Common Core of Data (CCD) CD-ROM
School Years 1991-92 through 1995-96

SuDocs:        ED1.334/2:C73/991/92 - 996/96
Issuing Agency:     U.S. Dept. of Education, Nat'l Center for Education Statistics
Item no.:      0455-N-04

     This CD contains information on  elementary and secondary schools across the U.S, similar to what 
IPEDS does for post-secondary schools. Demographic info. is from 1990 Census. A related database is 
School District Data Book Profiles (http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/sddb-stateis.html)

     Data is available for each school year at three levels:  Agency -- School -- State.  

An Agency is usually the school district, and a School is usually the individual schools within that district.  
State is usually the main state agency that deals with elementary and secondary education.

Information Available on this CD

School:
- school information                    - school characteristics & membership

Agency:
- agency information                    - agency characteristics
- household char., poverty & risk       - race & educational attainment
- language spoken at home               - staff information
- agency's school information      - dropouts (AmInd., Asian, Black)
- dropouts (Hisp., White, Total)        - agency profile
- revenue, local                   - revenue, state
- revenue, federal                 - expend, salaries
- expend, empl. benefits           - expend, total operation
- expend, non-instruction               - expend, cap. outlay & other
- debt & cash

State (such as Illinois Dept. of Education)
- state information                - school staff information
- school locales & types           - state fiscal information
- HS completers & R/E breakout          - HS completers, R/E%
- student membership                    - student membership, R/E breakout
- student membership, R/E percentages   - dropouts by grade (Am.Ind., Asian, Black)
- dropouts by grade (Hisp., White, Total)    - expend., salaries & benefits
- comparison, state v. national         - revenue, local detail
- revenue, sources & federal detail          - expend, instruction
- expend., support services             - expend., non-instruct.
- expend., facilities acquisition & const.   - expend., other
- expend. by function

Installing the CD

     In Windows 95, do Start, then Run, then type in E:\setup, where E is your computer's CD drive.  Then 
follow the instructions.  You will end up with separate icons for School - Agency-State, as well as icons 
for various help guides.

Using the CD

     After choosing an icon (School, Agency, or State) you will be taken to a search menu box.  Use the 
dropdown menus to pick the school year and state you wish to search.  Type in other information such as 
Macomb for city location to get Macomb school or district information.  Then hit Enter to start your 
search.  Hitting the D in the menu bar will display the first record of your search under the first category 
of information.  Use the solid left and right  arrows from the menu bar to go back and forth between 
records (e.g. different schools or different school years if you didn't specify a particular year at the start).  
Use the Detail Screens menu choice to change categories of information.
     Additional guides are available by clicking on Help from the upper menu bar.  Separate guides are  
available as mentioned,  as icons to click on when you first open up the database.  

Chuck Malone, Government Information Librarian
Western Illinois University
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