LibGuides: PRST 5610: Intro to Doctoral Studies: Data & Statistics

Social Measures

America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being
Produced in collaboration with 20 federal agencies, this report includes 24 indicators covering demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of children
Administration for Children & Families: Data & Reports
Statistics for child care, child support, child welfare, Head Start, and refugees.

EdStats (International)
Enrollment, learning outcomes, expenditures, and other data from the World Bank.
NCES International Activities Program
Compare U.S. education with other countries.
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National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Education
Eurydice
Information about European school systems.

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
NAEP tracks how U.S. student groups perform in math, science, reading, geography, and more. Results are summarized as The Nation's Report Card.
Annual Reports (National Center for Education Statistics)
Access popular reports from the Department of Education: The Condition of Education, The Digest of Education Statistics, High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States, Indicators of School Crime and Safety, and Projections of Education Statistics.
Education Finance Statistics Center
Public finance of K-12 education
Schools and Staffing Survey (NCES)
Surveys public and private schools, districts, principals, teachers, and school librarians

Chronicle of Higher Education This link opens in a new window
Higher education full-text weekly newspaper for faculty members and administrators back to 1995. On its own platform.
Data and Statistics About the U.S. This link opens in a new window
Reference portal that allows searching federal agencies for statistics and links to those agencies. On its own platform.
SimplyAnalytics This link opens in a new window
SimplyAnalytics enables users to quickly create professional quality thematic maps and reports using thousands of U.S. demographic, business, health and marketing variables.

IPEDS Data site
The data download site for IPEDS, for those who wish to find comparative data.