VT Census Case Studies : New York Longitudinal Education Data

Created and last modified by ziemer on 11 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://www.nysldstac.org/

 

Date Inventory Completed: 6/3/15

Screening

  • Is there data available for 2013?
  • Can we access the data by August 15th? No

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

Explanation: The K-12 data can only be linked to some higher education data (CUNY, SUNY), however, the linkage process is not yet automated and therefore time-consuming. Also the Department staff indicated that the quality of the linkage is lacking as many of the college student records are lacking the NYSSIS ID. Data at the individual level can be requested through the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) and requests need to be sent to each individual department since K-12, Higher Ed, and Workforce are all separate departments. It is likely that this process will take longer than August 15th.

Full Inventory

Purpose

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

To track student information to improve the quality of education.

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

Educators, policy-makers, parents, researchers

 

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?

unknown - 2014

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

About a year


Selectivity (conversely, the representativeness)

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

K-12 students in public and charter schools

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

Unclear

 

Accessibility

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

Data would need to be screen scraped

  • How is the student-level data accessed?

New York requires both submitting a data request form and sending a project proposal through the FOIL system. The electronic form is not for student-level data. The FOIL process involves sending a letter regarding the data we need and the project we are proposing to FOIL@nysed.gov. Moreover, requests need to be made separately for each Department (e.g., K-12, Higher Education, Workforce)

  • 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