Educational Data and Analysis
Access to meaningful information is important for greater public accountability. The Community Involvement Program brings together direct action with publicly available and community-developed data. We translate administrative data into forms usable by community organizers and researchers. Drawing on publicly available educational data, we work with community-based organizations to examine local school conditions and define reform priorities, articulate research questions, conduct statistical analyses and identify appropriate presentation formats based on the data. The common goal in all of these analyses is to affect change in the community capacity or policy arena.
Our analyses draw on state and local databases, as well as nationally representative survey data such as the Schools and Staffing Survey by the National Center for Education Statistics. We also maintain archives of publicly released databases, with school-level information going back to 1988.
Some of the research priorities our technical assistance work has helped investigate are:
- Dropout, discharges, and push outs
- Equity for English language learners
- Facility utilization and overcrowding
- Teacher certification, stability, and other indicators
- Equity in financial resources
- Schools in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color
- City and state education department school and student information systems
- Accountability practices in a selected group of national sites
Recent Data Presentations:
High School Education in Urban Youth Collaborative Neighborhoods
[PDF: 2pp., 28 KB]
Education in District 5
[PDF: 3 pp., 21 KB]
New York City's Middle-Grade
Schools: Platform for Success or Pathways to Failure?
[PDF: 8 pp., 75 KB]
Planning for Failure: Overview
[PDF: 1 pp., 10 KB]
Planning for Failure: Presentation
[PDF: 12 pp., 65 KB]
Some Facts about PS 73 from Recent
Accountability Reports
[PDF:1 pp., 18 KB]
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For more information, contact Deinya Phenix