VT Census Case Studies : Nebraska K-12 Education

Created by ziemer on 03 Jun 2015

Variables included in the Dataset:

K-12

  • Demographics
  • School
  • District
  • Attendance/Dropout
  • Grades/GPA
  • Courses
  • Test scores
  • ACT/SAT
  • Disciplinary action
  • Teacher info (salaries, etc.)

Higher Education

  • Demographics
  • Type of college
  • Enrollment
  • Courses
  • Major
  • Grades
  • Tuition/Scholarships

Workforce

  • Demographics
  • Salary
  • Industry

Link: http://drs.education.ne.gov/Pages/default.aspx

 

Date Inventory Completed: 6/3/15

Screening

  • Is there data available for 2013?
  • Can we access the data by August 15th? Unclear

Does this dataset appear to meet our needs for the Census study? NO

Explanation: It does not appear they have any way to connect their K-12 data with their higher education data, as it seems they don’t track where their students go after graduating. The Higher Ed commission in Nebraska only tracks high school grad rates at a state level it appears.

Shortened Inventory 

Purpose

  • What is the purpose of the organization collecting the data?

To inform policymakers in the field of education and help improve Nebraska schools


  • Who else uses the data? (make a note if they sell the data to companies)

Educators, administrators


Description

  • What is the general topic of the data?
  • K-12 Student Information
  • Higher Education Student Information
  • Workforce Information
  • Longitudinal Education Information (includes K-12, Higher Ed, and/or Workforce)

 

  • What are the earliest and latest dates for which data is available?

2007-2014

  • How soon after a reference period ends can a data source be prepared and provided?

Less than one year


Selectivity (conversely, the representativeness)

  • What is the universe (e.g., population) that the data represents?

Students attending public, private, and charter schools.

  • Can K-12 be linked to higher ed or higher ed to workforce?

No

 

Accessibility

  • How is the school-level data accessed (note if it needs to be screen scraped)?

CSV files available for public use on the website

  • How is the student-level data accessed?

Unclear, no e-mail response was given.

  • Note if IRB is needed or any other restrictions on accessing data.

Unknown

  • Any records or fields collected, but not included in data source?

Unknown

  • Cost? - One time or annual or project based payment?

Unknown