Forum Guide to Reporting Civil Rights Data

Title:	Forum Guide to Reporting Civil Rights Data
Description:	The Forum Guide to Reporting Civil Rights Data presents a variety of effective methods through which local education agencies (LEAs) report civil rights data to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. In addition, the guide provides examples of how state education agencies can voluntarily help their LEAs with Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) reporting. The guide includes an overview of the CRDC, a discussion of the challenges and opportunities in reporting civil rights data, an explanation of the CRDC reporting process, and case studies that examine how specific education agencies report civil rights data.
Online Availability:	Download, view and print the report as a pdf file. (5MB)
Cover Date:	February 2018
Web Release:	February 5, 2018
Publication #:	NFES 2017168
Center/Program:	NFES
Associated Centers:	NCES
Authors:	National Forum on Education Statistics
Type of Product:	Technical Brief
Keywords:	Data Use Educational Equity Educational Policy Local Education Agency (Lea) States • state data systems • state education agency
Questions:	For questions about the content of this Technical Brief, please contact: Ghedam Bairu.