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

The purpose of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) 2009-10  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. This collection includes data from a  representative sample of schools and districts, representing 85% of the  students in our nation's schools. 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 regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights  Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the  Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and under the Department of Education Organization  Act (20 U.S.C. § 3413). 

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

The CRDC has been conducted regularly since 1968, primarily  as a biennial collection. The CRDC included the universe of all districts  in 1976 and 2000.

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

Districts are selected to ensure that data are collected  from a representative sample. Some are always in the sample, such as all  districts in states with fewer than 25 public school districts, and districts  subject to federal court orders that are monitored by the U.S. Department of  Justice. The remaining districts are chosen using a rolling stratified sampling  method that ensures that a representative group from each state is included in  the data collection. For the 2009-10 CRDC all districts with more than 3,000  students, state-operated facilities for students who are deaf or blind, and  state-operated long-term secure juvenile justice facilities were also included  in the CRDC sample. 

**5. How many districts are included in the CRDC?**

The sample for the 2009-10 Civil Rights Data Collection is  approximately 7,000 school districts. All of the schools within these districts  are included in the sample. 

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

School districts have the option of providing their data  through a web-based survey or by submitting an electronic file. Some state  education agencies provide all the CRDC data for the school districts in their  state. 

**7. When was the 2009-10 CRDC conducted?**

The CRDC was conducted in two phases. The first phase, which  collected “snapshot” data related to enrollment, began in March 2010 and  concluded in October 2010. The second phase, which collected cumulative and  end-of-year “results” data, began in October 2010 and concluded in April 2011. The  enrollment and results data relate to the same school year (2009-10). 

**8. What data are currently available from the 2009-10  CRDC?**

The data from both  parts of the 2009-10 CRDC are currently available at http://ocrdata.ed.gov. These data include school-level and  district-level data.

**9. When will the state and national estimations from the  2009-10 CRDC be available?**

We anticipate the state and national estimations will be  released later in 2012.

**10. What are the major changes to the 2009-10 CRDC?**

All data collected are from the 2009-10 school year. (Previously the CRDC included data from two consecutive school years.)   

New data items were added to the 2009-10 CRDC.

Where feasible, the CRDC used data that districts already provide to states, and that states then provide to the Department through ED
Facts
 instead of collecting those items again on the CRDC.

Several other data items previously collected by the CRDC will no longer be collected by ED. 

Districts that met all of the requirements of ED's 2007  Final Guidance on Collecting, Maintaining and Reporting Data on Race and  Ethnicity had the option of reporting data using the seven race and ethnicity  categories (Hispanic/Latino, White, Black/African-American, Asian, Native  Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Two or More  Races). All school districts also had the option to report data by the  traditional five race and ethnicity categories (Hispanic, White,  Black/African-American, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska  Native). 

**11. What data items are collected by the 2009-10 CRDC?**

The following is a list of  the data that the 2009-10 CRDC collected. **New  items are in bold.**Unless otherwise indicated,  all student data are 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)and  Section 504 only ), pre-kindergarten and  gifted and 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;
- FTE of High school counselors ; 
- 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 of 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) ;
- 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 now disaggregated by race/ethnicity, sex, and LEP  status
;

- 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;  and

- School-finance  data 
Check boxes for districts to indicate what type  of expenditures were included/excluded in school finance reporting (e.g.  special education expenditures).

**Other  Data**
The  following data are also collected by ED and are included in the final CRDC data  file and available on the CRDC website:
- Students with  disabilities served under IDEA, disaggregated by disability category and by  education environment
- High-school  completers (diploma and certificate collected separately)
- Title I schools
- Free and Reduced-price Lunch Program  participation 

For a mock-up of the 2009-10 CRDC, please visit: http://www.ed.gov/ocr/data.html

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

To reduce the burden  on LEAs, the 2009-10 CRDC did not collect 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 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 state education agencies through  the ED*Facts* collection. 

**13. When does OCR plan to do the next CRDC?**

The next CRDC will be for the 2011-12 school year and will be a universe of all public school districts, juvenile justice facilities, charter schools, alternative schools, and schools serving students with  disabilities. Districts can access information about this collection at http://www.crdc2011.org.

There are only a few changes to the 2011-12 CRDC:
Data will be collected on preschool students receiving suspensions and expulsions. 

The school expenditure district-specific inclusions and exclusions will no longer be collected, as all school districts will be required to follow the same set of directions regarding expenditures to include and exclude.  

All districts must meet the requirements of ED's 2007 Final Guidance on Collecting, Maintaining and Reporting Data on Race and Ethnicity.  

For  a mock-up of the 2011-12 CRDC, please visit: http://www.ed.gov/ocr/data.html

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

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

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

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