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1st PLACE WINNERS FOR 2017

Peter Meehan of iQ4 and Doug Falk of National Student Clearinghouse receiving 1st Place Award in 18th Annual Best Practices May 3, 2017.

​​​    20th ANNUAL 

Best Practices Competition

OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS THROUGH

APRIL 19, 2019

​1st PLACE WINNER IS ANNOUNCED & FEATURED AT

PESC SPRING 2019 DATA SUMMIT

​

Promoting Innovation & Ingenuity

In the Application & Implementation

of Interoperable Data Standards

For Business Needs

​​19th 1st Place Winner

2017 2018​

Indiana Commission for Higher Education

One State, Two Initiatives:

Indiana's Embrace of e-Transcripts & Credential Engine

18th 1st Place Winner

2016 2017

iQ4 & National Student Clearinghouse

Extending the Capacity of Higher Education to Scale

the Output of Verified Workforce-Ready Graduates

17th 1st Place Winner

2015 2016

University of Tennessee System & AcademyOne

Automating Reverse Transfer for the

State of Tennessee

16th 1st Place Winner

2014 2015

Elon University & Parchment

Elon Experiences Transcript and Integration

to the Academic Transcript

15th 1st Place Winner

2013 2014

University of Phoenix

eTAPS Electronic Transcript Acquisition Process

14th 1st Place Winner

2012 2013

OCAS

Implementation of High School Transcript

13th 1st Place Winner

2011 2012

NCES - National Center for Education Statistics

U.S. Department of Education

Common Education Data Standards

(CEDS)

12th 1st Place Winner

2010 2011

South Carolina & AcademyOne

SC-TRAC Transfer & Articulation Center​

11st 1st Place Winner

2009 2010

College Foundation of North Carolina

Electronic High School Transcript System

​

10th 1st Place Winners

2008 2009

California Community Colleges & XAP

and

University System of Georgia Board of Regents

California eTranscript  

and

Implementation of High School and

​Postsecondary XML Transcripts

9th 1st Place Winner

2007 2008

Sinclair Community College & Wainwright State University

Exchange of Electronic Transcripts

via Ohio Board of Regents

Articulation & Transfer Clearinghouse

8th 1st Place Winner

2006 2007

DQC - Data Quality Campaign

​Longitudinal Education Data Systems

Using Data to Improve Student Achievements

7th 1st Place Winner

2005 2006

National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs

Common Record: CommonLine (CRC) Beta Test

6th 1st Place Winner

2004 2005

FSA - Federal Student Aid, U.S. Department of Education

XML Registry & Repository for Education

5th 1st Place Winner

2003 2004

Access 4 Learning

SIFA Specification

4th 1st Place Winners

2002 2003

ELM Resources & NCHELP

ELMnet & Meteor

3rd 1st Place Winner

2001 2002

National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs

Common Account Maintenance (CAM)

2nd 1st Place Winner

20002001

University of Northern Iowa

EDI Bridge

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1st 1st Place Winner

1999 2000

OUAC - Ontario Universities' Application Centre

Model of Electronic Standardization Initiative:

Ontario Universities Electronic Transcript System (OUETS)

​BEST PRACTICES

20th ANNUAL BEST PRACTICES COMPETITION

​​​​    20th ANNUAL 

Best Practices Competition

OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS THROUGH

​APRIL 19, 2019

The PESC 20th Annual Best Practices Competition recognizes, highlights and promotes innovation and ingenuity in the application and implementation of interoperable data standards for business needs. 

First held in 1999 and awarded to the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC) for its submission, "Model of an Electronic Standardization Initiative: Ontario Universities Electronic Transcript (OUETS) System," the Annual Best Practices Competition is open to institutions, associations, organizations, government agencies and departments, districts, consortia, non-profit and commercial service providers and other education stakeholders that have collaborated to design and/or adopt an electronic standardization initiative via a specific implementation, and/or other medium such as, but not limited to, published articles, white papers, pilots and demonstrations. 

The PESC 20th Annual Best Practices Competition is open for submissions.  Submissions can include documentation, artifacts and descriptions of the scope of a project, participants and partners, types of standards employed, relevant dates and project milestones, copies of articles (if an article submission), outline of mission/objectives and any related statistics (# of transactions transmitted, estimated cost savings, etc.).

​​Develop Collaborative, 
Real Solutions  

Maximize Automated, Reusable & 
Sustainable Technologies

Improve Institutional Performance, 
Student & Service Delivery, and Overall Connectivity 
Between Stakeholders

The 20th Annual Best Practices Competition for 2018/2019 is open for submissions until close of business Friday April 19, 2019.  

All entries and submissions should be submitted by April 19, 2019 to Michael.Sessa@PESC.org or at:

1. Michael Sessa
2. President & CEO
   
3. PESC
   
4. 1250 Connecticut Avenue, NW  Suite 700
   
5. Washington, D.C. 20036
   

All entries will be judged by the PESC Board of Directors.  First place and those receiving special recognition will be notified immediately by PESC, an official public announcement will be made immediately before PESC’s Spring 2019 Data Summit being held in Washington DC at the Dupont Circle Hotel, and the award ceremony will be made during the General Session of the Spring 2019 Data Summit.

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1st PLACE WINNERS FOR 2018

Dr. Ken Sauer, Tari Lambert & Jillian Scholten of ICHE receiving 1st Place Award in 19th Annual Best Practices May 2, 2018 at PESC Spring 2018 Data Summit.

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Leading the  ESTABLISHMENT & ADOPTION OF ​​OPEN, TRUSTED DATA STANDARDS ​ACROSS THE EDUCATION DOMAIN