The Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development (OPEPD) oversees planning, evaluation, policy development, and budget activities in the U.S. Department of Education (ED). OPEPD coordinates these activities with ED principal offices and outside organizations such as Congress, the Office of Management and Budget, and state education agencies.
OPEPD is home to ED's Budget Service, Performance Information Management Service, Family Policy Compliance Office, and Policy and Program Studies Service. OPEPD coordinates activities of the Office of Educational Technology.
Bill Evers is Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development.
New Race and Ethnicity Guidance for the Collection of Federal Education Data Issued
Final guidance issued in the Federal Register on October 19, 2007 (72 Fed. Reg. 59267) on the collection and reporting of racial and ethnic data by educational institutions and other grantees now allows individuals to self-identify their ethnicity and race, and select more than one race and/or ethnicity. This change permits individuals to more accurately reflect their racial and ethnic background by not limiting responses to only one racial or ethnic category, and expands reporting options to seven categories (American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, White, and Two or More Races). For further information:
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