CEDS Version 4 Public Review Draft Released: Comments Due 9/20

[Jim G]

The draft of the Version 4 Common Education Data Standards (CEDS) has been released for public comment. 

The draft includes candidate changes to support aggregate peer rating metadata as found in the Learning Registry, e.g. a new element "Learning Resource Peer Rating Samples Size".  It also includes updates to the CEDS vocabulary informed by LRMI,  the multi-state tagging initiative, and many other stakeholders.

All are encouraged to review the draft standards and submit comments by September 20th via the CEDS website at: https://ceds.ed.gov/elementsCEDS.aspx. There are over 200 proposed new V4 elements, as well as some updated elements from the previous version of CEDS.  In total, the proposed CEDS Version 4 includes over 1,300 unduplicated elements.  The Version 4 draft spans P-20W (early learning through workforce), including additions to: 
 
·        Early Learning
·        K12
·        Assessment
·        Postsecondary
·        Career and Technical Education
·        Workforce
·        Adult Education
·        P-20W
 
Please note the Version 4 draft elements are accessible by the main CEDS element page (http://ceds.ed.gov/Version4Draft.aspx) or by Excel download (https://ceds.ed.gov/CEDSDownloads.aspx).  The draft elements are NOT included in the data model (DES or NDS) or the CEDS Tools (Align and Connect).  Once the elements have gone through the review process and been revised as final they will be included in the models and tools with the V4 release in January, 2014.
 
CEDS supports the development of a common vocabulary for P-20W. It is a collection of definitions and formats for the most commonly used P-20W education data elements but does not dictate how individual data systems collect, store, and report data.  CEDS is developed each year by a group of stakeholders but is also equally shaped by those that provide feedback during this public comment period.
 
We look forward to hearing from you!