Interactive | December 11, 2012

The Education Choice and Competition Index

By: Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst and Sarah Whitfield

Exploring the critical role of school choice in the future of education reform, the Education Choice and Competition Index (ECCI) is an interactive web application that scores large school districts based on thirteen categories of policy and practice. The intent of the ECCI is to create public awareness of the differences among districts in their support of school choice, provide a framework for efforts to improve choice and competition, and recognize leaders among school districts in the design and implementation of choice and competition systems. Grover "Russ" Whitehurst discusses the index in a related video.

District Table
District Map

The Education Choice and Competition Index (ECCI) is an interactive web application that scores large school districts based on thirteen categories of policy and practice. Please view the report for more information and refer to the scoring guide for a more detailed description of the scoring procedure.

Examine one district by clicking on the individual district
Compare category scores for up to 3 districts by selecting corresponding checkboxes
To sort by the headings, click the individual heading

	Rank	School District	Grade	County	Student Population	No. of Schools

Component of Overall Grade	Proportion of Available Points

The letter grade for a district is derived from the proportion of points it received in each component, with the first three components double weighted to reflect their relative importance to quality of choice and extent of competition (see the scoring guide for a detailed description).

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Use the District Map as a graphical representation of the distribution of district performance across the United States. Click on the colored district nodes to see information about the district.