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
January 2017
Appendix A: Technical Review Panel (TRP) Members A-1
Appendix B: Confidentiality for Administrative Record Matching B-1
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]
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.
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).
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.
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.
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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