauge Americans' skills in a technologically advanced workplace.
School & District Management
Education Sciences Board Faces Awkward Transition
The National Board for Education Sciences has announced its next meeting, Sept. 29. Now it has to hope members will be confirmed in time to show up.
Education
Opinion
Good News Over at NCES
In a great piece of news, Debra Viadero broke the story yesterday that the Obama administration has finally named a nominee for the vacant post of Commissioner for the National Center for Education Statistics. After six months of stutter-stepping since first privately indicating that NYU professor Jack Buckley was its guy, the administration finally went public.