The U.S. Department of Education’s 2017 National Center for Education Statistics’ (NCES) STATS-DC Data
Conference, from August 1–3, 2017, at The Mayflower Hotel, offers
discussions on technical and policy issues related to the collection, maintenance, and use of education
data for education researchers, policymakers, and data system managers from all levels of government
who want to share innovations in the design and implementation of education data collections and
information systems;
training and business meetings for Common Core of Data (CCD) and EDFacts data coordinators;
information sessions on CCD, data collection, data linking beyond K–12, data management, data
privacy, data quality, data standards, data use (both analytical and instructional), fiscal data, Statewide
Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS), and changes in how the U.S. Department of Education collects and
uses data; and
updates on federal and state activities affecting data collection and reporting, with a focus on
information about the best new approaches in collecting, reporting, and using education statistics.