What Type of Input Data Does the EIC Accept?

The EIC uses aggregate, or summary data, about a classroom, school or district. This is the type of data typically reported in the media and sent to school administrators and parents. These reports also often include comparative information about other schools and districts or the state or even the nation as a whole.

The EIC does not calculate statistics from data about individual students. Instead, the EIC calculates results for

•     The percentage of students scoring at or above a defined benchmark,
•     Means and standard deviations on standardized tests, OR
•       Percentile rank for the average student.

To compute the probability that a difference would have occurred by chance, a user needs to know the number of students in the sample

To learn more about the input data used by the EIC Click Here.