Civil Rights Data Collection

Overview

The U.S. Department of Education [ED] conducts the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), formerly the Elementary and Secondary School Survey (E&S Survey), to collect data on key education and civil rights issues in our nation's public schools. The CRDC collects a variety of information including, student enrollment and educational programs and services, disaggregated by race/ethnicity, sex, limited English proficiency and disability. The CRDC is a longstanding and important aspect of the ED Office for Civil Right's overall strategy for administering and enforcing the civil rights statutes for which it is responsible. Information collected by the CRDC is also used by other ED offices as well as policymakers and researchers outside of ED.

Publications

Data reports published by OCR, relying on the CRDC, are valuable resources for other Department of Education office and Federal agencies, policymakers and research, educators and school officials, parents and students, and the public who seek data summaries on student access to educational opportunities.

OCR Published Reports

Colorado Data Provision

The Colorado Department of Education is dedicated to submitting the applicable data collected from local education agencies into the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) system to assist LEAs with this federal collection.  CDE will pre-populate as much data as possible and then the LEAs will need to review the CDE pre-populated data, make updates if necessary and add the missing information in the CRDC system directly. Once completed, the LEA must finalize the data in the CRDC system.

Collection Process

Based on the approved data collected by LEAs for the CRDC reporting year, CDE has determined which fields can be pre-populated and the method to calculate the CRDC data fields based on the CRDC specifications.  Both the CRDC specifications and the CDE data field logic information is available for review.  In this document, the data fields that are indicated as not being pre-populated by CDE will be required to be reported by the LEAs directly in the CRDC reporting system.

2023-24 CRDC Specifications with CDE Data Field Logic (XLS) 
Please contact Annette Severson if an alternate version of this document is needed.

LEAs may choose to opt-out of CDE pre-populating the CRDC data fields.  To opt-out, a request form must be sent to Annette Severson. Request forms are due November 20^th, 2024.

Important Dates

• Pre-Population Opt-Out Form Due: Nov. 20, 2024
• CDE Pre-Population: Dec. 2, 2024
• LEA Submissions Begin: Dec. 9, 2024
• 2023-24 CRDC Due Date: March 7, 2025

Data Collection Resources

• CRDC Collection Resource Center
• CRDC Data Collection Webpage
• CRDC Partner Support Center
  • Email: CRDC@aemcorp.com
  • Phone: (855) 255-6901

CDE Contact: Annette Severson (severson_a@cde.state.co.us)