NIFDI Technical Report 2016-2
provides full details on the calculations used in the EIC. The first two
sections discuss terminology and describe the structure of the EIC. The
following five sections give examples of the use of the EIC. Examples use each
of the possible types of input data and different types of groups (e.g.
classrooms, schools, and districts). A final section discusses ways in which
the EIC could potentially help students and schools and provides cautions
regarding its use. An extensive appendix explains the underlying research
designs and gives the equations used in the statistical analyses. The
techniques are identical to those covered in introductory college level
statistics courses. While they are not complex, they are fully sufficient for
answering the questions that are generally of most concern to educational
consumers. Read the Tech Report