Crisis Data Management: A Forum Guide to Collecting and Managing Data About Displaced Students - Chapter 1. Introduction

Crisis Data Management: A Forum Guide to Collecting and Managing Data About Displaced Students

NCES 2010-804
February 2010

Foreword
Chapter 1. Introduction
- What is a Crisis?
- Who is a "Displaced" Student?
- Key Issues From Past Crises
Chapter 2. Before a Crisis: Planning for Displaced Student Data
Chapter 3. During a Crisis: Collecting and Disseminating Data about Displaced Students
Chapter 4. After a Crisis: Displaced Student Data Reporting and Evaluation
Chapter 5. Data Challenges
Chapter 6. Recommended Crisis Data Management Checklist
List of Tables and Figures
Appendices
PDF & Related Info
Contact

Chapter 1. Introduction—Who is a 'Displaced' Student?

For the purposes of crisis data management, a "displaced" student is defined as "a student who was enrolled, or eligible for enrollment, but has enrolled in another place because of a crisis." This broad definition could reasonably be made more specific by an education agency that might wish to add, for example, a requirement that the crisis must be a FEMA-declared disaster.

Temporary or permanent closing without displacing students

In early 2009, many schools and agencies closed their doors in an effort to help contain the spread of swine flu throughout the student population. Although these closings did not displace students, these types of events should be a component of disaster-response planning to ensure the loss of instructional services is minimized.