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- Opening Plenary Session
- Common Core of Data (CCD) Fiscal Coordinators' Training
- EDFacts and Common Core of Data (CCD) Nonfiscal Coordinators' Training
- Concurrent Session I
- Concurrent Session II
- Concurrent Session III
- Concurrent Session IV
- Concurrent Session V
- Concurrent Session VI
- Concurrent Session VII
- Concurrent Session VIII
- Concurrent Session IX
- Concurrent Session X
- Concurrent Session XI
- Concurrent Session XII
- Keynote Speaker Biographies
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Opening Plenary Session
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
1:15 – 2:15pm
Welcome and Introductions
John Q. Easton, Director of Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of EducationKeynote Speech
Catherine E. Lhamon, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) uses data every day in its work to protect students from discrimination based on race, national origin, sex, disability, and age. OCR relies heavily on data collected through its Civil Rights Data Collection and by the National Center for Education Statistics to undercover disparities affecting students at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels. During this session, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Catherine E. Lhamon will cover the importance of data to OCR’s work and the way OCR utilizes statistical information in its policy development and investigations.
Announcements
Ross Santy, Associate Commissioner, Administrative Data DivisionNational Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
