1. National Forum on Education Statistics Summer 2010 Meeting Closing Session sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics as a component of the National Cooperative Education Statistics System http://nces.ed.gov/forum

2. Agenda Forum Closing Session 10:15 – 11:30 a.m. NCES Update Stuart Kerachsky, Deputy Commissioner, National Center for Education Statistics Standing Committee Progress Reports NESAC – David Weinberger, Chair PPI – Vince Meyer, Chair TECH – Patsy Eiland, Chair Task Force/Working Group Progress Reports Crime, Violence, and Discipline Working Group – William Smith, Chair Data Use Working Group – Kathy Gosa, Chair Education Privacy Working Group – Levette Williams, Chair El/Mid School Course Code Classification WG – Helene Bettencourt, Chair Section 508 Accessibility Working Group – Lee Rabbitt, Chair Recognition of Completed Projects Recognition of Forum Officers Forum Election Meeting Evaluations

3. Traveling Through Time: The Forum Guide to Longitudinal Data Systems, Book I: What Is An LDS? http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010805 Task Force Members: Chair: Bruce Dacey, Delaware Department of Education Nancy Burke, Century Elementary Grafton PSD (ND) Corey Chatis, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Laurie Collins, Mizuni, Inc. (formerly the SIF Association) Pat Sherrill, U.S. Department of Education Nancy Smith, NCES Steve Smith, Cambridge Public Schools (MA) Maureen Wentworth, CCSSO Raymond Yeagley, Northwest Evaluation Association Project Officer: Tate Gould, NCES Support: Anthony Garofano, Quality Information Partners

4. The Forum Guide to Data Ethics Online Course http://nces.ed.gov/forum/dataethics_course.asp Linda Rocks, Bossier Parish Schools (LA) Kateri M. Grillot, Kansas Dept. of Education Ghedam Bairu, NCES Tom Szuba, Quality Information Partners Michael Derman, Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit (PA)

5. 2009-2010 Forum Officers Chair: Linda Rocks, Bossier Parish Schools (LA) Vice Chair: Kathleen Gosa, Kansas State Department of Education Past Chair: Bruce Dacey, Delaware Department of Education NESAC Chair: David Weinberger, Yonkers Public Schools (NY) NESAC Vice Chair: Patricia Sullivan, Texas Education Agency PPI Chair: Vince Meyer, Wyoming Department of Education PPI Vice Chair: Laurel Vorachek, Anchorage School District (AK) TECH Chair: Patsy Eiland, Alabama Department of Education TECH Vice Chair: Lee Rabbitt, Newport Public Schools (RI)

6. Proposed 2010-2011 Forum Officers Chair: Kathleen Gosa, Kansas State Department of Education Vice Chair: David Weinberger, Yonkers Public Schools (NY) Past Chair: Linda Rocks, Bossier Parish Schools (LA) NESAC Chair: Patricia Sullivan, Texas Education Agency NESAC Vice Chair: Cheryl McMurtrey, Mountain Home SD 193 (ID) PPI Chair: Laurel Vorachek, Anchorage School District (AK) PPI Vice Chair: Tom Howell, Michigan Dept. of Management & Budget TECH Chair: Lee Rabbitt, Newport Public Schools (RI) TECH Vice Chair: Peter Tamayo, Washington State Office of Supt.

7. Enjoy the NCES Summer Data Conference The Steering Committee meets at 11:45 a.m. in the Embassy room. For more information about the Forum, contact Ghedam Bairu at ghedam.bairu@ed.gov or at 202-502-7304.