The Stanford Education Data Archive (SEDA) includes a number of publicly available data files, listed below. Most files are available in Stata (v13) and .csv formats. Codebooks and documentation are available for download as well.
In publications, please cite the data as:
Sean F. Reardon, Demetra Kalogrides, Andrew Ho, Ben Shear, Kenneth Shores, Erin Fahle. (2016). Stanford Education Data Archive (Version 1.1 File Title). http://purl.stanford.edu/db586ns4974.
If you have questions or note errors in the data, please contact us at sedasupport@stanford.edu
Notes
The data that are currently available include district level racial/ethnic achievement gaps, district level average achievement, and district level demographic/socioeconomic data. The most recent release (currently, Version 1.1) should always be used for reporting and analysis. Previous versions of the data are still available to facilitate research replication
District level average achievement data were reported in the New York Times Upshot article in "grade equivalent'" units. Achievement gap data available for download here are reported in standard deviation or "effect size'" units. Achievement gaps are not currently available in the metric of grade equivalent units, and race-specific mean scores are forthcoming. For interpretability, roughly speaking, 1 standard deviation is (very roughly) equivalent to approximately 3 grade equivalents.
We have added a data file that shows which schools are included in each district in our estimates. Interested parties can download this document and check for themselves whether the school has been properly assigned to its geographic district. While every effort has been made to place schools in their proper geographic district, please contact sedasupport@stanford.edu if you note an error.
Version 1.0
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Documentation |
| This file contains district level means in grade equivalent units. There are multiple observations per district; one for each year, grade and subject.
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Stata
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| This file contains district level means in grade equivalent units. There are multiple observations per district, one for each subject; values are averaged across years and grades. |
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| This file contains district level means in grade equivalent units. There is one observations per district; values are averaged across years, grades and subjects. |
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| This file contains district level means in constant population standard deviation units. There are multiple observations per district; one for each year, grade and subject. |
Stata
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| This file contains district level means in constant population standard deviation units. There are multiple observations per district; one for each subject; values are averaged across years and grades. |
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| This file contains district level means in constant population standard deviation units. There is one observations per district; values are averaged across years, grades and subjects. |
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| This file contains district level means in NAEP-referenced units. Estimates are comparable between states. There are multiple observations per district; one for each year, grade and subject. |
Stata
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| This file contains district level means in state-referenced units. Estimates are comparable within states. There are multiple observations per district; one for each year, grade and subject. |
Stata
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| This file contains district level white-black and white-Hispanic achievement gaps. There are multiple observations per district; one for each year, grade and subject. |
Stata
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| This file contains district level white-black and white-Hispanic achievement gaps. There are multiple observations per district; one for each subject; values are averaged across years and grades. |
Stata
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| This file contains district level white-black and white-Hispanic achievement gaps. There is one observations per district; values are averaged across years, grades and subjects. |
Stata
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| This file contains district level covariates (socioeconomic, demographic, school level data). There are multiple observations per district; one for each year and grade. |
Stata
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| Codebook
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| This file contains district level covariates (socioeconomic, demographic, school level data). There are multiple observations per district; one for each year. |
Stata
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| This file contains district level covariates (socioeconomic, demographic, school level data). There is one observation per district. |
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| This file contains a unique school identifier, an identifier indicating its NCES ID (the district to which it legally belongs), and the district in which it is included in our estimates. There is one observation per school. |
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Documentation
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Version 1.1
Technical Documentation
| Assessment Outcomes: Means and Standard Errors |
| Data Description |
Disaggregated by |
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Documentation |
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Description |
Metric |
Geographic Level |
Year |
Grade |
Subject |
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| MeanA_V1.1 |
This file contains district level means in grade equivalent units. There are multiple observations per district; one for each year, grade and subject. |
Grade Equivilant Units |
District |
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Stata |
CSV |
Codebook |
| MeanB_V1.1 |
This file contains district level means in grade equivalent units. There are multiple observations per district, one for each subject; values are averaged across years and grades. |
Grade Equivilant Units |
District |
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Stata |
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| MeanC_V1.1 |
This file contains district level means in grade equivalent units. There is one observations per district; values are averaged across years, grades and subjects. |
Grade Equivilant Units |
District |
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Stata |
CSV |
| MeanD_V1.1 |
This file contains district level means in constant population standard deviation units. There are multiple observations per district; one for each year, grade and subject. |
Standard Deviation Units |
District |
x |
x |
x |
Stata |
CSV |
| MeanE_V1.1 |
This file contains district level means in constant population standard deviation units. There are multiple observations per district; one for each subject; values are averaged across years and grades. |
Standard Deviation Units |
District |
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Stata |
CSV |
| MeanF_V1.1 |
This file contains district level means in constant population standard deviation units. There is one observations per district; values are averaged across years, grades and subjects. |
Standard Deviation Units |
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Stata |
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| MeanG_V1.1 |
This file contains district level means in NAEP-referenced units. Estimates are comparable between states. There are multiple observations per district; one for each year, grade and subject. |
NAEP |
District |
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Stata |
CSV |
| MeanH_V1.1 |
This file contains district level means in state-referenced units. Estimates are comparable within states. There are multiple observations per district; one for each year, grade and subject. |
State Referenced |
District |
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x |
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Stata |
CSV |
| Assessment Outcomes: Achievement Gaps |
| Data Description |
Disaggregated by |
Dowload |
Documentation |
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Description |
Metric |
Geographic Level |
Year |
Grade |
Subject |
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| GapA_V1.1 |
This file contains district level white-black and white-Hispanic achievement gaps. There are multiple observations per district; one for each year, grade and subject. |
Standard Deviation Units |
District |
x |
x |
x |
Stata |
CSV |
Codebook |
| GapB_V1.1 |
This file contains district level white-black and white-Hispanic achievement gaps. There are multiple observations per district; one for each subject; values are averaged across years and grades. |
Standard Deviation Units |
District |
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Stata |
CSV |
| GapC_V1.1 |
This file contains district level white-black and white-Hispanic achievement gaps. There is one observations per district; values are averaged across years, grades and subjects. |
Standard Deviation Units |
District |
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Stata |
CSV |
| Covariates |
| Data Description |
Disaggregated by |
Dowload |
Documentation |
| File Title |
Description |
Metric |
Geographic Level |
Year |
Grade |
Subject |
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| CovA_V1.1 |
This file contains district level covariates (socioeconomic, demographic, school level data). There are multiple observations per district; one for each year and grade. |
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District |
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x |
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Stata |
CSV |
Codebook |
| CovB_V1.1 |
This file contains district level covariates (socioeconomic, demographic, school level data). There are multiple observations per district; one for each year. |
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District |
x |
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Stata |
CSV |
| CovC_V1.1 |
This file contains district level covariates (socioeconomic, demographic, school level data). There is one observation per district. |
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Stata |
CSV |
| Ancillary Files |
| Data Description |
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Documentation |
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Year |
Grade |
Subject |
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| AncillaryA_V1.1 |
This file contains a unique school identifier, an identifier indicating its NCES ID (the district to which it legally belongs), and the district in which it is included in our estimates. There is one observation per school. |
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| AncillaryB_V1.1 |
This file contains the shape file that corresponds to the district crosswalk. |
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