Now Available! New Nationally Representative Data on the Socioemotional...
In an earlier blog post, we shared that one of our survey programs—the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS) program—was collecting data on socioemotional development to better understand how...
View ArticleEducation at a Glance 2019: Putting U.S. Data in a Global Context
International comparisons provide reference points for researchers and policy analysts to understand trends and patterns in national education data and are important as U.S. students compete in an...
View ArticleNew Report on School Choice in the United States
Across the United States, parents have an increasing number of educational options for their children, including traditional public schools, public charter schools, private schools, and homeschooling....
View ArticleNew Data Support Connection Between Hate-Related Words, Fear, Avoidance, and...
Research shows that absenteeism is related to a number of negative outcomes for students, such as lower test scores and higher dropout rates, and often occurs when students feel unsafe, especially for...
View ArticleCost Considered “Very Important” to Parents Who Chose Relatives as Caregivers...
When it comes to choosing a child care arrangement, cost is a big factor in the choices parents make, according to recently released data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Every...
View ArticleNew 2019 Reading and Mathematics Assessment Data on 4th- and 8th-Grade Students
The average reading score for U.S. 4th- and 8th-grade students decreased between 2017 and 2019. Changes in mathematics scores were mixed during this period, with an increase at grade 4 and a decrease...
View ArticleNew Study on U.S. Eighth-Grade Students’ Computer Literacy
In the 21st-century global economy, computer literacy and skills are an important part of an education that prepares students to compete in the workplace. The results of a recent assessment show us how...
View ArticleNew International Comparisons of Reading, Mathematics, and Science Literacy...
The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a study of 15-year-old students’ performance in reading, mathematics, and science literacy that is conducted every 3 years. The PISA 2018...
View ArticleHigher Rates of Homeschooled Students Than Enrolled Students Participated in...
About 3 percent of the school-age population—around 1.7 million students—was homeschooled in 2016. We know that homeschooled students have different educational experiences than students who are...
View ArticleNew Report Highlights Progress and Challenges in U.S. High School Dropout and...
A new NCES report has some good news about overall high school dropout and completion rates, but it also highlights some areas of concern.Using a broad range of data, the recently released Trends in...
View ArticleNew International Data Highlight Experiences of Teachers and Principals
The Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2018 surveyed lower secondary teachers and principals in the United States and 48 other education systems (in the United States, lower secondary...
View ArticleNew Data on Public and Private School Teacher Characteristics, Experiences,...
Teachers and principals have a critical impact on the education experience of students in the United States. The National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS) collects data from public and private...
View ArticleThe “Where” of Going to College: Residence, Migration, and Fall Enrollment
Newly released provisional data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System’s (IPEDS) Fall Enrollment (EF) survey provides an updated look at whether beginning college students are...
View ArticleWhy Do Parents Choose Schools for Their Children?
Have you ever wondered why parents choose a specific school for their child? New data from the Parent and Family Involvement (PFI) Survey of the National Household Education Surveys (NHES) program...
View ArticleNCES Releases First-Ever Response Process Dataset—A Rich New Resource for...
The NCES data file National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Response Process Data From the 2017 Grade 8 Mathematics Assessment (NCES 2020-102; documentation NCES 2020-134) introduces a new...
View ArticleOnline Training for the 2019 NHES Early Childhood Program Participation...
The NCES National Household Education Survey (NHES) program administered two national surveys in 2019—the Early Childhood Program Participation (ECPP) survey and the Parent and Family Involvement in...
View ArticleNew Data Reveal Public School Enrollment Decreased 3 Percent in 2020–21...
NCES recently released revised Common Core of Data (CCD) Preliminary Files, which are the product of the school year (SY) 2020–21 CCD data collection. CCD, the Department of Education’s primary...
View ArticleNew Report on the Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Undergraduate...
NCES recently released a report on the experiences of undergraduate students early in the COVID-19 pandemic. The report uses early release data from the 2019–20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study...
View ArticleRescaled Data Files for Analyses of Trends in Adult Skills
In January 2022, NCES released the rescaled data files for three adult literacy assessments conducted several decades earlier: the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS), the 1994 International...
View ArticleMeasuring Student Safety: New Data on Bullying Rates at School
Bullying remains a serious issue for students and their families, as well as policy makers, administrators, and educators. NCES is committed to providing reliable and timely data on bullying to measure...
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