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