School Facilities Maintenance Task ForceNational Forum on Education Statisticsand the Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO®)Sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics and the National Cooperative Education Statistics SystemFebruary 2003U.S. Department of EducationRod PaigeSecretaryInstitute of Education SciencesGrover J. WhitehurstDirectorNational Center for Education StatisticsVal PliskoAssociate CommissionerThe National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary Federal entity for collecting, analyzing, andreporting data related to education in the United States and other nations. It fulfills a congressional mandate to collect,collate, analyze and report full and complete statistics on the condition of education in the United States; conduct andpublish reports and specialized analyses of the meaning and significance of such statistics; assist state and localeducation agencies in improving their statistical systems; and review and report on education activities in othercountries.NCES activities are designed to address high priority education data needs; provide consistent, reliable, complete, andaccurate indicators of education status and trends; and report timely, useful, and high quality data to the U.S.Department of Education, the Congress, the states, other education policymakers, practitioners, data users, and thegeneral public.We strive to make our products available in a variety of formats … Purchase document to see full attachment