July 24-28, 2006 • Renaissance Mayfl ower Hotel • Washington, DC STATS-DC 2006 Data Partnerships in Action NCES Summer Forum and Data Conference Attention Forum Members Making Your Come and participate in discussions on how to improve the Hotel Reservations quality and use of elementary and secondary education data. (Please Read Carefully) Join other Forum representatives from school districts, state and federal agencies, and national associations in committee Please refer to the meeting schedule to the right and task force work, and participate in roundtable discussions when making your hotel reservation. on topics such as managing data on virtual education, data modeling, and improving data quality. Learn about the status Renaissance Mayflower Hotel of ongoing Forum best-practice guides in the areas of virtual 1127 Connecticut Avenue NW education, data quality curriculum, and data elements for Washington, DC 20036 school exit codes. Please check the Forum website at Reservations Phone: 800-468-3571 http://nces.ed.gov/forum for more information about Hotel Switchboard: 202-347-3000 Forum activities. Fax: 202-776-9182 Data Conference Highlights Please call the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel directly to reserve a sleeping room. You will need to provide Join us at the NCES Summer Data Conference for networking, a personal credit card number to guarantee your updates on federal and national activities affecting data room. collection and reporting, and information about the best innovations in collecting, reporting, and using education • Reservations for lodging must be made at the statistics. Researchers, program administrators, and national hotel prior to Friday, June 30, 2006. leaders will share the latest information about national, state, and local statistical and program data initiatives and • To receive the group rate, please reference the information policy issues. The activities will include half- NCES Meeting room block. day training sessions for fiscal and nonfiscal state Common Core of Data (CCD) coordinators, and a 2-day “track” of • The hotel is offering the Summer Forum and Data presentations by national experts in school finance. Other Conference participants the July 2006 federal sessions will include up-to-the-minute information about single per diem rate for the Washington, DC, area NCES’s survey and assessment programs, discussion of how for both single and double rooms ($150 plus taxes states and districts are responding to the accountability needs per night). of No Child Left Behind, and overviews of state projects in • After Friday, June 30, 2006, the hotel will accept information technology. National efforts to establish data sleeping room reservations on a space-available standards and common definitions will also be a topic of basis only and at a significantly higher rate discussion. (approximately $300 plus taxes per night). • A surcharge of $30 per person per night will apply Agenda/Registration to the third and fourth persons occupying a room. Information Each occupied guestroom may have a maximum of four guests. Please check the NCES website for additional information about the Summer Forum and Data Conference. The agendas Please note: The meeting room block could sell for both activities will be updated continually between now out prior to the cutoff date of June 30. If the and July. To find the information, go to the NCES home block does sell out, rooms may not be available page at http://nces.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences, at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel and you then hit the prominently displayed Forum and Summer Data will have to make a reservation elsewhere. Conference button. This will take you to meeting agendas To ensure you have a room at the conference and to the online registration form. Remember—information hotel, make your reservation early. about sessions and schedules will be updated regularly, so check the website! Preliminary Schedule of Events DATES TIMES ACTIVITIES Meeting of the National Forum on Education Statistics • Forum Working Meetings Sunday 7/23 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Task Force Meetings Monday 7:30 a.m. Registration 7/24 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Task Force Meetings 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. New Members’ Orientation 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Forum Opening Session 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Standing Committee Meetings 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Orientation for New SEA and LEA Representatives 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Steering Committee Meeting Tuesday 7:30 a.m. Registration 7/25 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Task Force Roundtable Discussions 9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Joint Session 10:15 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Standing Committee Meetings 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Steering