Education Data Exchange Network
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The Education Data Exchange Network (EDEN) is a set of K-12
statistical reports gathered from state agencies by the US Department of Education.
Formerly known as Performance-Based Data Management Initiative (PBDMI), EDEN attempts to gather statistics from each state such as school populations within subgroups (race, gender, etc.), graduation rates and school spending.
EDEN data gathering is complicated by the fact that no data sent to federal agencies may contain private data about an individual student that would violate the FERPA
guidelines. So a state agency can not just send a list of students and their test scores. A reporting agency can only send a list of subgroups and counts if the counts are above a small number such as five.
EDEN data sets consists of three types:
There are XML
representations of EDEN files as well as XML Schemas to validate these files. These files are available from the ED.Gov File Specifications site.
EDEN does not yet comply with federal information exchange guidelines as outlined in ISO/IEC 11179
specification nor does it follow the Federal XML Developers Guide.
In March 2005, the Secretary of Education, Margert Spellings abolished the office administering EDEN, along with other restructuring and consolidations in the department. http://www.ed.gov/about/reports/annual/results2005/july05report.doc
Perot Systems
has taken over operation of EDEN, and combined EDEN with ED's data warehouse to produce EDFacts. The combined system resulted in costs savings, but EDEN still remains under a strict watch from the GAO as a high-risk project.http://www.gao.gov/htext/d06647.html
K-12
K–12 is a designation for the sum of primary and secondary education. It is used in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand where P–12 is also commonly used...
statistical reports gathered from state agencies by the US Department of Education.
Formerly known as Performance-Based Data Management Initiative (PBDMI), EDEN attempts to gather statistics from each state such as school populations within subgroups (race, gender, etc.), graduation rates and school spending.
EDEN data gathering is complicated by the fact that no data sent to federal agencies may contain private data about an individual student that would violate the FERPA
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 is a United States federal law.It allows students with access to their education records, an opportunity to seek to have the records amended, and some control over the disclosure of information from the records...
guidelines. So a state agency can not just send a list of students and their test scores. A reporting agency can only send a list of subgroups and counts if the counts are above a small number such as five.
EDEN data sets consists of three types:
- Statewide data often called State Education Agencies (SEA)
- District or regional data Local Education Agencies (LEA)
- School-specific data
There are XML
XML
Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
representations of EDEN files as well as XML Schemas to validate these files. These files are available from the ED.Gov File Specifications site.
EDEN does not yet comply with federal information exchange guidelines as outlined in ISO/IEC 11179
ISO/IEC 11179
ISO/IEC 11179 is an international standard for representing metadata for an organization in a metadata registry.- Intended purpose :...
specification nor does it follow the Federal XML Developers Guide.
In March 2005, the Secretary of Education, Margert Spellings abolished the office administering EDEN, along with other restructuring and consolidations in the department. http://www.ed.gov/about/reports/annual/results2005/july05report.doc
Perot Systems
Perot Systems
Perot Systems was an information technology services provider founded in 1988 by a group of investors led by Ross Perot and based in Plano, Texas, United States. A Fortune 1000 corporation with offices in more than 25 countries, Perot Systems employed more than 23,000 people and had an annual...
has taken over operation of EDEN, and combined EDEN with ED's data warehouse to produce EDFacts. The combined system resulted in costs savings, but EDEN still remains under a strict watch from the GAO as a high-risk project.http://www.gao.gov/htext/d06647.html