Jill
Abbott, Abbott Advisor Group
Michael
Powell, Abbott Advisor Group
Abbott Advisor Group is a national and international consulting company working with businesses, non-profits, and government agencies in the K-12 and digital skills education space. Centered with the tools and expertise needed to harness the power of data and technology to improve student learning and promote digital equity, we focus on data modernization, assessment, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. The main focus areas of consulting include data modernization, assessment, technical strategy, overall strategic planning, and digital equity. Target audiences are state education agencies, federal education government agencies, C-level executives in business, and executives in non-profit organizations. Please see our website for more information: www.abbottadvisorgroup.com
Nancy Copa, AEM Corporation
CEDS is a US Education Department initiative that is important for all education data experts to understand. It is applicable to all education data from schools to states, from data collected in spreadsheet to Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems. The CEDS exhibitor table will provide important information to all attendees about what CEDS is, how it benefits them, and how they can get involved. Please see our website for more information: https://ceds.ed.gov
Eric Valcheff, Crocus
Crocus is an expert in education data services and a leader in CEDS and Ed-Fi education data standards having completed 200+ enterprise systems decision support, development, and integration projects in 32 states (SEA/LEA/IHE). Latina-owned, DC-based Crocus helps education agencies use data to solve complex problems by applying effective data-driven continuous improvement strategies, leveraging our evidence-based Data Wellness Framework, and resulting in highly effective research-driven visualization and dashboard reporting. Our user-centered framework is grounded by our approach to deploying systems and processes through the lens of both the capabilities and objectives of the people who use them. Please see our website for more information: www.crocusllc.com
Sarah
Davis, Data Quality Campaign
Kyle Lachman, Data Quality Campaign
Data Quality Campaign (DQC) advocates to change the role of data so it works for people navigating their education and workforce journey. Key to this is ensuring that statewide longitudinal data systems (SLDSs) are providing value to people by supporting tools that enable access to data. DQC will provide resources and answer questions about the value of data and our new vision for SLDSs. Please see our website for more information: https://dataqualitycampaign.org/our-work/people-need-access-to-data/
Daniel
Boersma, DBDriven.net LLC
Will Goldschmidt, DBDriven.net LLC
Paulo
Dorado, DBDriven.net LLC
Craig
Moebus, DBDriven.net LLC
Virginia, Nevada, and the Northern Mariana Islands share a common solution provider, DBDriven, to meet their P20W data-driven research and reporting requirements. DBDriven, together with these states, represents a partnership model advancing the modernization of the shared solution for efficient data sharing and analysis of deidentified cross-agency data. DBDriven proposes exhibiting the solution and answering questions from States, along with an opportunity for a deeper dive into the system, governance models, and best practices. This exhibit will assist states in identifying how, and if, a partnership with Virginia, Nevada and the Mariana Islands could benefit their P20W and SLDS needs. Please see our website for more information: https://www.dbdriven.net/
Jessica
Greene, AEM Corporation/PSC
Alec Walker, AEM Corporation/PSC
Courtney
Montgomery, AEM Corporation/PSC
Justin
Brown, AEM Corporation/PSC
The EDFacts Partner Support Center (PSC) supports states with EDFacts data submissions. We'd like to have a table to be available for SEAs to meet the PSC in person, ask questions, and seek assistance as needed. Please see our website for more information: https://edfacts.communities.ed.gov/#program/psc-self-service-center
Francesca
Venezia, Mathematica
Sophie
Bright, Mathematica
Jennifer Tippins, Mathematica
Liz Glaser, Mathematica
The Education to Workforce Indicator Framework, a first-of-its-kind consensus framework, is designed to encourage cross-sector collaboration and alignment across local, state, and national data systems by promoting a common set of metrics and principles to assess and address disparities along the pre-K-to-workforce continuum. At this table, attendees will learn how to access the free and publicly available framework resources, including essential questions, indicators and metrics, and data equity principles. They will also learn what each framework component includes and how they could use them in their work. We will offer handouts of resources and demo the website. Please see our website for more information: https://www.educationtoworkforce.org/
Elissa
Seto, eScholar
Sierra
Renfro, eScholar
eScholar connects data, solves problems, and empowers decisions for education agencies nationwide. eScholar's solutions suite includes statewide longitudinal data systems, early childhood integrated data systems, unique identifier systems, matching systems, P20W statewide longitudinal data systems (SLDS), district longitudinal data systems and analytics, early childhood data systems (ECIDS), unique identifier solutions, direct certification, CEP calculations, data linking/matching, Common Education Data Standards (CEDS), and many others. eScholar's award-winning solutions support the work and education of over 50 million individuals. Please see our website for more information: https://escholar.com/
Glynn Ligon, ESP Solutions Group
Jim Rife, ESP Solutions Group
Jeremy
Thigpen, ESP Solutions Group
ESP Solutions Group, Inc. (ESP) is solely focused on improving the quality of education data. We collaborate with our project partners to optimize the collection, management, reporting, and use of data within local and state agencies. Since 1993, we have advised school districts, all state education agencies, and the U.S. Department of Education on the practice of P20W data management. We are nationally recognized experts in implementing the data and technology requirements of state accountability systems; the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Ed-Fi, EDFacts, Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF)/Access 4 Learning (4AL), and Common Education Data Standards (CEDS). ESP's collective expertise is represented in our Journal Series and Optimal Reference Guides (downloads are available at http://www.espsolutionsgroup.com/library/). Please see our website for more information: http://espsolutionsgroup.com/
