TIMSS focuses on effectively measuring educational achievement in mathematics and science at the fourth, eighth, and sometimes 12th grades. In addition, TIMSS Advanced measures...

The HS&B describes the activities of seniors and sophomores as they progressed through high school, postsecondary education, and into the workplace. The data span 1980...

The IPEDS, established as the core postsecondary education data collection program for NCES, is a system of surveys designed to collect data from all primary providers of...

The PIAAC is a cyclical, large-scale study that was designed to assess and compare the basic skills and the broad range of competencies of adults around the world. The...

The NSCG is a survey sponsored by the NCES at the National Science Foundation (NSF). The U.S. Census Bureau is responsible for the NSCG data collection. The NSCG began in the...

The National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF) was a nationally representative sample of full-and part-time faculty and instructional staff at public and private...

This database provides wide range of education access and equity data from the nation’s public schools. Two forms are collected: school form and district form.

The Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE), a product and service of the Center for Community College Student Engagement, provides information about effective...

The Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B) follows bachelor's degree recipients over the course of 10 years, collecting data on workforce participation, income...

In the 1998 reauthorization of Head Start, Congress mandated that the DHHS determine, on a national level, the impact of Head Start on the children it serves. This legislative...

The IRO supports the College’s mission and institutional learning outcomes by providing the information needed to support institutional planning and data driven decision making....

The Baby FACES continues a series of ongoing descriptive studies aimed at maintaining an up-to-date, extensive knowledge base to support Early Head Start policies and programs....

The NHES is a household-based data collection system designed to address a wide range of education related issues from early childhood to school age to adulthood. The NHES...

PIRLS is an international comparative assessment that measures student learning in reading. PIRLS documents worldwide trends in the reading knowledge of fourth-graders as well...

The purposes of PPS data collection activities are: to build an accurate and complete list of private schools to serve as a sampling frame for NCES sample surveys of private...

The PEELS followed almost 3,000 children with disabilities as they progressed through preschool and into their early elementary years. Data were collected on the preschool and...

The CCRI report has been developed through Hawaii DXP (formally Hawai‘i P-20 Partnerships for Education) in collaboration with the Hawai‘i State Department of Education (HIDOE)...

The NPSAS is a comprehensive study that examines how students and their families pay for postsecondary education. It includes nationally representative samples of...

The NELS:88, which began with an 8th grade cohort in 1988, provides trend data about critical transitions experienced by young people as they develop, attend school, and embark...

The NAEP-LTT assessments began in 1969 and measures the trends of academic progress in mathematics and reading for students at ages 9, 13, and 17. Because the long-term trend...