State Education Data Center - A Service of the Council of Chief State School Officers CCSSO’s State Education Data Center and SchoolDataDirect.org SHEEO/NCES

State Education Data Center - A Service of the Council of Chief State School Officers

CCSSO’s State Education CCSSO’s State Education Data Center and Data Center and

SchoolDataDirect.orgSchoolDataDirect.orgSHEEO/NCES Network ConferenceSHEEO/NCES Network Conference

April 2008April 2008

Deborah NewbyCouncil of Chief State School Officers


1.Overview of the SEDC2.What’s in this for Post-Secondary?3.SchoolDataDirect.org4.Q&A

Session OutlineSession Outline


A project of the Council of Chief State School Officers under the National Education Data Partnership

Supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Guided by the SEDC Advisory Council, informed by CCSSO’s Education Information Management Advisory Consortium

What is the SEDC?What is the SEDC?


SEDC Advisory Council

• Valerie Woodruff, DE• Ken James, AR• Wes Bruce, IN• Anne Bryant, NSBA• Paul Lingenfelter,

SHEEO• Andy Rotherham,

Education Sector• Cindy Schmeiser,

ACT

• Stephanie Saroki, Philanthropy Roundtable

• Chris Cross, Cross & Justus

• Gene Wilhoit, CCSSO Executive Director

• USED designee• Gates designee• S&P designee


NEDPI (2004-2007) launched SchoolMatters.com—the first free, public access website to education data (demographics, performance, fiscal, etc.) at the school, district, and state levels. NEDPII (2007-2010) seeks to continue a national website under direction of the states. Rebranded the original SchoolMatters.com as SchoolDataDirect.org (SchoolMatters continues as website specifically for parents); provided for a data download tool for researchers; organized the SEDC to guide the development of SchoolDataDirect.org and explore other value-adds for state education agencies and ‘light researchers’.

SEDC formally launched in October 2007.

History of the SEDCHistory of the SEDC


To improve the accessibility, transparency, and use of education data

SchoolDataDirect.org Connection with EIMAC

To reduce collection burden on SEAs Data Download tool on SDD.org Coordinated Data Ask

To connect policy and data Accountability profiles

Goals of the SEDCGoals of the SEDC


1. Advisory Council meetings2. Continue support of DQC and the Coordinated Data

Ask3. SchoolDataDirect.org

1. Establish Linkage with EDFacts2. Promote SchoolDataDirect.org to education

administrators and researchers3. Re-bid of service provider

4. Build out concept of SEDC

SEDC Activities in 2008SEDC Activities in 2008


• What do national researchers typically request, or would like to have, from SEAs?

• About 2/3 of the Coordinated Data Ask is in SchoolDataDirect.org

• Remaining data elements are looked for, but not commonly available (many college readiness indicators, some staff data)

The Coordinated Data AskThe Coordinated Data Ask


For post-secondary administrators and Education faculty: Data at school, district, and state level

for all 50 states, including college readiness data

MetaData sources Create-a-table and data download tool for

researchers Future connections?

What’s Here for Post-Secondary? What’s Here for Post-Secondary?

OVERVIEW

SchoolDataDirect.org

Redesigned Homepage (September 2007)

SchoolDataDirect.org – A Service of CCSSO’s State Education Data Center

Data & Audience


• Types of Data– Student Performance– College Prep– Enrollment– Staffing– NCLB– Spending & Revenue– Community

Demographics– Analytics

• Audience– Policymakers– Educators– Researchers

Data Layout


Data Sources


• Standard & Poor’s is the service provider• Data is collected from:

– NCES– SEA websites– Third parties (e.g., ACT, College Board, etc.)– Census– SEAs through a data request– EDFacts 2008 (share state files)

• No data directly from schools/districts

Downloading Data


• Download a Table– Single location– Comparison groups or trend data– Excel format

• Create Your Own Table– Up to 100 locations within a state– Select indicators from a predefined list– Excel format

Downloading Data


• Data Download Tool– Directory of downloadable data files– Organized by state, level (school, school district, or

state) and by year– In large states, school files are further subdivided by

alphabetic grouping, based on the school name.– Flat, pipe-delimited format – Some files contain too many records to be opened

fully in spreadsheet applications, so it is recommended that you use statistical analysis software to work with these files.

SchoolDataDirect: Downloading Options


Data Download Tool: Terms of Use


Data Download Tool


Data Download Tool: File Organization


Data Download Tool: Directory File


Data Download Tool: Directory File


MetaData Sources


MetaData Sources


Questions?


Deborah Newby

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State Education Data Center - A Service of the Council of Chief State School Officers CCSSO’s State Education Data Center and SchoolDataDirect.org SHEEO/NCES