2026-06-01 / 2026-06-07
What ED Campus Safety Data Can And Cannot Show
Campus Evidence Lab added an analysis memo describing how Department of Education campus-safety data cells support auditable records while preserving the limits of aggregate public datasets.
Analysis Notes
- ED campus-safety data can provide school, year, geography scope, offense category, bias-code category, and reported statistic counts.
- Aggregate data cells do not independently describe narrative context, individual experiences, institutional fault, or legal conclusions.
- Scoped deduplication is necessary so on-campus, residence-hall, public-property, noncampus, and year-specific cells remain auditable.
- ED-derived records should be read as public statistical documentation, not as comprehensive incident narratives.
Responsible Uses
- Use ED-derived records to study documentation structure and public reporting categories.
- Avoid converting aggregate cells into claims about individual cases.
- Pair ED data with methodology notes when explaining what a record can support.
Method Note
This memo interprets the existing ED-derived records and source metadata. It does not import additional ED cells.
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