Forum Guide to Metadata

Title:	Forum Guide to Metadata
Description:	The Forum Guide to Metadata presents and examines the ways in which metadata can be used by education agencies to improve data quality and promote a better understanding of education data. Supported by metadata-related case studies from state and local education agencies, the guide highlights the uses of metadata from a technical point of view, as well as the perspectives of data management, data reporting and use, and data privacy and security. The guide further discusses how to plan and successfully implement a metadata system in an education setting and provides examples of standard metadata items and definitions to assist agencies with standardization.
Online Availability:	Download, view and print the report as a pdf file. (1.4MB)
Cover Date:	November 2021
Web Release:	November 30, 2021
Publication #:	NFES 2021110
Center/Program:	NFES
Associated Centers:	NCES
Authors:	The National Forum on Education Statistics
Type of Product:	Guide
Keywords:	Data Access and Standardization Data Analysis Data Collection Data Interpretation Data Management Data Privacy Data Reporting Data Strategy Data Use Metadata • System
Questions:	For questions about the content of this Guide, please contact: Ghedam Bairu.