http://ceds.ed.gov

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Why CEDS? 101• What are Common Standards?• What is CEDS?• Why do we need it?• Who’s involved?• What does it provide?

Common Standards What are we talking about?

A language is a standard form of communication.

But, there are certain things we all need to understand and communicate.

Humans speak many different languages.

For these, we need a common language.

FOR EXAMPLE: Sign symbolsImagine...

You arrive at an airport in a foreign city where an unfamiliar language is spoken.

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How do you find your way?

Common Education Data Standards What are we talking about?

Data standard: an agreed upon set of data names, definitions, options & technical specs

But, there are certain data we all need to understand, compare & exchange.

Education institutions across P-20 use many different data standards.

For these, we need acommon education data standard.

FOR EXAMPLE: Demographic dataImagine...

Your State PreK Program has a child also enrolled in Child Care that uses a different education data standard.

State PreK

Program

Here’s a child:

MattheSmithIII

Race = GuamanianGender = M

Child Care

Hmmm…Did you mean:

Matthew ?Smith ?

Suffix = III ?Race = NHOPI ?

Sex = M ?

FOR EXAMPLE: Demographic dataImagine...

A student from a high school in State A enrolls in a university in State B that uses a different education data standard.

High School in

state AIHE in state B

Here’s a new student:

JonathaTsumuraII

Race = JapaneseGender = M

Hmmm…Did you mean:

Jonathan ?Tsumura ?

Suffix = II ?Race = Asian ?

Sex = M ?

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The P-20 community needs a COMMON VOCABULARY

for education data.

The P INT is:

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:Who’s

involved?

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

What doesCEDSprovide?

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 Logical Data Model• Provides a high-level framework

for translating standards into physical models

• System-agnostic representation• 2 distinct views:• Domain Entity Schema • Normalized Data Schema

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 Alignment Tool

CEDS Use Case Generator ToolBuilds on the CEDS Data Alignment Tool and allows stakeholders to:• Generate specific and relevant

maps to a growing pool of CEDS aligned use cases

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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For more information,

visit:http://

ceds.ed.gov