Tag: #datacollection

Guide to Collecting and Reporting Federal Data: Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program

Guide to Collecting and Reporting Federal Data: Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program

This Guide serves as a resource for managing the collection and submission of high quality data that meets federal requirements. While primarily designed to meet the needs of State Coordinators for Homeless Education and EDFacts Coordinators, local liaisons may also find the Guide helpful in completing data reports required by their State Educational Agencies. The Guide includes:

  • a list of all the information school districts and states are required to report,
  • a table to help liaisons and state coordinators assess data quality,
  • sample comments states can submit with data, and
  • information to help plan for future collections.

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Published June 2020


A Closer Look at File Specifications: FS 195

A Closer Look at File Specifications: FS 195

The National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE) developed a series of briefs focused on ensuring data submitted to ED meets quality standards and conforms to program requirements. This brief provides information about the data collection and submission process for File Specification (FS) 195: Chronic Absenteeism.

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Published August 2023


A Closer Look at File Specifications: FS 193

A Closer Look at File Specifications: FS 193

The National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE) developed a series of briefs focused on ensuring data submitted to ED meets quality standards and conforms to program requirements. This brief provides information about the data collection and submission process for File Specification (FS) 193: Title I Allocations.

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Published August 2023


Data Collection Process and Students Experiencing Homelessness

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Data Collection Process and Students Experiencing Homelessness

This brief provides an overview of the data collection process by addressing who is responsible for data collections, how and when data are reported, what to expect during the data quality review conducted by ED, and what resources and help are available. 

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Published March 2023