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| Pub Number | Title |  Date |
|---|---|---|
| NFES 2008802 | Managing an Identity Crisis: Forum Guide to Implementing New Federal Race and Ethnicity Categories
This Guide provides information about the 1997 standards and suggestions about how to implement them at the state and school district level. It covers developing policies and procedures, communicating with staff and the public, re-identification, and coding, storing, reporting, and bridging data. |
9/18/2008 |
| NCES 2008480 | An Introduction to NAEP
This non-technical brochure provides introductory information on developing, administering, scoring, analyzing, and reporting the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The brochure also provides thorough information about the online resources available on the NAEP website. |
7/23/2008 |
| NFES 2007808 | Forum Curriculum for Improving Education Data: A Resource for Local Education Agencies
This curriculum supports efforts to improve the quality of education data by serving as training materials for K-12 school and district staff. It provides lesson plans, instructional handouts, and related resources, and presents concepts necessary to help schools develop a culture for improving data quality. |
7/11/2007 |
| NCES 2006807 | Forum Guide to Decision Support Systems:
A Resource for Educators
Forum Guide to Decision Support Systems: A Resource for Educators was developed to help educators better understand decision support systems and determine how they might be used most effectively in education organizations. |
9/21/2006 |
| NCES 2006803 | Forum Guide to Elementary/Secondary Virtual Education
This guide provides recommendations for collecting accurate, comparable, and useful data about virtual education in an elementary/secondary education setting. |
6/29/2006 |
| NCES 2006805 | Forum Guide to the Privacy of Student Information:
A Resource for Schools
This guide was written to help school and local education agency staff to better understand and apply FERPA, a federal law that protects privacy interests of parents and students in student education records. |
6/29/2006 |
| NCES 2005113 | Programs and Plans of the National Center for Education Statistics, 2005 Edition
This report summarizes NCES's current statistical programs, major publications, and plans for future work. The publication includes descriptions, timelines, and plans for all of the NCES data collections, such as the Common Core of Data, the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, and the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Also included are descriptions of NCES center-wide programs and services such as training, technology, and customer service. |
5/24/2005 |
| NCES 2004330 | Forum Guide to Protecting the Privacy of Student Information
The Forum Guide to Protecting the Privacy of Student Information gives a general overview of privacy laws and professional practices that apply to the information collected for, and kept in, student records. The book is not intended to give an authoritative interpretation of any law or policy Instead, it provides background on the key principles and concepts in student privacy, summarizes Federal privacy laws and any recent changes to them, and suggests good data management practices for schools, districts, and state education agencies. |
4/5/2004 |
| NCES 2004027 | Programs and Plans of the National Center for Education Statistics, 2003 Edition
This report summarizes NCES's current statistical programs, major publications and plans for future work. The publication includes descriptions, timelines and plans for all of the NCES data collections, such as the Common Core of Data, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data system and the National Assessment of Education Progress. Also included are descriptions of NCES center wide programs and services such as, training, technology and customer service. |
12/2/2003 |
| NCES 2003400 | Facilities Information Management. A Guide for State and Local Education Agencies
This publication is a guide to designing and maintaining an information system about the condition, design, use, management, and financing of elementary/secondary education facilities. It includes commonly used measures, data elements, and a list of additional resources for the practitioner. |
6/26/2003 |
| NCES 2003347 | Planning Guide for Maintaining School Facilities
This Guide was prepared by members of the National Forum on Education Statistics to help school facilities managers plan for efficient and effective operations. It provides practical advice on a range of topics, including how to do a facilities audit to know what you have, planning for maintenance that will ensure smooth operations and avoid costly surprises, managing staff and contractors, and evaluating maintenance efforts. |
2/4/2003 |
| NCES 2003313 | Technology in Schools. Suggestions, Tools and Guidelines for Assessing Technology in Elementary and Secondary Education
This guide was written by the National Forum on Education Statistics under NCES's Cooperative Education Statistics System. Directed toward state and local education agencies, it describes how to measure technology use by examining planning and policies; finance; equipment and infrastructure; technology applications; maintenance and support; professional development; and technology integration. |
11/5/2002 |
| NCES 2001038 | Programs and Plans of the National Center for Education Statistics, 2001 Edition
This publication summarizes NCES's current statistical programs and its major publications and plans for future work. In this publication are descriptions, timelines and plans for all of the NCES data collections such as the Common Core of Data, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, and the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Also described in this report are descriptions of NCES center-wide programs and services such as training, technology and customer service. |
6/12/2001 |
| NCES 2000089 | Reference and Reporting Guide for Preparing State and Institutional Reports on the Quality of Teacher Preparation: Title II, Higher Education Act
This Reference and Reporting Guide is designed to assist states and institutions of higher education in fulfilling reporting requirements regarding teacher preparation and certification, as mandated by Title II of the Higher Education Act. The guide fulfills the congressional mandate that NCES develop uniform definitions and reporting methods for institutions of higher education and states in meeting the reporting requirements. The Office of Postsecondary Education is responsible for assisting institutions and states in their reporting and preparing the annual reports to Congress. |
5/31/2000 |
| NCES 1999027 | Programs and Plans of the National Center for Education Statistics, 1999 Edition
This publication summarizes NCES's current statistical programs and its major publications and plans for future work. In this publication are descriptions, timelines and plans for all of the NCES data collections such as the Common Core of Data, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System and the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Also described in this report are descriptions of NCES center-wide programs and services such as training, technology and customer service. |
8/10/1999 |
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