DOI: 10.3886/e219487v1-189510
title: US Department of Education ED Data Express Data Library ZIP Files and Index, School Years 2010-2011 to 2021-2022

description: This collection comprises unaltered data files downloaded from https://eddataexpress.ed.gov/download/data-library on February 6, 2025. The original access page consisted of a table with category filters, which provided links to data ZIP files containing the specified data fields. This table has been saved into tabular data formats here in the Index folder, with the original web links replaced with the matching ZIP filename only, which essentially replicates the functionality of the original web page in a downloadable format.<br><br>In the website's underlying file structure, the original ZIP files were nested within folders named according to the format EID_####, apparently to avoid conflicts between files with the same name. These seeming duplications might have been due to updates or revisions that had to be made to a data file. To preserve this original order, the ZIP files were renamed by appending the EID number to their original file name. The files were not otherwise unzipped or altered in any way from their original state.<br><br>At the time of download, the page at https://eddataexpress.ed.gov/download/data-library displayed the following two notices in red:<br>"The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the collection and reporting of data on EDE, beginning in SY 2019-20. The Department urges abundant caution when using the data and recommends reviewing the relevant data notes prior to use or interpretation. This includes data on state assessments, graduation rates, and chronic absenteeism.""WARNING: The data library functionality has stopped working temporarily for many SY2122 school files. Please go to the download tool page to download your data of interest. We apologize for the inconvenience."--------------------<br>The "About Us" page from the ED Data Express website had this to say about its resources:<br>Purpose of ED Data ExpressED Data Express is a website designed to improve the public's ability to access and explore high-value state- and district-level education data collected by the U.S. Department of Education. The site is designed to be interactive and to present the data in a clear, easy-to-use manner, with options to download information into Excel or to explore the data within the site's grant program dashboards. The site currently includes data from EDFacts, Consolidated State Performance Reports (CSPR), and the Department's Budget Service office. For more information about these topics, please visit the following web pages:<br>https://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/edfacts/index.html [see below for the text of the linked page]<br>https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/om/fs_po/ofo/budget-service.html [this URL was dead at the time of download]Using the SiteED Data Express includes two sections that allow users to access and view the data: (1) grant program data dashboards and (2) download functionality. The grant program data dashboards provide a snapshot of information on the funding, participation and performance of some of the grant programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The dashboards are interactive and update depending on the program, state and school year selected. Additional information is provided through data notes as well as through the small "i" icon. The download functionality allows users to build customized tables of data and contain more data than what is available via the dashboards. The download functionality also allows users to download data notes which provide important caveats and contextual information to consider when using the data. Data Included and Frequency of UpdatesThe site currently includes funding, participation and performance data from school years 2010-11 to 2016-17 on formula grant programs administered in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. Additional data and data notes will be added to the site over time. Quality Control and Personally Identifiable InformationAll CSPR and EDFacts data are self-reported by each state. The U.S. Department of Education conducts a review of the data and provides feedback to states, but it is ultimately states’ responsibility to verify and certify that their data are correct. Please note that during the reporting years represented on this site, the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education in collaboration with EDFacts and SEAs have worked to significantly expand has worked to significantly improve its data quality review processes. This is evident by the increased number of data notes on later school years of data. For more information on EDFacts data quality, please visit the following web page:https://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/edfacts/business-rules-guide.html All data published by the Department of Education are protected under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which is a federal law protecting the privacy of student educational records. Any data that are determined to be potentially personally identifiable information (PII) will be protected prior to being released by the ED. On ED Data Express, potential PII has privacy protections applied. Protected cells are easily identifiable, because they typically contain symbols instead of values. Appropriate Use of DataAlthough the goal of ED Data Express is to allow users to easily access data and customize tables to meet a wide range of needs, it is important to note that there are limitations to the data. Most importantly, there is variation in how states collect, define and measure certain data elements. For example, student achievement data are defined differently in each state, and, therefore, should not be compared across states.The Department encourages users to review the available data notes as well as information on the grant programs the data represent. <br><br><b>[The URL above directed to </b><b>https://www.ed.gov/data/edfacts-initiative</b><b>, which provided the following information.]</b><br>The EDFacts InitiativeEDFacts is a U.S. Department of Education (ED) initiative to collect, analyze, and promote the use of high-quality, pre-kindergarten through grade 12 data.Supports planning, policymaking, and management/budget decision-making.Centralizes data provided by state education agencies (SEAs).Collects data on district and school demographics, program participation, and performance data.EDFacts centralizes performance data supplied by state education agencies (SEAs) with other data assets, such as financial grant information, within the Department to enable better analysis and use in policy development, planning and management. The purpose of EDFacts is to:Place the use of robust, timely performance data at the core of decision and policymaking in education.Reduce state and district data burden and streamline data practices.Improve state data capabilities by providing resources and technical assistance.Provide data for planning, policy, and management at the federal, state, and local levels.