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Education Data Resources

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United States

 

Findlaw
Choose "For Legal Professionals" option, choose "Practice Areas" and then "Web Guide- Databases" for comprehensive education related statistical resources.
http://lp.findlaw.com/

Bureau of Labor Statistics Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections

Provides statistics about the labor market, educational attainment, salaries, etc.
http://www.bls.gov/emp/home.htm

Most requested statistics from BLS (Cornell University)
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/mostRequestedStatistics.html

ChildStats.gov

America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2005.
http://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/

Bureau of the Census

School enrollment statistics.
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school.html

Educational attainment statistics.
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/educ-attn.html
K-12 school system financial statistics.
http://www.census.gov/govs/www/school.html

Center for Disease Control
School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS)
A national survey periodically conducted to assess school health policies and programs at the state, district, school, and classroom levels.
http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/shpps/index.htm

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
http://nces.ed.gov/index.asp

The Condition of Education
Data sets from the Institute of Education Sciences, NCES.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
The core postsecondary education data collection program for NCES.  A system of surveys designed to collect data from all primary providers of postsecondary education in such areas as enrollments, program completions, faculty, staff, and finances.
http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/

National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL).
http://nces.ed.gov/naal/

Most requested statistics from NCES (Cornell University)
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/mostRequestedStatistics.html

National Science Foundation
Statistics about engineering and science education.
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/

University of Michigan Library Documents Center
Education statistics on the Web.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

Urban Institute

Provides statistical reports on economic, education, health, housing, welfare and labor topics.
http://www.urban.org/

International

EdStats

World Bank's database of education statistics.
http://devdata.worldbank.org/edstats/

SourceOECD

Contains Education Statistics, "assesses students' acquisition of the knowledge and skills essential for full participation in today's society."
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/indexes/titles.html?id=335

World of Learning Online

Use the advanced search to create lists of institutions and/or people.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/indexes/titles.html?id=400

For additional education data resources, consult:

University of Texas Libraries- Education (includes regional information)
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/subject/education/index.html
Tarlton Law Library- Education Law
http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/vlibrary/subject/education/education.html

Last updated on March 20, 2008.