Race Code Spreadsheet

A transition is underway that requires schools and states to report data about race and ethnicity to the Federal government differently than they have in the past. For those who may be interested I have placed a copy of the race code spreadsheet that I developed here. The sheet is a very simple lookup tool that enables mapping the name of a specific race to codes defined by the NCES and the Office of Management and Budget. You may also find a link to a handout that contains all 900+ race codes on (2) pages here. Thanks to Barbara Andrepont, Judi Barnett, Laurie Collins and all others who helped with this.

STATS-DC 2008

Next week I will be attending and presenting at the STATS-DC 2008 data conference in Bethesda, MD. Both presentations that I am a part of are on the SIF track of the conference. The National Education Data Model will be the focus of one of the presentations. My role will be to discuss how we have used it in one of our projects at work. The second presentation will cover what the SIF Association has done (and is doing) about collecting and reporting race and ethnicity data. If you are coming to the conference, please attend these sessions!