1. Conference on School Security Measures and Sources of Inequality
Janis Brown, Ph.D., Office for Civil Rights October 23, 2018
Senior Statistician and CRDC Program Manager

2. Overview Background: Civil Rights Data Collection
School Climate and Safety Data Elements
Data Uses and Challenges
Helpful Resources
Questions

3. Background and Purpose
The Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), which began in 1968, is a biennial collection of district- and school-level data
The collection was formerly administered as the Elementary and Secondary School Survey (E&S Survey)
The data are collected from every school district for all public schools within a district
The CRDC collects data on leading civil rights indicators related to educational opportunity at the early childhood through grade 12 levels
The CRDC is an important aspect of the Office for Civil Rights’ overall strategy for administering and enforcing the civil rights statutes for which it is responsible

4. Statutory Authority
The CRDC data are collected pursuant to the Department of Education Organization Act, 20 U.S.C. § 3413(c)(1), and the Department’s regulations implementing:
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, race, color, and national origin discrimination, 34 C.F.R. § 100.6(b)
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, sex discrimination, 34 C.F.R. §
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, disability discrimination, 34 C.F.R. §
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Report Card Mandate for SEAs and LEAs, ESEA § 1111(h)(1)(C)(viii)

5. Survey Population
The CRDC collects data from all public school districts and schools that have:
Students attending at least 50% of the day
More than 5 students that attend for more than 60 cumulative days
Public schools include: special education schools, charter schools, magnet schools, alternative schools, and justice facilities
The CRDC collected data from 17,337 school districts which included 96,360 schools that served over 50 million students

6. Data Elements College & Career Readiness Staffing & Resources
Mathematics Courses & Enrollment: Geometry, Algebra II, Other Advanced Mathematics, & Calculus
Science Courses & Enrollment: Biology, Chemistry, & Physics
AP Enrollment, Courses and Test-taking
IB Enrollment
SAT/ACT
Staffing & Resources
Teacher Experience
Teacher Absenteeism
Teacher Certification
School Counselors
School-level Expenditures
School Climate & Safety
Corporal Punishment
Suspensions: in-school and out-of-school
Expulsions: with & without educational services
Referrals to Law Enforcement & School-related Arrests
Mechanical Restraint, Physical Restraint, and Seclusion
Harassment or Bullying
Pathways to College & Career
Early Childhood Education
Gifted & Talented Programs
Algebra I Enrollment and Passing
Student Retention
Enrollment & School Characteristics
Overall Enrollment
Preschool
IDEA and Section 504
Interscholastic Athletics
Single Sex Classes
*Most student count data are disaggregated by race/ethnicity, sex, English learner, and disability.

7. School Climate and Safety Data Elements
Student discipline
Number of students suspended
Number of students expelled
Number of students who received corporal punishment
Number of students transferred to an alternative school
Number of days missed due to suspension
Number of students referred to law enforcement
Number of school-related arrests
Offenses
Harassment or Bullying
Restraint and seclusion

8. How the Data are Used 11

9. Challenges for Data Reporting
Response rate is high, but some data are missing
For CRDC, 134 districts did not submit data
118 districts could not report all required data
Reporting new data is a new challenge
Offenses were mandatory for the first-time in the collection
Reluctance to report actions that are not positive
Data quality is responsibility of school districts too
80 school districts requested to make data corrections

10. CRDC Reporting Website

11. Web links CRDC Reporting Website: https://ocrdata.ed.gov
Conduct data searches and analyses
Access technical documentation
OCR CRDC Webpage:
News and Events
Survey Forms
Publications
General CRDC information:

12. Questions