Rebecca Marshall, Harvard Strategic Data Project
Since 2008, the Strategic Data Project at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University has helped PK12 and postsecondary agencies and systems transform their use of data to improve student outcomes. We've worked with 240+ organizations, providing capacity-building through our two-year fellowship and building a network of 500+ education data strategists. We've helped organizations answer strategic questions on topics like talent pipelines, evidence of impact, college-going, and more. We are also building a suite of P20W diagnostic tools to help states answer questions like: Which pathways in your state provide the highest earnings? What factors predict student success? Please see our website for more information: https://sdp.cepr.harvard.edu/
Lindsay Wise, Center for the Integration of IDEA Data
Come learn about how CIID's hands-on TA guides states through in-depth reviews of the source elements used to aggregate and populate OSEP's EDFacts files using the Common Education Data Standards (CEDS). With CEDS as a common data language, IDEA practitioners, data stewards, stakeholders and leaders have a shared understanding of the meaning of data elements and the information that data collections represent. States and jurisdictions can leverage the process of installing the Generate tool to establish new data governance practices and uncover data assumptions, using new tools to expand beyond their CIID engagement. Learn about how stronger data governance practices and higher confidence in data quality supports effective data-based decision making and ultimately improves academic outcomes for students with disabilities. Please see our website for more information: https://ciidta.communities.ed.gov/#program
Catherine Llamido, NAEP
Gabrielle Bush, NAEP
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) provides important information about student achievement and learning experiences in various subjects. Also known as The Nation's Report Card, NAEP has provided meaningful results to improve education policy and practice since 1969. Results are available for the nation, states, and 27 urban districts.
NAEP is a congressionally mandated program that is overseen and administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences. The National Assessment Governing Board, an independent body appointed by the Secretary of Education, sets NAEP policy. Please see our website for more information: https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/
Jodi Vallaster, National Center for Education Statistics
Kristi Donaldson, National Center for Education Statistics
Jason Solinsky, AIR
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary statistical agency of the U.S. Department of Education. It is one of thirteen principal federal statistical agencies whose activities are predominantly focused on the collection, compilation, processing, or analysis of information for statistical purposes. The NCES exhibit will showcase data tools, online resources, and recent data releases which includes the congressionally mandated Condition of Education–a system of indicators on all levels of education and labor force outcomes in the United States, as well as international comparisons. Please see our website for more information: https://nces.ed.gov/
Chloe Sanducci, Project Unicorn by InnovateEDU
Project Unicorn is an effort to improve data interoperability within K-12 education. We aim to create a community of innovators who make the broader case for secure interoperability by determining shared priorities, working in partnership with school systems and vendors to understand its importance and benefits, creating a demand-side push for interoperability through partnerships, and educating buyers to consider the total cost of ownership through informed comparison of vendors. We believe solving data interoperability challenges facing districts and schools is critical to ensuring that teachers have the information they need to do their jobs and innovate in instructional practices. Please see our website for more information: https://www.projectunicorn.org/
Fred Edora, Rhonda Weiss Center for Accessible IDEA Data
The Rhonda Weiss Center for Accessible IDEA Data improves state and stakeholder capacity under Part B and Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to collect, report, analyze, and use accurate IDEA data in formats that provide equitable access to persons with disabilities. This is accomplished through comprehensive technical supports and the development and implementation of an open source, dynamic data reporting tool. This center commemorates Rhonda Weiss, a long-time Department of Education attorney and disability advocate with a visual impairment of her own, who passed in October 2021. Please see our website for more information: https://www.weissta.org/
Ariana
Bauer, CPSI, Ltd.
Michelle Elia, CPSI, Ltd.
John Bauer, CPSI, Ltd.
Embark on a transformative journey with CPSI into the future of education, where data modernization is not just a concept, but a driving force. In this presentation, we uncover the potential of modern tools to redefine data management, fuel strategic decision-making, and enhance student outcomes. We'll also discuss how data modernization can promote data equity, ensuring every student benefits from these advancements. Join CPSI as we explore how data modernization can empower state education agencies to shape tomorrow's educational landscape today. Please see our website for more information: https://www.cpsiltd.com
Corey
Chatis, SLDS State Support Team
Charlotte Ellis, SLDS State Support Team
Jeff Watson, SLDS State Support Team
The SLDS State Support Team is a group of data systems experts who support states and territories to plan, develop, manage, use, and sustain their SLDSs. Our technical assistance is free to all states and territories, regardless of whether they have an active grant. Visit our table to meet members of our team, ask questions, and learn more about the available resources and activities. Please see our website for more information: https://slds.ed.gov/#program/about-the-sst