VT Census Case Studies : New Mexico K-12 Education

Created by ziemer on 05 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://ped.state.nm.us/ped/DDashIndex.html

 

Date Inventory Completed: 6/5/15

Screening

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

Does this dataset appear to meet our needs for the Census study? UNDECIDED

Explanation: Unclear if student-level data can be accessed. Have inquired and waiting to hear back.

Shortened Inventory 

Purpose

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

Improve and provide quality public education to the state of New Mexico.

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

Businesses, parents, educators, the general public, researchers, policy-makers

 

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?

1998-2014 for some variables.

  • 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?

K-12 Public and charter schools

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

No, their P-20W SLDS is in the initial development stages.

 

Accessibility

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

Online dashboard and downloadable csv files: http://ped.state.nm.us/ped/DDashGraphs.html

  • How is the student-level data accessed?

Unclear. There is no information about this on the website. Have inquired and waiting to hear back.

  • 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