December 2021
For the December 2021 release, Precisely added the following metrics to the GreatSchools product:
- School counts per state (from GreatSchools)
- Additions
- Deletions
- Changes
- Other statistics for each *.zip file
November 2021
The new-test-subgroup file from GreatSchools was added in this release. This feed contains subgroup results from state exams and is different from the new-test feed, which shows percentage results at each proficiency level for all students, as opposed to subgroups of students.
Starting with the December 2021 release, Precisely will include a metrics file consisting of GreatSchools' school counts per state, along with adds, deletes, changes, and statistics for each *.zip file.
October 2021
Beginning with the November 2021 release, Precisely will add a compressed file from GreatSchools named new-test-subgroup. This feed contains subgroup results from state exams (such as the percentage of low-income students performing at each proficiency level). This feed is different from the current new-test feed, which shows percentage results at each proficiency level for all students.
September 2021
No major changes were reported by GreatSchools.
August 2021
No major changes were reported by GreatSchools.
July 2021
No major changes were reported by GreatSchools.
June 2021
GreatSchools implemented the value N/A in the county field to indicate records for which their Google validation did not return a county value.
May 2021
Starting in June 2021, GreatSchools will include a value of N/A in the county field to indicate records for which their Google validation did not return a county value.
April 2021
GreatSchools confirmed that the Data Excellence file is out-of-date and will no longer be maintained. We have removed from this release. No other major updates were reported by GreatSchools.
March 2021
In this release, GreatSchools returned the FIPS county code (fipscounty) to the product.
February 2021
In this month's release, GreatSchools removed the following data types from files:
- Subtype (subtype)
- District spending (district-spending)
January 2021
GreatSchools will remove the following data types from files in the February 2021 release:
- Subtype (subtype) - school subtype data has very low coverage and is no longer being collected or maintained. It will be removed from the database and feeds because it is likely to be outdated/inaccurate.
- FIPS county code (fipscounty) - data type will be removed; discontinued by the Secretary of Commerce.
- District spending (district-spending) - this data type has existed in GreatSchools' data feeds for sometime, although it is inactive. It will be eliminated from feeds altogether.