OBES-9: Load ECLS-K data

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[Goal] Load public use ECLS-K and ECLS-K:2011 data.

[Steps] The data are available at this page. Info on when new public use data for the 2011 cohort will become available is contained here. As of Nov-2017 all data up to "Spring, Second Grade" are available for download.

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This page reports that there is not much difference between public and restricted use data. However, as we read in the data file subsection

Zip code and geocode data are available only to analysts with a restricted-use license. Information about applying for a restricted-use data license can be found at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/licenses.asp.

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On the school years included in each data file:

• For ECLS-K, as described in this page:

  The ECLS-K is a longitudinal study that followed the same children from kindergarten through the 8th grade. Information was collected in the fall and the spring of kindergarten (1998-99), the fall and spring of 1st grade (1999-2000), the spring of 3rd grade (2002), the spring of 5th grade (2004), and the spring of 8th grade (2007).

• For ECLSK-K:2011 (see this page)

  The ECLS-K:2011 is a longitudinal study, with the same children followed from kindergarten through the fifth grade. Information was collected in the fall and the spring of kindergarten (2010-11), the fall and spring of first grade (2011-12), the fall and spring of second grade (2012-13), the spring of third grade (2014), the spring of fourth grade (2015), and the spring of fifth grade (2016). Note that although the study refers to later rounds of data collection by the grade the majority of children were expected to be in (that is, the modal grade for children who were in kindergarten in the 2010–11 school year), children were included in subsequent data collections regardless of their grade level. Field tests, pilot tests, and cognitive interviews were conducted at various points in the life of the study to develop psychometrically sound cognitive assessments and to gather information from teachers, school administrators, and parents to inform the development of new survey items.

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Update: both ECLS-K and ECLS-K:2011 data are now loaded to Google Drive/../base/eclsk/

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I reopen this task for loading school related ECLS-K data.