AEFA 35th Annual Conference
Conference Information and Details
Omni Richmond Hotel
Richmond, VA
100 South 12th Street
Richmond, VA 23219
804-344-7000
AEFA ROOM RATE $190 per night
EXTENDED DEADLINE: February 24, 2010
THE 35th AEFA ANNUAL CONFERENCE
March 18 - 20, 2010
Richmond, Virginia
35TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Conference Theme:
Education Finance and Policy in a Time of Fiscal Constraints and Federal Action
All Attendees are responsible for paying 2010 Membership Dues and 2010 Conference Registration.
**Conference rates will increase March 4, 2010**
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Workshop 1
How can NCES Data be Accessed and Used for Research?
Live Interactive on-line training session
Ø Interactive training on NCES web-based data tools: Build-a-Table Tool, Public School & District locators, Public Schools District Finance Peer Search, Public Schools District Longitudinal Data Tool
Ø Overview of Common Core of Data (CCD) Fiscal Surveys: CCD Local Education Agency finance Survey (F-33); National Public Education Financial Survey (NPFES); Teacher Compensation Survey and non fiscal surveys
Ø Overview of the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)
Education Finance data provide powerful information for decision making, policy making, and research within and across education systems. The Common Core of Data (CCD) is the primary database on public elementary and secondary education in the United States
The workshop offers interactive training on the NCES Build a Table-a tool that allows the data user to create user-specific tables of CCD public school data by selecting data elements, years, districts, and schools, among other parameters. The NCES Build-a-Table tool permits the user to create custom tables with over 500 variables at the state, district, or school level.
One focus of the workshop will be on navigating the CCD Local Education Agency Finance Survey, commonly called the F-33. Fiscal records at the school level can be matched to CCD School Universe (nonfiscal) survey, enabling data users to match information about students, staff, and institution characteristics with finance data. Training on how to match the files will be conducted. The workshop will also focus on the CCD National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS), which is an annual collection of state level finance.
The workshop will review the NCES Teacher Compensation Survey (TCS), an administrative records survey that collects total compensation, teacher status, and demographic data about individual teachers from multiple states.
This session is live and interactive. The participants should bring their laptops to access data from the NCES website and perform practice exercises.
Presenters: Stephen Q. Cornman and Frank Johnson, from the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Eunice Ave, Liz Holland, and Mark Dixon from the US Census Bureau.
Workshop 2
The Future of School Finance Litigation: A Discussion of Educational Accountability in the Face of Economic Challenges and Technological Change.
The ultimate goal of educational finance litigation is to improve the quantity and quality of educational opportunities provided to all children. But, in a climate of increased legal and political accountability, coupled with fiscal restraint, the unanswered question remains: How? More specifically, how are litigation decisions transformed into educational programs and policy that improve student learning? This AEFA workshop is designed to explore past and current strategies used in education finance litigation; desired adequacy, equity, and efficiency possibilities; and, preferred roles that accountability policies, economic climate, and technology change have on future litigation efforts.
Anthony Rolle--Texas A&M University
Dr. Richard Salmon – Virgina Tech University
Dr. William Owings – Old Dominion University
Ann McColl, J.D. - McColl Law Firm, P.L.L.C.
Dr. James Guthrie – George W. Bush Institute at Southern Methodist University
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