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This section contains links to databases compiled by researchers and by the state and federal governments. Additional data about the Chicago Public Schools can be found in the School and Student Data sectoin and the Financial Information section of the Chicago Public Schools Guide. We welcome your suggestions for additions and improvements. Send an e-mail to editorial@catalyst-chicago.org.


    Community area demographics: Where CPS students attend school The Consortium on Chicago School Research has identified numerous descriptors about Chicago’s children and their environments, primarily from the United States Census, that inform school planning and reform. Among these are racial and ethnic background, adults’ educational attainment, income indicators, family structure, and language background. To complement these descriptors, the Consortium analyzed Chicago Public Schools' enrollment data to determine whether students attend their neighborhood school, a magnet school, or another non-neighborhood school.
    http://ccsr.uchicago.edu/web_reports/Schoolageenvironment/index.html
    Early Childhood Programs Supply and Demand Compiled by the Chapin Hall research and development center, this database reflects phone interviews with a random sample of 406 households with children under 5 years of age. It is organized by community area.
    http://dcys-ccsd.chapinhall.org/
    Interactive Illinois School Report Card

    The Interactive Illinois Report Card is a database that allows users to:
    • Find the No Child Left Behind status, as well as selected test score and demographic data, of every school in the state.

    • Compare Illinois schools with each other, using a variety of so-called filters, including geographic location, test performance, school demographics and district financial support. For example, a user can find all schools where the student body is a certain percent low-income and test scores are within a certain range.


    http://iirc.niu.edu/
    National Center for Education Statistics This vast web site offers data in every form imaginable, from customizable reports to answers to frequently asked questions, e.g. What’s the average SAT score? Beginning users are advised to start with the Search Aides page. http://nces.ed.gov/help/wherefind.asp#sws 
    http://nces.ed.gov/
    National Education Research Database The Education Resources Information Center, ERIC for short, maintains a database of more than 100,000 full-text, non-journal documents issued since 1993. Users can search by keywords, title, author or ERIC reference number.
    http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal
    School Matters: A National School Database This national school database allows users to find and compare schools that meet certain criteria involving location, grade levels, enrollment, percent low income, percent of English language learners, students per teacher, race and ethnicity and No Child Left Behind status. Results of these searches also can be sorted by a variety of criteria for easy analysis.
    http://www.schoolmatters.com
    Young Children in Chicago This database compiled by Chapin Hall, a research and development center focused on children, provides a variety of data on health, crime and welfare of young children by community area. It allows comparisons among areas as well.
    http://dcys-ycic.chapinhall.org/
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