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2008/18 BACCALAUREATE AND BEYOND (B&B:08/18) FIELD TEST




Appendices A and B
OMB # 1850-0729 v. 11





Submitted by

National Center for Education Statistics

U.S. Department of Education









January 2017






Appendix A: Technical Review Panel (TRP) Members A-1

Appendix B: Confidentiality for Administrative Record Matching B-1





Appendix A
Membership of the Technical Review Panel















Michael Bates
Assistant Professor of Economics
University of California, Riverside
3135 Sproul Hall
Riverside, CA 92521
Phone: (951) 827-1585
Email: [email protected]


Amber Bloomfield

Data Scientist

Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment

University of Maryland

1101 Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Building

College Park, MD 20742

Phone: (301) 405-5594

Email: [email protected]


Bradley Curs
Associate Professor
University of Missouri
202 Hill Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
Phone: (573) 882-2759
Email: [email protected]


Michael Dakduk

Executive Vice President and Director of Government Relations

Career Education Colleges and Universities

1101 Connecticut Avenue, NW

Suite 900

Washington, DC 20036

Phone: (202) 336-6828

Email: [email protected]

Thurston Domina
Associate Professor
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
119 Peabody Hall
Campus Box 3500
Chapel Hill, NC 27705
Phone: (919) 962-9197
Email: [email protected]

Brent Evans
Assistant Professor
Vanderbilt University
230 Appleton Place
PMB 414
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: (615) 322-6491
Email: [email protected]

Li Feng
Associate Professor and Visiting Fellow
Texas State University and the Brookings Institute
601 University Drive

McCoy 551
San Marcos, TX 78666
Phone: (512) 245-8462
Email: [email protected]


Michael Lovenheim
Associate Professor
Cornell University
102 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: (607) 255-0705
Email: [email protected]


Hironao Okahana

Assistant Vice President, Research & Policy Analysis

Council of Graduate Schools

One Dupont Circle NW

Suite 230

Washington, DC 20036

Phone: (202) 696-1560

Email: [email protected]


Cecilia Rios-Aguilar
Associate Professor/Director HERI
University of California, Los Angeles
3005C Moore Hall
405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone: (310) 825-1925
Email: [email protected]



Steven Rivkin

Professor

University of Illinois, Chicago

601 South Morgan Street

Chicago, IL 60607

Phone: (312) 413-2368

Email: [email protected]


Jamey Rorison

Senior Research Analyst

Institute for Higher Education Policy

1825 K Street NW

Suite 720

Washington, DC 20006

Phone: (202) 861-8244

Email: [email protected]


Jeff Strohl
Director of Research
Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce
3300 White Haven Street
Suite 3200
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: (202) 687-4945
Email: [email protected]

Marvin Titus
Associate Professor, Higher Education
University of Maryland
Benjamin Building, 3209
College Park, MD 20742
Phone: (301) 405-2220
Email: [email protected]

Jonathan Turk
Senior Policy Research Analyst
American Council on Education
One Dupont Circle NW
Suite 1B
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 939-9321
Email: [email protected]


Lesley Turner
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics

University of Maryland
3114 Tydings Hall
College Park, MD 20742
Phone: (301) 405-3512
Email: [email protected]


Paul Umbach

Professor, Department of Leadership, Policy, Adult and Higher Education

North Carolina State University

300 Poe Hall

Box 7801

Raleigh, NC 27603

Phone: (919) 515-9366

Email: [email protected]


Mamie Voight

Vice President of Policy Research

Institute for Higher Education Policy

1825 K Street NW

Suite 720

Washington, DC 20006

Phone: (202) 587-4967

Email: [email protected]


Robert Yin

COSMOS Corporation

3 Bethesda Metro Center

Suite 700

Bethesda, MD 20814

Phone: (240) 223-5200

Email: [email protected]


Federal Panelists


Quentin Brummet

Chief, Experiments and Innovation Branch

Center for Administrative Records Research and Applications

U.S. Census Bureau

4600 Silver Hill Road

Suitland, MD 20746

Phone: (301) 763-5939

Email: [email protected]


Mark Fiegener

Project Officer

National Science Foundation

Division of Science Resources Statistics

4201 Wilson Boulevard

Arlington, VA 22230

Phone: (703) 292-4622

Email: [email protected]


Daniel Foley

Survey Statistician

National Science Foundation

4201 Wilson Boulevard

Arlington, VA 22230

Phone: (703) 292-7811

Email: [email protected]


Flora Lan

Survey Statistician

National Science Foundation

Division of Science Resources and Statistics

4201 Wilson Boulevard

Arlington, VA 22230

Phone: (703) 292-4758

Email: [email protected]