Committee Meeting Wednesday 7:30 a.m. Registration 7/26 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Standing Committee Meetings 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Forum Closing Session 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Steering Committee Meeting Data Conference • General Attendance Wednesday 7:30 a.m. Registration 7/26 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. CCD Nonfiscal Training (for NEW Coordinators) 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. CCD Fiscal Training (for ALL Coordinators) 1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Data Conference Opening Session 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. CCD Nonfiscal Training (for ALL Coordinators) 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. CCD Fiscal Training (for ALL Coordinators) 2:30 p.m. – 5:20 p.m. Data Conference Concurrent Sessions 3:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Joint CCD Awards and Recognition Thursday 7:30 a.m. Registration 7/27 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Data Conference Want to Concurrent Sessions know more? Friday 7:30 a.m. Registration For online registration 7/28 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Data Conference and regularly updated Concurrent Sessions meeting information, go to http://nces.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences To learn more about the National Forum on Education Statistics, visit http://nces.ed.gov/forum CCD Coordinators should check the Coordinators’ Corner at http://nces.ed.gov/CCD CONNECTICUT Q ST. Dupont Circle P ST. GEORGETOWN P STREET O ST. O STREET 30th St. 29th St. 28th St. O STREET DUMBARTON STREET AV 27th St. N ST. N STREET N STREET ENUE Scott OLIVE ST Circle 22nd St. M STREET 24th St. 13th St. PROSPECT STREET 25th St. 31st St. 36th Street 35th Street M STREET St. h t Thomas 7 21st St. L STREET 17th St. 1 16th St. 15th St. Circle C&O Canal 26th St. Farragut K STREET North 14th St. 29 PENNSYL KEY BRIDGE McPherson Sq. Foggy I ST. VANIA Bottom AVENUE H ST. G STREET FOGGY Metro Center F STREET VIRGINIA BOTTOM ROSSLYN Theodore E ST. Rosslyn E ST. Roosevelt AVENUE Island C St. The Elipse Federal Triangle T BRIDGE C STREET OSEVEL THEODORE RO CONSTITUTION AVENUE Washington Monument Smithsonian Reflecting Pool West Potomac Park ON MEMORIAL BRIDGE C STREET VIRGINIA ARLINGT Tidal Basin D STREET Arlington National Cemetery MEMORIAL DRIVE 12th St. Arlington National Cemetery Getting There by Car From the North via I-95 (New York, Baltimore) or Bridge/Route 1 North exit. Cross the 14th Street Bridge and Baltimore/Washington International (BWI) Airport stay in the far left lane. Follow 14th Street for approximately Take I-95 South towards Washington, DC. Take the I-495 West 10 blocks, and turn left on K Street into the service lane on the exit toward Rockville/Silver Spring. Take Exit 33 Connecticut right. Turn right onto Connecticut Avenue. The hotel is located 1 Avenue South towards Chevy Chase. Follow Connecticut Avenue 1 /2 blocks up on the right. for approximately 7 miles. The Renaissance Mayflower Hotel is If traveling from Reagan, exit the airport by following signs to located on the left at Connecticut Avenue and DeSales Street Washington. Take the 14th Street Bridge/Route 1 North exit and between M and L Streets. continue to follow the directions above. From the North via I-270 (Frederick, Gaithersburg) From the West or Dulles International Airport: all hours Take I-270 South to I-495 South towards Virginia. Take the except 6:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m., Monday–Friday* George Washington Parkway exit. Take the Theodore Roosevelt Follow the signs to I-66 East towards Washington, DC. Follow Bridge (U.S. Route 50) exit. Cross the bridge and stay in the left I-66 East to the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge (U.S. Route 50). Cross lane. Follow signs to E Street. Continue on E Street and turn left the bridge and stay in the left lane. Follow signs to E Street. onto 17th Street. 17th Street turns into Connecticut Avenue after Continue on E Street and turn left onto 17th Street. 17th Street 1 crossing K Street. The hotel is located 1 /2 blocks up on the right. turns into Connecticut Avenue after crossing K Street. 1 From the South/Richmond or Reagan National Airport The hotel is located 1 /2 blocks up on the right. Take I-95 North towards Washington, DC. Take the I-395 North *HOV Restrictions: I-66 East, 6:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m., Monday– exit and stay in the left lane. Follow signs to the 14th Street Friday, minimum of two passengers during morning rush hour. Alternate Directions: Take the Dulles Access Road to I-495 North arrange for service. The approximate one-way fare is $26.00 for towards Baltimore. Take the George Washington Parkway exit the first person, $11.00 for each additional. to the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge and continue to follow the From Baltimore/Washington International Airport directions above.