Abstract
The TDSB Secondary Success Indicators: A Geospatial Cohort Analysis, 2003-2004 Track: GIS for Administration & Planning Author(s): Robert Brown, Mark Lowry The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) is the largest school board in Canada and one of the largest in North America. The TDSB Secondary Success Indicators are a comprehensive set of annual indicators on key aspects of TDSB secondary achievement. These include credit and mark outcomes, graduation, dropout, and postsecondary attainment. All secondary students present in Fall 2003 (N = 90,458) will be geocoded by postal code of student residence, and achievement and other information from the SPSS dataset exported and then joined. In addition, student achievement data will be aggregated to the Census Tract level (N = 500 CT's in Toronto). Spatial analyses will be through ArcGIS 9. Analysis will concentrate on two key themes: determining the degree to which previously-observed Toronto spatial patterns have been replicated through academic achievement; and examining the relationship of aggregated TDSB student data to 2001 Census data. Robert Brown Toronto District School Board Research and Information Services/Organizational Development 1 Civic Centre Court Lower Level Toronto , null M4X 1X3 CA Phone: 416-394-7422 E-mail: rob.brown@tdsb.on.ca Mark Lowry Toronto District School Board Social, Canadian & World Studies 1 Civic Centre Court, 1st Floor Toronto , Ontario M9C 2B3 CA Phone: 416-394-7269 E-mail: mark.lowry@tdsb.on.ca |
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