Transcript The National Education Data Model (NEDM)

A project funded by the US Department of Education
Coordinated by the Council of Chief State School Officers
An overview of NEDM
The National
Education Data Model
Overview
Hugh Walkup
Alex Jackl
3-3-2010, NCES Conference
What is NEDM?
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The National Education Data Model is a P-20 data resource and a catalog of
standardized core education data sets
What does that mean?
– NEDM aims to create a catalog of commonly used data sets and describe
the relationship between each data set
– NEDM aims to create an open framework based on current standards to
build education data systems
NEDM Provides:
– Standard data definitions
– Coding strategies
– Data element standards
– Relationships
– Best practices
“Every well built house started in the
form of a definite purpose plus a
definite plan in the nature of a set of
blueprints”-Napoleon Hill
NEDM Priorities
• A blueprint of data available for current and future collection
and reporting
• A framework providing Districts and States to decide with the
capability to individually decide what data to collect and
maintain
• A set of consistent data definitions and an architecture that
will allow improved data quality as well as interoperability
• A framework for local/state/federal RFP generation
What Does NEDM Do?
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The National Education Data Model, designed to understand the
information required for teaching, learning, and administrative systems
can be used by
– Educators
• Use the Data Model to identify requirements
• Perform gap analysis
– Vendors
• Use the Data Model to identify requirements
• Extract a software-specific conceptual model
• Build logical and physical models
– Researchers
• Prepare a research design
Who NEDM?
• Educators/Administrators/Policymakers
– Provides a research capability for educators to comprehend mass amounts of data with
relative ease
– Utilizing data within the core data set enables them to verify areas of need and areas of
strength
– Have a vested interest in creating uniform policies but would not directly use NEDM
• Researchers
– Having an easily navigable core data set allows researchers to create viewable data that
can aid in the improvement of the education system
• Data Managers
– They can act as valuable points of contact that can provide insight into which
information is vital to include
• System Developers
– So they can provide interoperable systems that can integrate data and work with NEDM
to create value
Why NEDM?
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So everyone doesn’t have to start from scratch.
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So databases can talk to each other.
So we can decide what data we need and how
to use it.
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So we can align with existing definitions, data
sets, and reporting requirements.
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So our data systems support our processes
and inform their improvement.
Why Now?
• Significant investments are being made in education that are tied to
outcomes
• Without robust education data systems that can evaluate and track
outcomes we cannot measurably improve educational outcomes
• The time is now to break down silos
– Common definitions (Classifications, entities, attributes)
• Let’s determine what we have that works and institutionalize it.
• Elevate and implement best practices
– Relevant data sets (SIFA, PESC, SCROM)
• Determination of what data points really matter and to whom
– Teachers, students, staff, parents
– Relationships
• Building the bridges that between data silos that have formed in our education eco systems
NEDM is NOT…
• Responsible for telling districts or states how
they should be administering their schools
and education systems
• A model that dictates what physical design
districts and state should be using for housing
data
Uses
• National Level
– Improves research
– Informs policy makers
– Connects data dots
• State Level
– Provides decision makers with quality data
– Enables better evaluation for policy makers
• School Level
– Makes local decision making easier
– Provides reliable information that makes determining what is needed
for a school to succeed
NEDM: Navigation
The image at right depicts
how a user would set about
utilizing the NEDM
NEDM: K-12 Data Model
NEDM Views
NEDM Core
NCES
Handbooks
Core Entities
Common Data
Standards
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Datasets
Federal Collections
(EDFacts)
SIF Transcripts
PESC Transcripts
State Core
ARRA
NEDM Process Structure
Stimulus
• NEDM appeals to education as electronic health
records appeals to the healthcare industry
• By digitizing education information and making it
viewable in a consistent manner it is a high
performance way for education officials to spend
their ARRA dollars
• State use of the $4.35B Race to the top fund will
be a primary method of funding improved data
systems
For More Information
View the official website at:
http://www.nces.ed.gov/forum/datamodel/index.aspx
For up to date information of the model, and feedback:
www.educationdatamodel.org
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