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Finding School and Community Data
- 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 • It’s important
- 3. Data & Statistics • Data & statistics for your own school & community • Data & statistics for your placement site • Data for community assets & challenges
- 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. Finding Community Data & Statistics Think about if the data/statistics you are looking for will be made readily available. Controversial/harmful data Political context and availability of data Not broadly applicable data
- 6. Finding Community Data & Statistics Think about your timeframe & geography Lag time for publication Sampling and geographic specificity
- 7. School Statistics • Your school • Public, private, charter • State • Find a report card for that school
- 10. Data Sources • School Accountability Report Cards (SARC) o State data o Required by law for schools receiving public funding. • For private schools and schools in other states o State report cards o Data-Planet o School’s website
- 11. Community Statistics • American FactFinder o U.S. Census Data o American Community Survey (ACS) oEstimates o Detailed data
- 12. Census Tracts • Census Tracts are small areas within cities or areas
- 13. How the U.S. Census Measures Race http://www.prb.org/Publication s/Articles/2009/questionnaire.a spx
- 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