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The Education Data Partnership announced Thursday that its new interactive site now allows users to compare districts or schools based on demographic, performance and financial data.
Ed-Data is the only website where users can easily manipulate California Department of Education data to make such comparisons. Users can select which data elements they see and export those results to Excel.
The comparisons function has more features than the comparisons on the old Ed-Data site. It allows users to:
The new school and district comparisons function is still in the “beta” stage, meaning it is still a work in progress. The Ed-Data Partnership is hoping users will try out the comparisons and give feedback to help refine and improve the site.
In addition to the new comparisons function, this release has added 2014-15 demographic data, including enrollment and English learner data at the state, county, district and school levels. Graphs and table notes explain the data.
The website also includes an article, How to Create District or School Comparisons, that gives a step-by-step explanation of how to use the new function.
The Education Data Partnership is a joint effort by the California Department of Education, the Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team and EdSource. It provides financial, demographic, performance, staffing and election data for schools, districts, counties and the state.
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