Noah Mann

Office of Management and Budget

725 17th Street NW

Washington, DC 20503

Phone: (202) 395-3256

Email: [email protected]


John Mingus

Assistant Director

U.S. Government Accountability Office

441 G Street NW

Washington, DC 20548

Phone: (202) 512-4987

Email: [email protected]



Daniel Pollard

Senior Advisor, Enterprise Data

U.S. Department of Education, FSA

Office of the Chief Operating Officer

830 First Street NE

Washington, DC 20202

Phone: (202) 377-3389

Email: [email protected]


Allen Ruby

Associate Commissioner for Policy and Systems Research

Institute of Educations Sciences, NCER

555 New Jersey Avenue NW

Room 611B

Washington, DC 20208

Phone: (202) 219-1591

Email: [email protected]


Robert Sivinski

Statistician

Office of Management and Budget

725 17th Street, NW

Washington, DC 20503

Phone: (202) 395-1205

Email: [email protected]


David Smole
Specialist in Education Policy
Congressional Research Service
101 Independence Avenue SE, Mailstop 7440
Washington, DC 20540
Phone: (202) 707-0624
Email: [email protected]


U.S. Department of Education, NCES


Sharon Boivin
Senior Research and Policy Analyst

Commission on Evidence-based Policymaking (CEP)
U.S. Census Bureau
4600 Silver Hill Road

Suitland, MD 20746
Phone: (202) 579-7448
Email: [email protected]

Peggy Carr
Acting Commissioner
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room 4061
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-6168
Email: [email protected]

Chris Chapman
Associate Commissioner
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room 4054
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-7103
Email: [email protected]

Elise Christopher
Statistician
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room 4005
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-7098
Email: [email protected]


Tracy Hunt-White
Education Statistician
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room 4007
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-6507
Email: [email protected]

Kashka Kubzdela
OMB Liaison
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP)
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-7377
Email: [email protected]

Gail Mulligan
Longitudinal Surveys Branch Chief
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room 4178
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-8413
Email: [email protected]


Richard Reeves

Program Director

U.S. Department of Education, NCES

550 12th Street SW

Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room 4134

Washington, D.C. 20202

Phone: (202) 245-7690

Email: [email protected]


David Richards

BPS Project Officer

U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room 4037
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-6202
Email: [email protected]


Marilyn Seastrom

Chief Statistician

U.S. Department of Education, NCES

550 12th Street SW

Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room 4063

Washington, DC 20202

Phone: (202) 245-7766

Email: [email protected]


Sean Simone
Statistician
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP)

Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-7631
Email: [email protected]

Ted Socha
Mathematical Statistician
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
550 12th Street SW
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Room 4004
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 245-7071
Email: [email protected]


RTI International


Melissa Cominole

Senior Research Education Analyst

RTI International
3040 East Cornwallis Road

P.O. Box 12194

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 990-8456
Email: [email protected]


Jennifer Cooney
Statistician
RTI International
3040 East Cornwallis Road

P.O. Box 12194

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 485-5570
Email: [email protected]


Jeffrey Franklin

Senior Survey Methodologist

RTI International

3040 East Cornwallis Road

P.O. Box 12194

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Phone: (919) 485-2614

Email: [email protected]


Laura Knapp

Director, Education Research

RTI International
3040 East Cornwallis Road

P.O. Box 12194

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 541-7014
Email: [email protected]


Nichole Smith

Research Education Analyst

RTI International

3040 East Cornwallis Road

P.O. Box 12194

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Phone: (919) 485-5735

Email: [email protected]


Robert Stollberg

Research Education Analyst

RTI International

3040 East Cornwallis Road

P.O. Box 12194

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Phone: (919) 485-2644

Email: [email protected]


Ashley Wilson

Education Analyst

RTI International

3040 East Cornwallis Road

P.O. Box 12194

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Phone: (919) 541-7014

Email: [email protected]


Jennifer Wine

Senior Director, Program in Education Survey Design

RTI International

3040 East Cornwallis Road

P.O. Box 12194

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Phone: (919) 541-6870

Email: [email protected]

































Appendix B
Confidentiality for Administrative Record Matching





B.1 Develop Linkages with Administrative Data Sources

Linkages will be developed with existing data sources to supplement the 2008/18 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:08/18) during both the field test (2017) and full-scale (2018) collections. NCES recognizes the great value added to the B&B:08/18 data file with the addition of data from specific administrative data sources given that certain data, such as specific financial aid amounts and associated dates, can only be accurately obtained from sources other than the student. Our postsecondary studies, including the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) and the Beginning Postsecondary Students Study (BPS), have included file merges with many existing sources of valuable data, including Department of Education’s (ED) Central Processing System (CPS) for Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) data, the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS), and National Student Clearinghouse (NSC). For this study, we plan to perform file merges with the following datasets: CPS, NSLDS, and NSC. We are reviewing the possibility of matching to other administrative data sources in the full-scale study.

