Pennsylvania Department of Education
From Sunshine Review
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) website provides an important starting point for data on public education in the Commonwealth.
Among the databases on file are the following:
- A list (and map)of school districts with contact and some demographic data[1]
- Average Daily Attendance (by district)[2]
- Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) results under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) rules[3]
- School finances (extensive range of information)[4]
- Data on charter schools[5]
- Testing and assessment[6]
- A glossary of key school finance terms[7]
- A description of a "costing out study" (published 2007), purporting to provide a statistical basis for deciding the amount of money needed to support high-quality public education[8]
