1. 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

2. Session Outline Overview of the SEDC
What’s in this for Post-Secondary?
SchoolDataDirect.org
Q&A
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3. What is the SEDC?
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
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4. SEDC Advisory Council Stephanie Saroki, Philanthropy Roundtable
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
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5. History of the SEDC
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 2007.
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6. Goals 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
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7. SEDC Activities in 2008 Advisory Council meetings
Continue support of DQC and the Coordinated Data Ask
SchoolDataDirect.org
Establish Linkage with EDFacts
Promote SchoolDataDirect.org to education administrators and researchers
Re-bid of service provider
Build out concept of SEDC
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8. The Coordinated Data Ask
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)
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9. What’s Here for Post-Secondary?
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?
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10. OVERVIEW
SchoolDataDirect.org

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

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

14. Standard & Poor’s is the service provider Data is collected from:
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
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15. Downloading Data Download a Table Create Your Own 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
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16. 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.org – A Service of CCSSO’s State Education Data Center

17. SchoolDataDirect: Downloading Options
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18. Data Download Tool: Terms of Use
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19. Data Download Tool
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20. Data Download Tool: File Organization
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21. Data Download Tool: Directory File
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22. Data Download Tool: Directory File
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23. MetaData Sources
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24. MetaData Sources
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25. Questions? Deborah Newby deborahn@csso.org
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