Education Statistics
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Indiana Higher Education Facts (Indiana)
This site from the Indiana Commission on Higher Education (ICHE) provides baseline data about higher education in Indiana, including number of 2- and 4-year institutions, enrollments, median household income, appropriations, etc.
Stats Indiana Education Page (Indiana)
Developed and maintained by the Indiana Business Research Center at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. This web site contains US Census data for educational attainment for 2000 for counties, cities, and townships in Indiana. It also provides data on school enrollment, graduates to higher education and high school dropout rates.
Indiana Commission on Higher Education (ICHE) Higher Education Budget and Fiscal Affairs (Indiana)
This web site has information regarding the 2003-05 budget development, state appropriations, higher education appropriations, faculty salaries, student fees, etc.
K-12 School Data (Indiana)
This is part of the official web site of the Indiana Department of Education and contains information regarding Indiana school corporations. Users can compare school corporations, find certain characteristics about school corporations, information regarding ISTEP, and trend data for the State of Indiana. This site also has information regarding assessments used by schools within the State of Indiana.
National Report Card on Higher Education: Measuring Up (All States)
Measuring Up 2006 consists of the national report card for higher education and fifty state report cards. Its purpose is to provide the public and policymakers with information to assess and improve postsecondary education in each state. Measuring Up 2006 is the fourth in a series of biennial report cards. Users can also view report cards from 2004, 2002, and 2000.
National Information Center for Higher Education Policymaking and Analysis (All States)
This site allows the user to make state-by-state comparisons in the area of preparation, participation, affordability, student learning, completion, benefits, employment, finance and crosscutting information such as poverty rates, minority participation, transition from secondary to higher education.
School District Demographics (All States)
Based on the both the 1990 and 2000 censuses, the School District Demographics web site from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) provides access to school district geographic and demographic data useful for describing and analyzing characteristics of school districts, children, and K-12 education.
National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES)
NCES is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and reporting education information and statistics on the condition and progress of education at the preschool, elementary, secondary, postsecondary, and adult levels, including data related to education in other nations.
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Browse NCES products by Survey and Program Area (e.g. National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), K-12 Practitioners Circle, etc.)
FEDSTATS
Links users to “official statistical information available to the public from the Federal Government. Users can track economic and population trends, education, health care costs, foreign trade, energy use, etc. Users can access official statistics collected and published by more than 100 Federal agencies without having to know in advance which agency produces them.” (http://www.fedstats.gov/aboutfedstats.html)
Higher Education Research Institute (National Surveys)
National Science Foundation Science and Engineering Statistics
National Center for Education Statistics
Although the NCES focuses primarily on education statistics for the US, they also have data relating to their activities that provide statistical data for cross-national comparisons of education.
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OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Education Database
The OECD is a group of 30 member countries that share ideas on economic and social policies. The OECD “provides internationally comparable data on key aspects of education systems. ... The database covers enrollments, graduates and new entrants by sex, age and level of education, teaching staff and expenditure.”
OECD Education Policy Analysis
Contains international information on educational issues such as defining students with disabilities, new approaches to career guidance, and lifelong learning. It also includes a “summary of major education policy changes across a wide range of fields” in its 30 member countries.
UNESCO Education Statistics
The United Nations Organization for Education, Science & Culture's Institute for Statistics provides global and internationally comparable statistics on education, science, technology, culture and communication.
World Data on Education
From UNESCO's International Bureau of Education, this databank provides profiles of over 80 countries' national education systems.
"The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), established in 1962, is an integral part of the infrastructure of social science research. ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction, and offers training in quantitative methods to facilitate effective data use. ICPSR supplies data files for use with statistical software, such as SAS or SPSS."
Browse Statistics by Topic
Search ICPSR (by keyword, title, etc.)
Edstats
EdStats is the World Bank’s comprehensive Database of education statistics. It makes a variety of national and international data sources (such as UIS and OECD) available in one location, compiles World Bank data on pertinent education topics, and provides links to a large number of education websites worldwide. Results are presented in an “analysis-friendly format,” offering flexible access and custom-tailored reports.
Public School Principals Report on Their School Facilities
By William Bradford Chaney
Washington, D.C.: National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences (2007)
The Almanac of American Education, 2005
By Deirdre GaquinLanham, MD: Bernan Press (2005)
Education statistics of the United States
Edited by Deirdre A. Gaquin, Katherine A. DeBrandt, and Mary Meghan Ryan
Lanham, MD : Bernan Press (2003)
NCES Handbook of Survey Methods
By Lori Thurgood (et al.)
Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (2003)
