Politics of Identity-Based Data: Evidence Supporting the Development of a Critical Quantitative Community Data Hub

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

To counter the dearth in data in the province of Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, school board researchers from seven school boards as well as academics created a Data Hub, located in an Ontario-based university. Researchers have engaged in the development of quantitative methods and have implemented community-centred approaches to data collection, analysis and reporting that align with the principles of critical scholarship and critical quantitative method. We propose four papers that include the role of context and intersectionality; the politics and promises of identity data collection to inform school improvement and equity in education; the role of provincial governance and strategies used to control access to data; as well as institutional responses to covid that perpetuate inequity through absenteeism.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Critical Quantitative Methodologies

Chair

• Gillian Parekh, York University

Papers

• Intersectionality and the critical role of context: The case of a Canadian School Board - Gillian Parekh, York University; Carl E. James, York University

• Navigating the Politics of Identity-Based Data Collection - Brandy Doan-Goss, York University

• The Doubling of Students with Chronic Absenteeism: Analysis and Implications Over Time - Robert Stewart Brown, Toronto District School Board ; George Tam, Toronto District School Board