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2009 National Forum on Education Statistics and NCES Summer Data Conference
Dates: July 27-31, 2009 in Bethesda, MD
Sponsor: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Description:
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), in the U.S Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES), will sponsor a 2.5-day meeting of the membership of the National Forum on Education Statistics. This will be immediately followed by the annual NCES Data Conference
The Data Conference is 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 will include training and business meetings for state CCD and EDFacts data coordinators. In addition, there will be a range of informative sessions targeted toward interests in school finance, building and managing data systems, data standards, and data delivery and use, as well as information about changes in how the U.S. Department of Education collects and uses data.
The deadline to submit a concurrent session or demonstration proposal for the 2009 Summer Data Conference is Friday, May 8, 2009. The deadline for your name to appear in the program participants' list is Monday, June 1, 2009. The theme for this year's conference is "Decisions Begin with Good Data." For more information about the conference or to register and optionally submit a concurrent session or demonstration proposal, please visit website.
Web Site: http://ies.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/?id=421
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