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Saturday, 26th June 2010

Data.ed.gov: A New Resource from the U.S. Department of Education

From a Blog Post:

The site will ultimately serve as a one-stop shop where practitioners, researchers, and the public can access information about Department grant programs. Through the Web site and other initiatives, the Department will make the grantmaking process more transparent to the public by providing easily accessible data about applications as well as applicants and their partners. The site will protect applicants’ privacy and proprietary information.

The first competitive grant program featured on Data.ed.gov is the Investing in Innovation Fund (i3), which received nearly 1,700 applications before the competition closed in May. The public can now view detailed information on all i3 applicants and run customized reports and summary analyses on subsets of applicants.

Data.ed.gov is designed to be more user-friendly than traditional data sites by providing tools that allow users to visualize the data:

+ Charting and Graphing: Data.ed.gov includes charting and graphing tools that help the public understand general trends in the data sets. For example, users may select a specific criterion or multiple criteria—e.g. absolute priorities, grant types, and applicant types—and see how many applications meet those criteria.

+ Mapping: Data.ed.gov incorporates mapping to allow the public to see which initiatives are funded in their communities. Users can view grant applications on a map that includes the option of overlays by congressional districts, with additional overlays planned.

+ Filtering and Searching: Data.ed.gov lets users narrow the applications to only those of interest based on combinations of criteria. For example, a user could search for all LEA applicants in Texas that applied for grants to address a specific priority.

+ Data Exporting: Data.ed.gov allows users to export data sets in a file format that can be loaded easily into common spreadsheet and data analysis tools. Users may export either the entire data set or smaller sets that are filtered according to their selected criteria.

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Source: U.S. Department of Education

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