The Forum is a voluntary, democratic, participative, and cooperative federal-state-local body with a mission to develop and recommend strategies for building an education data system that will support local, state, and national efforts to improve public and private education throughout the United States.
To contact the Forum:
| Write: | Ghedam Bairu 1990 K Street, NW Room 9095 Washington, DC 20006 |
| Fax: | 202-502-7475 |
| Email: | Ghedam Bairu |
Forum Annual Report 2007–2008
Forum Annual Report 2006–2007
Forum Annual Report 2005–2006
Forum Annual Report 2004–2005
Forum Annual Report 2003–2004
Forum Annual Report 2002–2003
For a comprehensive history of the Forum, which includes background, yearly accomplishments and special projects information, download:
National Forum on Education Statistics History 
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Mandated by the Hawkins-Stafford Education Improvement Amendments of 1988 (Public Law 100-297), the National Cooperative Education Statistics System (Cooperative System) was established to produce and maintain, with the cooperation of the States, comparable and uniform educational information and data that are useful for policy making at the federal, state, and local levels. To assist in meeting this goal, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) established the National Forum on Education Statistics to improve the collection, reporting, and use of elementary and secondary education statistics. The Forum deals with issues in education data policy, sponsors innovations in data collection and reporting, and provides technical assistance to improve state and local data systems.
Publications of the National Forum on Education Statistics do not undergo the formal review required for products of the National Center for Education Statistics. The information and opinions published here are the product of the National Forum on Education Statistics and do not necessarily represent the policy or views of the U.S. Department of Education or the National Center for Education Statistics.
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