CUIN 7303 - Professional Seminar I

Relevant Data Sources for Educational Equity

Social Explorer
Provides quick and easy access to current and historical census data and demographic information. Note Requires registering a free account once you access the database.
Reference Solutions
Directory information on U.S. and Canadian business, health care, and residential listings. Search by company name, geographic area, business type, SIC code, yellow page listing, revenue, location, number of employees or any combination of the above. In addition to address and phone number, each entry includes officer names and titles, corporate affiliation, business type and size of yellow page advertising. Toll free and fax numbers are given for some companies.

Texas Education Agency - Reports and Data
The TEA collates data across the state of Texas about various aspects of education, including school profiles, educator information, performance, finances, etc. Many of these points can be isolated to the school or district level. One of the important and detailed reports you can get here are the TAPR reports.
Houston ISD - Research and Accountability
Research and Accountability is the division of HISD where you can get data on the district and schools within it. There is overlap with TEA, but sometimes it can be easier to get data about schools and the district separately by looking at the district's data.
Aldine ISD - Accountability
The Accountability section of the Aldine website provides access to district and campus level performance data. Sometimes looking at the data at the district level can provide more context for the data that is missing when aggregated at the state level.
Alief ISD - Accountability
The accountability office for Alief provides district level reports on school performance. The district also links back to the TEA for some reports

Equity Domain A: Teachers

What are the ways in which inequity may appear in teacher data sources?

State TEA: district wide salary data, teachers by program/content area, certification pathway.
District Accountability/School Profile Data: (See above links to specific districts) years of experience, advanced degree, attendance, race and gender (Some districts may refer you to the TEA for their reports instead of hosting them)

Equity Domain B: Students

What are the ways in which inequity may appear in student data sources?

State TEA: representation of various disabilities, breakdowns on performance and discipline by racial and other student characteristics
District Accountability/School Profile Data: (See above links to specific districts) attendance, graduation, disciplinary action,

Equity Domain C: School

What are the ways in which inequity may appear in school data sources?

State TEA: District level financial data, more detailed AP/program offering
District Accountability/School Profile Data: (See above links to specific districts) access to technology, AP course offering, after-school programming

Equity Domain D Geographic Community

What are the ways in which inequity may appear in community data sources?

Reference USA: number of businesses, number of employees, industry, job listing
Social Explorer: household income, educational attainment, home ownership, employment, language spoken at home