These files are state and national projections for the 2004 Civil Rights Data Collection. The projections are based on a rolling stratified sample of approximately 6,000 districts and 60,000 schools, and on reported data from those districts that responded to the survey.

The state and national projections were prepared for OCR in accordance with the sampling methodology for the Civil Rights Data Collection. Documentation is available from OCR which describes the procedures used for the projections, including weighting of the sample, imputation for non-response, standard errors, quality control procedures, and projections for which the non-response rate is particularly high. In addition, documentation is available from OCR for projections that should be used with caution due to large statistical uncertainty in the estimate, including factors which contributed to the extent of this statistical uncertainty for the 2004 Civil Rights Data Collection. This hardcopy documentation, available upon request, is contained in "2004 Office for Civil Rights Elementary and Secondary School Survey Projections and Documentation".

Note for users of assistive technology: Each Microsoft Excel file includes two sheets labeled "Page 1" and "Page 2." Column headings are included in each sheet in rows 6, 7, and 8. Row headings are included in columns B and C. You may wish to adjust the settings of your assistive technology accordingly. [return]