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 Network Conference April 2008 Deborah Newby Council of Chief State School Officers

State Education Data Center - A Service of the Council of Chief State School Officers 1.Overview of the SEDC 2.What’s in this for Post-Secondary? 3.SchoolDataDirect.org 4.Q&A Session Outline

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

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

State Education Data Center - A Service of the Council of Chief State School Officers  NEDPI ( ) launched SchoolMatters.com— the first free, public access website to education data (demographics, performance, fiscal, etc.) at the school, district, and state levels.  NEDPII ( ) 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 History of the SEDC

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

State Education Data Center - A Service of the Council of Chief State School Officers 1.Advisory Council meetings 2.Continue support of DQC and the Coordinated Data Ask 3.SchoolDataDirect.org 1.Establish Linkage with EDFacts 2.Promote SchoolDataDirect.org to education administrators and researchers 3.Re-bid of service provider 4.Build out concept of SEDC SEDC Activities in 2008

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

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

OVERVIEW SchoolDataDirect.org

Redesigned Homepage (September 2007) SchoolDataDirect.org – A Service of CCSSO’s State Education Data Center

Data & Audience SchoolDataDirect.org – A Service of CCSSO’s State Education Data Center Types of Data –Student Performance –College Prep –Enrollment –Staffing –NCLB –Spending & Revenue –Community Demographics –Analytics Audience –Policymakers –Educators –Researchers

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

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

Data Download Tool: Terms of Use SchoolDataDirect.org – A Service of CCSSO’s State Education Data Center

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

Data Download Tool: File Organization SchoolDataDirect.org – A Service of CCSSO’s State Education Data Center

Data Download Tool: Directory File SchoolDataDirect.org – A Service of CCSSO’s State Education Data Center

Data Download Tool: Directory File SchoolDataDirect.org – A Service of CCSSO’s State Education Data Center

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

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

Questions? SchoolDataDirect.org – A Service of CCSSO’s State Education Data Center Deborah Newby