National Standards in Development

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National Standards in Development Rick
Skeel Director of Academic Records University of
Oklahoma April 23, 2007
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• Admission Application
• High School Transcript
• Transcript Acknowledgement and Batch
• National Test Score Reporting
• Request Response of the Degree Audit
• Request Response of the XML Postsecondary
  Transcript
• Course Inventory

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• Admission Application
• Broad participation from vendor community
• Schools involved but could use more input
• Good progress and discussion
• Working through issues of
• Self-reported courses
• RAP segment
• Student achievements

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• Transcript Acknowledgement and Batch
• Schema has been developed
• Sent out for public commment, which ended early
  this month
• Next step is to review and respond to public
  comments through CCB

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• Transcript Request and Response
• Schemas have been developed and submitted to CCB
  for initial review
• There has also been work on Implementation Guides
• CCB was to review these schemas April 16th

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• National Test Score Reporting
• Work is progressing
• Current focus has been on subtests
• Issues include Implementation Guides and
  duplication of test codes
• Degree Audit Request and Response
• Still an open workgroup but on hold at this time

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• High School Transcript
• PESC schema approved
• Work now focussed on alligning formats with SIFA
  to provide interoperability
• Course Inventory
• First conference call earlier this month
• Great response and interest
• Early focus is on scope and need analysis

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Questions? Rick Skeel rskeel_at_ou.edu 405-325-6017
Thank You!
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Enabling pK12 Data Identification, Movement and
Usage Larry Fruth, Ph.D. Executive
Director Schools Interoperability Framework
Association April 23, 2007
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Cafeteria
SIS
Instructional Applications
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Transportation
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Network Accounts
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Library
Challenge Schools Traditional Setup
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• Non-profit membership organization of over 400
• Schools, Districts and Regional Service Agencies
• U.S. and State Departments of Education
• International Government Agencies
• pK-12 Educational Technology Companies
• Other educational organizations
• Community jointly building XML Specifications for
  software to share data quickly, dynamically and
  securely and Implementation Support Tools
• Lead support agency for National Data Model
• Lead support agency for Longitudinal Data Grants

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End-Users and Developers What Do We Need or
Would Like to Do?
SIFA Community Opportunities
Business and Use Case Development
This Can Help It Get It Done!
Technical Development
SIFA Community Opportunities
Specification / Certification Development
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SIF Implementation Specification

• Not a product but a blueprint for managing
  school data
• Describes the data (what) infrastructure (how)
• Works cross platform via web interfaces
• Platform Independent Vendor Neutral
• Has a developed Certification Program

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• Supporting 5 million students, teachers and
  coordinators in 48 states and 6 countries
• Legislatively mandated in states and
  internationally
• Demanded/suggested by USED, states, schools and
  internationally in dozens current or planned
  RFPs
• Expanding into other industry verticals for
  teaching / learning processes

SIF Implementation Specification
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• 2 identified implementation concepts
• Horizontal Implementations
• Vertical Implementations

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Questions? Larry Fruth, Ph.D. lfruth_at_sifinfo.org
www.sifinfo.org 202-607-1178 Thank You!