DataHaven Resources
Some of our most popular resources for childhood and education data include:
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DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey - survey of over 16,000 randomly-selected adults throughout CT; questions related to community resources for children provide local-level data about Connecticut communities that are not available from any other source.
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Greater New Haven Community Index, Greater Hartford Community Wellbeing Index, Fairfield County Community Wellbeing Index - and other data reports in the Reports section of the DataHaven website.
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DataHaven Community and Neighborhood Profiles - by area, town and neighborhood. We are currently updating this resource; please contact us if you can't find the profile you need.
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DataHaven Connecticut Town Equity Reports - more detailed reports and maps for all 169 towns in Connecticut, focusing on local differences in equity and well-being.
Some of our favorite outside sources of childhood and education data
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EdSight, at http://edsight.ct.gov/SASPortal/main.do, is the data portal of the Connecticut State Department of Education. The most recent measures of public school and student performance are displayed by category on the main page. Additional data, some with more detail, can also be found on the Portals & Publications pages. To access college enrollment/graduation data, go to EdSight, click “Performance,” select “Graduation Rates” or “College/Postsecondary. These are some of the pages we find most useful, but the portal has additional resources that you can explore. For Profile and Performance Reports, previously known as "Strategic School Profiles," go to EdSight, click "Overview," select "Profile and Performance Reports," select a district and select "All Schools" to obtain PDF reports for individual schools across a district.
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Test results from the most recent state assessment, the 2018-19 SBAC, are downloaded from the EdSight portal. Click “Performance” and select “Smarter Balanced.”
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Test results from former state assessments, the CMT and the CAPT, are available online. Create your own score report based on your data needs, or browse Connecticut-wide reports.
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The 2-1-1 Childcare website displays publications and reports, at http://www.211childcare.org/reports/. Child care availability is summarized by town and region. Based on surveys of child care providers, the data estimate capacity and enrollment at providers. Be cautious when using, since data are subject to unreported margins of error.
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CT.gov eLicensing, at https://www.elicense.ct.gov/, is an online database of all licenses held by individuals or businesses in Connecticut. Users can generate a roster for all registered family home child care providers, by town. To do so, click “Generate Roster(s)” from left sidebar -> “Child Day Care Licensing Program” -> “Family Day Care Homes Total by Date (Active) (No Fee Required).” Licensing data are also available for many other categories of businesses or occupations.
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Kids Count, at http://datacenter.kidscount.org/, is a data tool of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. It maintains an extensive list of indicators related to demographic, economic, education, health, and community well-being of children. Users can also download publications on various topics related to childhood.
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Connecticut Voices for Children publishes many reports on early childcare, education, and child wellbeing, at http://www.ctvoices.org/publications. Use the filters to browse reports by issue area, contributor, or publication date.
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American FactFinder, at http://factfinder.census.gov/, is an online portal to selected U.S. Census Bureau data sets, including those on school enrollment by age, educational attainment, private school enrollment, and other education topics. Please contact DataHaven if you have trouble finding what you need on this expansive site.
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"Troubled Schools on Trial," at https://ctmirror.org/2016/12/07/troubled-schools-on-trial-when-poverty-p..., is an extensive and in-depth 7-part series by Connecticut Mirror that looks at various issues facing the funding of public education in Connecticut. The series features charts and data tables.
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U.S. Health Literacy Data Map http://healthliteracymap.unc.edu/. Use the map to find health literacy estimates for neighborhoods throughout the United States. These estimates are based on statistical models, not direct measures of literacy at the small area level.
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New Haven Promise's Summit 2019 report contains data on New Haven public school enrollment trends, investment impact, and detailed graduation rates.
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The Opportunity Atlas is an interactive portal that uses data following 20 million Americans from childhood to their mid-30s. It displays a wide array of outcomes relevant for the childhood roots of social mobility.
