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This session highlighted Tennessee and Washington as presenters and told their states' stories of how they have created a culture of high-quality data.

This session featured updates from OSEP on topics such as the 2019 budget, Education Department strategic plan, Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, Results Driven Accountability, and other topics of interest.

The OSEP Leadership Conference enhanced leadership roles through by providing the opportunity to hear from experts in the field and to learn about evidence-based practices that support participants’ ability to improve results for infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities and their families.

Highlights of the conference included

• Discussions on technical and policy issues related to the collection, maintenance, and use of education data for education researchers, policymakers, and data system managers from all levels of government who want to share innovations in the design and implementation of education data collections and information systems; 
• Informative sessions on the CCD, data collection, data linking beyond K-12, data management, data privacy, data quality, data standards, data use (analytical), data use (instructional), fiscal data, SLDS, and changes in how the U.S. Department of Education collects and uses data; and 
• Updates on federal and state activities affecting data collection and reporting, with a focus on information about the best new approaches in collecting, reporting, and using education statistics.