Civil Rights Data Collection State Files 2015-16

The Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) provides information for developing State and local report cards, derived from the national public-use file prepared by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The dataset includes data from the 2015-16 school year, with OCR performing embedded edit checks and requiring district certification for accuracy.

Use Cases

• Analyze district-level certification status and data submission patterns for quality assurance in the CRDC.
• Conduct policy analysis using the embedded edit check results to identify common data error types across states.
• Perform trend analysis on the state and local report card metrics derived from the national public-use data file.

Strengths

• Data accuracy is prioritized with a series of embedded edit checks in the submission system.
• Each submitting district is required to certify the accuracy of its data, adding a layer of validation.
• The dataset is derived directly from the national public-use data file prepared by the authoritative Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

Limitations

• Known data issues and concerns exist despite the quality checks, as noted in the official 2015-16 CRDC Data Notes.
• The dataset's temporal coverage is limited to the 2015-16 school year, which may be outdated for current analyses.
• Specific details on data volume, such as row and column counts, are unavailable, limiting assessment of scale.

Provenance

Source

Office for Civil Rights (OCR), U.S. Department of Education

Collection Method

Collected via a district submission system with embedded edit checks and district certification.

Time Range

2015-16 school year

Freshness

The metadata was last updated in March 2024, but the underlying data covers the 2015-16 period.

Geography

United States (state and local levels)