On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Christopher Harn <har
...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for all your thoughts on this!
> Net-net I guess we can sum it up to what we already know which is that
> there is a pattern between the wealth of the community and the kid’s
> academic scores.
> Since these scores do vary widely does that not imply that our schools are
> economically segregated?
> *From:* Warren Myers <volcimas...@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, November 02, 2012 10:55 AM
> *To:* collexion@googlegroups.com
> *Subject:* Re: FCPS Test Scores
> I agree that the school district data isn't perfect - but the "districts"
> themselves aren't secret :)
> That being said, I'm looking forward to the Open Data Lex event next week
> myself
> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 8:03 AM, Chad Cottle <opendata...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> At this point in time, school districts are not "open data." They have
>> historically been tightly controlled by FCPS and will not be part of the
>> data sets available at launch. Open Lexington should make it a priority to
>> visit them and make the case for opening up their data. Nick Such and I
>> had this on our radar back in the summer but it fell off. Once we (the
>> city) go live next week I firmly feel that others will follow suit if for
>> no other reason than looking bad if they don't.
>> Does the PVA allow one to get a total dump of their address and assessed
>> valued property? We (the city) maintain the parcels/lot lines but we have
>> no stake in the assessment game. I do know that once per year the
>> "certified tax roll" for all properties are sent to the state for their
>> blessing so it is all public data and should be made available. Has anyone
>> every asked the PVA for this? He seems like he is trying to foster better
>> relations with the community so he may be agreeable to this.
>> So, if you have those data sets it becomes pretty easy at that point to
>> just use a GIS package to throw it all together and do some analysis.
>> Given that we have looked at this data for the past 15 years internally, I
>> don't think you are going to find anything too exciting.
>> The only real "gotcha" is when you consider that there is a percentage
>> (not sure how high or low it is) of students who are out of district or
>> participate in a magnet program that is not based on their address....so
>> they don't fall neatly into boxes.
>> If one were so inclined or bored you could download their PDFs and
>> digitize the school districts in less than an hour. :)
>> Sorry for rambling. Hope this helps.
>> Chad
>> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 7:47 AM, Christopher Harn <har...@hotmail.com>wrote:
>>> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/11/02/2393316/fayette-test-scores-vary-w...
>>> I would love to see an overlay of these schools test scores, their
>>> districts, property values, an other economic indicators...
>>> use the data from the PVA?
>>> or opendatalex?
>>> thoughts?
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