VT Census Case Studies : Oregon K-12 Education

Created and last modified by ziemer on 14 Aug 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.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1722 

 

Date Inventory Completed: 6/3/15

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? NO

Explanation: It does not link K-12 education to higher ed or workforce.

Full Inventory 

Purpose

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

To assess how Oregon students are progressing with education and if they are meeting, exceeding, or below standards.

  • 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?

2004-2014

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

Less than one year.

Method

  • What is the data collection method (portal, other)?

portal

  • What is the raw source of the collected data (teacher, superintendent)?

Unknown

Selectivity (conversely, the representativeness)

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

K-12 Public schools


Stability/Coherence

  • Note any changes to the universe of data being captured (e.g., including private schools).

Unknown

  • Note any changes to the data capture method or sources of data.

Unknown

Metadata

  • Is there a description of each variable in the source along with their valid values?

No

  • Are there unique IDs for unique elements that can be used for linking data?

Yes

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

No

  • Links to codebooks:

NA

Accuracy

  • Any known sources of error?

Unknown

  • Describe any quality control checks performed by the state (or data manager).

Performed by the Office of Research and Data Analysis

 

Accessibility

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

It can be downloaded from website as csv

  • How is the student-level data accessed?

Submit a research proposal to Brian Reeder (brian.reeder@oregon.gov). A committee meets monthly to decide on research proposals. 

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

The committee determines if an IRB is needed or not.

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

Unknown

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

Unknown

 

Privacy and security

  • Note any confidentiality policies or legal limitations other than FERPA:

MOU

  • What do they consider personally identifiable information?

Unknown

Research

  • What research has been done with this dataset?

School performance report cards

  • Research links:  

http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1722

Describe any other notes you have or any gaps/concerns you see with this dataset: