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Opening Session

Wednesday, February 13, 2013
9:00 - 10:00

Welcome and Introductions

Jack Buckley, Commissioner
National Center for Education Statistics


Keynote Speech

Putting Data to Good Use: Applying State and District Data to Improvement in Education

Ruth Curran Neild, Commissioner
National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE)
Institute of Education Sciences (IES), U.S. Department of Education

Dr. Neild will describe efforts by the Institute of Education Sciences to encourage education practitioners and researchers to use administrative data capably, carefully, and imaginatively to obtain better evidence on problems and solutions in education.


Announcements

Renée Rowland, NCES STATS-DC/MIS Conference Manager
National Center for Education Statistics