Additional Resources:

In addition to this technical assistance, we help organizers and others in need of information to access and use public sources of data on schools, communities, and government. Some resources that researchers and organizers may find helpful are:

• The Education Trust has developed a guide to data analysis and presentation to assess school progress and build a campaign, along with online data presentations and profiles.
• The New York State Statistics website by the Rockefeller Institute provides statistical information covering demographics, economics, elections, government finance, public safety, housing, education, health, energy.
• The New York City Housing and Neighborhood Information System (NYCHANIS) offers easy access to education and demographic data; includes mapping capabilities.
• The New York City Independent Budget Office, a publicly funded agency, provides budgetary, economic, and policy analysis for the residents of the city and their elected officials.

For advanced analysis, several public sources are available for New York City, New York State and national data.

• The New York City Department of Education website contains academic achievement, graduation rates, student demographics, teacher characteristics, School Based Expenditure Reports, and much more for all New York City schools.
• The New York State Department of Education website also contains data on schools in New York State, including charter schools. NYSED also has extensive accountability information, including lists of schools in need of improvement and schools under registration review (SURR).
• The US Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics provides information and downloadable files based on nationally representative databases, including the Schools and Staffing Survey and the Common Core of Data.