SY 2011-12 Civil Rights Data Collection

Welcome to the U. S. Department of Education's (ED) Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) website.

About the Civil Rights Data Collection

Since 1968, the Civil Rights Data Collection, formerly the Elementary and Secondary School Survey, has collected data on key education and civil rights issues in our nation's public schools for use by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in its enforcement and monitoring efforts. The CRDC collects information about school characteristics and about programs, services and outcomes for students.

The purpose of the U.S. Department of Education’s Civil Rights Data Collection 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 overall strategy for administering and enforcing the civil rights statutes for which it is responsible. This information is also used for policymaking by other ED offices, other federal agencies and researchers outside of ED.

Reporting complete and accurate information for this survey is mandatory, 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). The regulations implementing these provisions can be found at 34 CFR 100.6(b); 34 CFR 106.71; and 34 CFR 104.61.

SY 2011-12 Civil Rights Data Collection

All information collected in this CRDC relates to SY 2011-12. Below is a list of the changes made to the SY 2011-12 CRDC from the SY 2009-10 collection.

• The SY 2011-12 CRDC will collect from the universe of all LEAs and schools and state-operated educational facilities (e.g. schools for the deaf and blind and other facilities for individuals with disabilities and juvenile justice facilities).
• For the SY 2011-12 CRDC, as with all other ED data collections, LEAs will be required to report using the 7 race/ethnicity categories.
• Agencies will continue to have the option of submitting data using a web-based tool or a new more user-friendly flat file.
• The SY 2011-12 CRDC will be a single collection for all data from the same school year with an expanded time period for submitting the data. (The SY 2009-10 CRDC was a two part collection for all data from the SY 2009-10.)
• Nearly all of the data collected in SY 2009-10 will also be collected in SY 2011-12. However there are two important changes:
  • The addition of preschool suspension and expulsion data.
  • Consistent criteria for the inclusions and exclusions in reporting school finance data.

SY 2011-12 CRDC Schedule

• Pre-collection tools available for districts to use to collect their CRDC data: May 2012
• Collection of CRDC data for SY 2011-12: September 4, 2012 through November 15, 2012

FAQs / Additional Resources

A number of documents are available containing helpful information regarding the SY 2011-12 CRDC, including the FAQs document, the data elements collected on the SY 2011-12 CRDC and their definitions, and correspondence to LEAs. To access these documents, click on the FAQs / Additional Resources tab at the top of the screen.

Pre-Collection

For the SY 2011-12 CRDC, pre-collection tools have been developed to assist you in collecting your data prior to the opening of the survey. In addition, training modules have been developed to help you understand which tool is right for you and how to use the pre-collection tools. To access the tools and training modules, click on the Pre-Collection tab at the top of the screen.

Contact Support

The Contact Support form allows you to request assistance from the Partner Support Center for your questions about the SY 2011-12 CRDC. There is also additional information on other ways to request support. To access this information, click on the Contact Support tab at the top of the screen.

Update District Contact Information and School List

Current district contact information is extremely important for ED to provide your district with timely information concerning the SY 2011-12 CRDC. If you need to update your district contact information, or need to update the list of schools in your district for which CRDC data must be reported, log in below.