As described in more detail in Section A.10 of the Supporting Statement Part A, which is a part of this request, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (34 CFR Part 99) allows the disclosure of information without prior consent for the purposes of B&B:08/18 according to 34 CFR §99.31.

Secure Data Transfers. NCES has set up a secure data transfer system, using the NCES member site with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology. The contractor will use this electronic system for submitting data containing potentially identifying information (such as SSNs, names, and dates of birth of our sample members) along with their survey ID (not the same ID that is available on the restricted-use data). Before being transmitted, files will be encrypted using FIPS 140-2 validated encryption tools. Data will be received from the NCES system as well. The system requires that both parties to the transfer be registered users of the NCES Members Site and that their Members Site privileges be set to allow use of the secure data transfer service as described above. This process will be used for file matching procedures described below, except in instances when the vendor already has a secure data transfer system in place.

B.2 File Merge with ED Central Processing System (CPS)

File merges will be performed by the data collection contractor with the CPS data containing federal student aid application information. The merge with CPS can occur at any time for any number of cases, provided that the case has an apparently valid SSN associated with it. A file will be sent to CPS and in return a large data file containing all matched students who applied for federal aid will be received. The data collection contractor has programs and procedures in place to prepare and submit files according to rigorous CPS standards, and to receive and process data obtained from CPS.

A file will be electronically uploaded on the FAFSA secure web-site for matching which contains SSN and the first 2 letters of the sample member’s last name (but no other information). Access to the site for the upload is restricted to authorized users who are registered and provide identification/authentication information (user name and password) to the FAFSA data site. The file is retrieved by the Central Processing System or CPS (the FAFSA contractor data system) for linkage. The linked file, containing student aid applications for matched records, is then made available to us only through a secure connection (EdConnect) which also requires user name and password. All CPS files will be processed, edited, and documented for inclusion in the final restricted use file (RUF).

B.3 File Merge with National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) Disbursement

A file merge will be conducted with the NSLDS to collect federal loan and Pell grant data. The resulting file will contain cumulative amounts for each student’s entire postsecondary education enrollment. NCES has set up a secure data transfer system that uses their NCES member site and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology. The system requires that both parties to the transfer be registered users of the NCES Members Site and that their Members Site privileges be set to allow use of the secure data transfer service. These privileges are set up and carefully controlled by the ED’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) NCES Chief Technology Officer (CTO), a service designed by ED/NCES specifically for the secure transfer of electronic files containing personally identifying information (i.e., data protected under the Privacy Act or otherwise posing risk of disclosure), and can be used for NCES-to-Contractor; Contractor-to-Subcontractor; Subcontractor-to-Contractor; and Contractor-to-Other-Agency data transfers. The party uploading the information onto the secure server at NCES is responsible for deleting the file(s) after the successful transfer has been confirmed. Programs have been developed to create the files for the merge and also to read the data received. All matching processes are initiated by the data collection staff providing a file with one record per sample member to be merged.

B.4 File Merge with the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC)

The NSC will be used to obtain the Student Tracker data on institutions attended, enrollment dates, and degree completions for the B&B:08/18 sample.

The data collection contractor will first set up an account with the Clearinghouse which will enable sending and receiving of files securely over encrypted FTPS connections. The file containing sensitive student identifiers (name, date of birth, and SSN) will be encrypted using FIPS 140-2 validated encryption tools then submitted to the Clearinghouse using their secure FTP site. All files received by the Clearinghouse will be securely stored using FIPS 140-2 validated AES encryption, the US federal encryption standard. Matched files, containing data on enrollment dates, institution names, and degrees completed, will be returned to the data collection contractor using the same secure FTP site.

B.5 Processing Administrative Data

We propose to send files for matching during data collection. We may need to match to a source (e.g., CPS or NSLDS) more than once during the full-scale study.

The data from all of these sources, as allowed by the vendor, will be delivered for inclusion on the RUF and will be useful for creating derived variables. The derived variables will be available on PowerStats and QuickStats, and both direct-pull and derived variables will be documented thoroughly. Data from CPS will also be useful for purposes of locating the sample.





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