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- 1. Finding School & Community Data Nicole Branch, Librarian Santa Clara University Library Image courtesy of Flickr user Niels Heidenreich.
- 2. Why Data? • An important first starting point for working with communities • Can help explore/test assumptions • Can support understanding needs and concerns
- 3. Data & Statistics • Data & statistics for your own school & community • Data & statistics for your placement site
- 4. Finding Community Data & Statistics Think about WHO might collect the data you are interested and WHO might publish the results. Government agencies Non-government organizations Academic institutions Private sector
- 5. Considerations & Concerns Think about considerations and concerns with data sets Data are useful, but don’t tell a complete story Controversial/harmful data Political context and availability of data Lag time for publication Sampling and geographic specificity
- 7. School Data Sources • School Report Cards • School Accountability Report Cards (SARC) o State data o Required by law for schools receiving public funding o Called School Accountability Report Cards (SARC) in California
- 8. School Statistics • If you attended a public school, find data for your own school • If you attended a private school, select the public school you would have attended • If you attended school internationally, select Westwood Elementary in Santa Clara • Find a report card for that school
- 9. Community Statistics • American FactFinder o U.S. Census Data o American Community Survey (ACS) oEstimates o Detailed data
- 10. Census Tracts • Census Tracts are small areas within cities or areas
- 11. How the U.S. Census Measures Race http://www.prb.org/Publication s/Articles/2009/questionnaire.a spx
- 17. Community Statistics • Using the address search tool, find the CENSUS tract for the home where you grew up • If you grew up internationally, select the census tract for Westwood Elementary school: 435 Saratoga Ave, Santa Clara, CA 95050 – You may also try to find data/statistics from your home country to add to your reflection if you are interested.
- 18. Questions?
Editor's Notes
- https://www.census.gov/geo/reference/gtc/gtc_ct.html Census tracts generally have a population size between 1,200 and 8,000 people, with an optimum size of 4,000 people. A census tract usually covers a contiguous area; however, the spatial size of census tracts varies widely depending on the density of settlement. Census tract boundaries are delineated with the intention of being maintained over a long time so that statistical comparisons can be made from census to census. Census tracts occasionally are split due to population growth or merged as a result of substantial population decline. http://www.lib.washington.edu/maps/GISfiles/Census/Ch10GARM%5B1%5D_census%20tract%20and%20BNAs.pdf Census tracts are small, relatively permanent geographic entities within counties (or the statistical equivalents of counties) delineated by a com- mittee of local data users. Generally, census tracts have between 2,500 and 8,000 residents and boundaries that follow visible features. When first established, census tracts are to be as homogeneous as possible with res- pect to population characteristics, economic status, and living conditions. 2010
- http://www.prb.org/Publications/Articles/2009/questionnaire.aspx
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aosT6Kecj24
- http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_SF1_QTP3&prodType=table
- http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_SF1_QTP3&prodType=table