**1. What is the purpose of the Civil Rights Data Collection?**

The purpose of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) Civil Rights Data  Collection (CRDC) is to obtain data related to the nation's public school districts  and elementary and secondary schools’ obligation to provide equal educational  opportunity. To fulfill this goal, the CRDC collects a variety of information,  including student enrollment and educational programs and services data that  are disaggregated by race/ethnicity, sex, limited English proficiency, and  disability. The CRDC is a longstanding and important aspect of the Department’s  Office for Civil Rights (OCR) overall strategy for administering and enforcing  the civil rights statutes for which it is responsible. This information is  also used by other ED offices as well as policymakers and researchers outside  of ED. 

**2. Under what authority does the Department conduct the CRDC?**

The CRDC is a mandatory data collection, authorized under the statutes and regulationsimplementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the EducationAmendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and underthe Department of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. § 3413). The regulationsimplementing these provisions can be found at 34 CFR 100.6(b); 34 CFR 106.71;and 34 CFR 104.61. 

**3. When was the CRDC first conducted?**

The CRDC was first conducted in 1968. 

**4. How are school districts chosen for the CRDC?**

The 2011-12 CRDC will collect data from a universe of all public schools andschool districts, including juvenile justice facilities, charter schools, alternativeschools,  and schools serving students with disabilities. The lasttime that the CRDC was collected from a universe of schools and school districtswas in 2000. The 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2009-10 CRDCs collected data from a sampleof school districts. 

**5. How are the data in the CRDC collected?**

School districts have the option of providing their data through a web-basedsurvey or through submitting an electronic file. Some state education agenciesprovide all the CRDC data for the school districts in their state. 

**6. What changes have occurred to the CRDC?**

There are several important changes that began with the 2009-10 CRDC: 
      - All data collected are from the same school year. (Previously the CRDC    included data from the current and previous school years.) 
      - There were important changes to what is being collected. 
      New data items were added to the 2009-10 CRDC. These new data items will      also be collected by the 2011-12 CRDC. 
One new data item was added for the 2011-12 CRDC. The 2011-12 CRDC will      also collect data on preschool suspensions and expulsions.
Where feasible, the CRDC uses data that districts already provide to      states, and that states then provide to the Department through ED
Facts
 instead      of collecting those items again through the CRDC. 

      - For the 2011-12 CRDC, all districts must meet the requirements of the        Department’s 2007 Final Guidance on Collecting, Maintaining and Reporting        Data on Race and Ethnicity. For a copy of the guidance, see https://title2.ed.gov/Public/TA/Guidance.pdf    PDF  109.01K

**7. What data items are collected by the 2011-12 CRDC?**

  The following is a list of the data that the 2011-12 CRDC will collect.  Unless  otherwise indicated, all student data is disaggregated by race/ethnicity, sex,disability, and LEP status.  

**PART 1**

*School level*
      - School characteristics, such as grades offered, whether the school is a    special education, magnet, alternative or charter school, number of single    sex academic courses (by content area), and whether students are ability    grouped for English/Math (not disaggregated); 
      - Enrollment, including disaggregated data for total enrollment, limited    English proficiency (LEP), disability (Individuals with Disabilities Education    Act (IDEA)), Section 504 only, pre-kindergarten and gifted & talented    programs; 
      - Algebra I course-taking in grades 7&8, 9&10, or 11&12; 
      - Math and science course-taking and number of courses of each offered:  
      Geometry 
Algebra II 
Advanced mathematics (e.g., trigonometry, elementary analysis, analytic      geometry, statistics, pre-calculus) 
Calculus 
Biology 
Chemistry 
Physics; 

      - Full-time Equivalent (FTE) of first- and second-year teachers, total FTE’s,    and FTE’s meeting all state licensing/certification requirements (not disaggregated); 
      - FTE of High school counselors (not disaggregated); 
      - Data on Advanced Placement (AP) courses: 
      Does the school have students enrolled in AP courses (Y/N) 
Number of different AP courses offered (not disaggregated) 
Are students allowed to self-select for participation in AP (Y/N) 
Students participating in at least one AP course 
Students taking particular AP courses: 
- AP Math of any kind 
- AP Science of any kind 
- AP Foreign Language of any kind 
- Other AP subjects of any kind; and 

      - Students enrolled in an International Baccalaureate program. 

*District level*
      - Number of schools; 
      - Number of students served in the district’s schools; 
      - Number of students served in non-district facilities; 
      - Number of students awaiting special-education evaluation; 
      - Harassment and bullying policies; 
      - Desegregation order or plan; and 
      - Pre-kindergarten and kindergarten programs (length of day and eligibility    criteria). 

**PART 2**

*School level*
      - Number of students who passed Algebra I in grades 7&8, 9&10, or    11&12; 
      - Number of students who: 
      Took AP tests for all their AP courses 
Took AP tests for some of their AP courses 
Took AP courses but took no AP tests 
Passed all AP tests taken by scoring 3 or higher 
Passed some of AP tests taken 
Passed no AP tests taken; 

      - SAT or ACT test-taking during 2009-10 school year; 
      - FTE teachers absent more than 10 school days (excluding professional development)    (not disaggregated); 
      - Discipline: 
      In-school suspension 
Separate categories for one and more than one out-of-school suspension      (used to be one category) 
Corporal punishment 
Expulsion (with and without services) 
Zero-tolerance expulsion 
Referral to law enforcement 
School-related arrests 
Data for students with disabilities is disaggregated by race/ethnicity,      gender, and LEP; 
Preschool suspensions and expulsions –
*New for 2011-12*

      - Interscholastic Athletics (Single-sex sports/teams only) 
      Number of sports, teams, participants (not disaggregated by race/ethnicity      or disability); 

      - Harassment and bullying (students harassed as well as students disciplined,    instances) 
      Separate reporting for harassment under Title VI, Title IX, and section      504/ADA; 

      - Restraint and seclusion (students and instances): 
      Mechanical restraint 
Physical restraint 
Seclusion; 

      - Retention (by grade); and 
      - School finance: 
      Total personnel salaries 
Total instructional-staff salaries 
Teacher salaries 
Non-personnel expenditures. 

*District level*
      - GED course-taking: 
      Did LEA operate a GED program (Y/N) 
Students aged 16-19 who participated in GED prep program 
Students aged 16-19 who participated in GED prep program and who received      GED credential 

For a mock-up of the 2011-12 CRDC please visit: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/data.html

**8. Which data for the CRDC are being collected through other data    collections in ED?**

To reduce the burden on LEAs, the CRDC no longer collects disaggregated school  data on the number of students served under the IDEA by disability category  or educational environment. Instead, the CRDC uses the data that LEAs submitted  to the applicable state education agency (SEA) for the purpose of reporting  required data under the IDEA. Likewise, high school completer data was no longer  collected by the CRDC because ED already collects that data from SEAs through  the ED*Facts* collection. 

**9. How can I find out more about OCR and the CRDC?**

 For more information about OCR, please visit:http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/index.html. 

 For more information about the CRDC, please visit:http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/data.html

To view the 2009-10 CRDC Data, please visit:http://ocrdata.ed.gov

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