Introduction Welcome to the new website for the U.S. Department of Education’s Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC). The CRDC collects data from a sample of school districts on key education and civil rights issues in our nation's public schools, including student enrollment and educational programs and services, disaggregated by race/ethnicity, sex, limited English proficiency and disability. The CRDC is a valuable source of information about access to educational opportunities in our Nation’s public schools that is used by the Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and other Department offices, as well as policymakers, researchers and many others in the education community. This user guide provides guidance on using the CRDC website’s search function and viewing summary and detailed data reports on schools and districts. The enhanced CRDC website provides several ways to access data through new reports and tools. Under the Access” links from the home page, a user can choose from the following: “Quick 2009 District or School Reports Search for individual schools or districts included in the 2009 CRDC sample Find school- or district-level summaries of CRDC data in user-friendly charts through the of Select Facts” “Summary Drill down into detailed disaggregated data displays for all the civil rights data from the 2009-10 school year (SY) for a school or districts such as the one pictured below: Detailed Data Tables View and compare data across multiple and schools Access and customize detailed data tables through the Detailed Data Tables site to analyze CRDC data. An example of a detailed data table is shown below: View Longitudinal Data (Coming Soon) Explore trends over time for selected schools or districts State and National Estimations (2009-10 Estimations Coming Soon) Download 2000, 2004, and 2006 and national estimations (formerly called “projections”). View statistically estimated state and national data Compare state estimations with those of other states or the nation as a whole. The following sections will provide step-by-step directions for searching for schools and districts and accessing 2009-10 CRDC data through school and district reports.
Introduction Welcome to the new website for the U.S. Department of Education’s Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC). The CRDC collects data from a sample of school districts on key education and civil rights issues in our nation's public schools, including student enrollment and educational programs and services, disaggregated by race/ethnicity, sex, limited English proficiency and disability. The CRDC is a valuable source of information about access to educational opportunities in our Nation’s public schools that is used by the Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and other Department offices, as well as policymakers, researchers and many others in the education community. This user guide provides guidance on using the CRDC website’s search function and viewing summary and detailed data reports on schools and districts. The enhanced CRDC website provides several ways to access data through new reports and tools. Under the “Quick Access” links from the home page, a user can choose from the following: 2009 District or School Reports Search for individual schools or districts included in the 2009 CRDC sample Find school- or district-level summaries of CRDC data in user-friendly charts through the “Summary of Select Facts” Drill down into detailed disaggregated data displays for all the civil rights data from the 2009-10 school year (SY) for a school or districts such as the one pictured below: Detailed Data Tables View and compare data across multiple and schools Access and customize detailed data tables through the Detailed Data Tables site to analyze CRDC data. An example of a detailed data table is shown below: View Longitudinal Data (Coming Soon) Explore trends over time for selected schools or districts State and National Estimations (2009-10 Estimations Coming Soon) Download 2000, 2004, and 2006 and national estimations (formerly called “projections”). View statistically estimated state and national data Compare state estimations with those of other states or the nation as a whole. The following sections will provide step-by-step directions for searching for schools and districts and accessing 2009-10 CRDC data through school and district reports.
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