1 Civil Rights Data Collection

2 The CRDC is a mandatory data collection administrated by the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Authorized under: –Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 –Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 –Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 –Americans with Disabilities Act

3 Civil Rights Data Collection Biennial collection of school/facility and district level data began in 1968 Collected directly from LEAs (including state agencies operating educational programs) All data is privacy protected

4 Civil Rights Data Collection Juvenile justice facilities included in the CRDC in response to: –Concerns about the school to prison pipeline leading to increased data on school discipline –Questions about educational programs in juvenile justice facilities

5 CRDC: What’s Collected? Student Data –CRDC collects membership data disaggregated by Race/ethnicity (7 categories) Sex ELL Disability - IDEA Disability – Section 504 only –All other student data is also disaggregated –IDEA by disability (from EDFacts)

6 CRDC: What’s Collected? Number of students participating in GED program & number receiving GED credential Algebra I course-taking by 7&8 grade, 9&10 grades, 11 & 12 grades Students passing Algebra I by 7&8, 9&10, 11&12 grades Algebra II, Geometry, Advanced Math, Calculus, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, AP ELL participation in ELL programs Retention (by grade)

7 CRDC: What’s Collected? Discipline –Includes suspensions, expulsions and corporal punishment –Separate data for students with disabilities & without disabilities –Includes any disciplinary action at the facility that results in student not attending school Bullying and harassment on the basis of race, sex or disability –Number of incidents, students subject to, or disciplined for

8 CRDC: What’s Collected? Restraints and Seclusion Separate tables for students with disabilities and without disabilities Mechanical restraints, physical restraints, seclusion Number of incidents Number of students

9 CRDC: What’s Collected? Staff –Teachers FTE of teachers FTE of certified teachers Teacher experience –Number in first year of teaching –Number in second year of teaching FTE of teachers absent more than 10 school days – Counselors

10 CRDC: What’s Collected? School finance (state and local funds) Total personnel salaries Total instructional-staff salaries Teacher salaries & number of teachers Non-personnel expenditures

11 Find CRDC Data All CRDC data is available at Here’s how to find a list of all juvenile justice facilities from your state that were included in the CRDC and their data

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22 CRDC Highlights: Teacher Equity Access to experienced teachers: –Black, Latino, American Indian and Native-Alaskan students attend schools with higher concentrations of first-year teachers (3 to 4%) than white students (1%) –English learners also attend schools with slightly higher concentrations of first-year teachers (3%) than non- English learners (2%) Access to certified teachers: –Nearly half a million students nationwide attend schools where 60% or fewer of teachers meet all state certification and licensure requirements

23 CRDC Highlights: Teacher Equity

24 CRDC Highlights: College and Career Readiness Significant lack of access to core courses: –10-25% of high schools do not offer more than one of the core courses in the typical sequence of high school math and science education such as Algebra I and II, geometry, biology, and chemistry. –25% of high schools with the highest percentage of black and Latino students : do not offer Algebra II 33% of these schools do not offer chemistry. –Less than half of American Indian and Native-Alaskan high school students have access to the full range of math and science courses in their high school

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