The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), in the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES), sponsored a 2.5-day meeting of the membership of the National Forum on Education Statistics. This was followed by the annual NCES Data Conference.
The Data Conference was an opportunity for professional networking, updates on federal and national activities affecting data collection and reporting, and information about the best new approaches in collecting, reporting, and using education statistics. The Conference included training and business meetings for state CCD and EDFacts data coordinators. In addition, there were a range of informative sessions targeted toward interests in "101" introductory sessions, data collection and management, data dissemination, data linking beyond K-12, data privacy, data standards/quality, data usage, and finance.
