Early Childhood Education

Provides factsheets on child poverty, health, education, and other indicators of well-being.

Council of Economic Advisers, Executive Office of the President, 2014.

"Head Start enrollment, funding, quality, and duration, state-by-state"

An "annual publication which has tracked the funding, access, and policies of state-funded preschool programs since the 2001-2002 school year."

"a population-based study that examines children's development in the context of their early education and care settings."
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Discover, access, and analyze data on young children, their families and communities, and the programs that serve them. From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and ICPSR.

"a compilation of statistical information covering . . . education from prekindergarten through graduate school. . . . including the number of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, and graduates, in addition to educational attainment, finances, and federal funds for education, libraries, and international comparisons."

The U.S. government's collection of statistics on education topics for all levels of education. Includes:
Common Core of Data - CCD
School District Demographics System - SDDS
International Data Explorer - IDE
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System - IPEDS
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

Browse for data and statistics by topic.

Includes College Results Online, State Academic Performance and Improvement Tool, K-12 Assignments Analysis Tool, Pell Graduation Rate Data Tool, State of Funding Equity Data Tool, . . .

Searchable database of infographics related to K-12 and higher education.

This annual report "provides national-level data on enrollment, teachers, high school graduates, and expenditures at the elementary and secondary level, and enrollment and degrees at the postsecondary level for the past 15 years and projections [10 years out]. For the 50 states and the District of Columbia."

Open access site with thousands of charts drawn from research sources. Site is affiliated with the University of Oxford.

Retrieve detailed statistics related to K-12 education for the United States at the national or state level.

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reports on academic achievement of elementary and secondary students in the United States at the national, state, and local levels.

Quality Counts is Education Week's annual report on state-level efforts to improve public education. Published in January, each year the report may focus on a particular issue.

Research reports based on the ACT test.

Includes many achievement indicators and indicators related to K-12 teachers. Can be downloaded to Excel.

"The Research Center conducts annual policy surveys, collects data, and performs analyses that appear in the Quality Counts and Diplomas Count annual issues of Education Week."

Provides statistics and data on teacher preparation programs and teacher credentials.

from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) - CDC

Reports average teacher salary by state.

Retrieve detailed statistics related to K-12 education for the United States at the national or state level.

This is a resource for advanced researchers. You will have to complete an application to get access to the data.

Provides some basics on descriptive and inferential statistics and tips on effective ways to integrate statistical information in your writing.

Consultation is available for faculty and graduate students on research and instrument design, instrument validation, sample selection and sampling methods, data collection, data analysis, results interpretation and display.

Tips on data management plans, data repositories, and agency data management requirements.