Links to reports, data tools, files and data submission forms for basic student and staff data; student enrollment, graduates, dropouts, course enrollment, enrollment in alternative education, gifted and talented education, etc. Links to DataQuest.
Integrates student data from individual institutions in all four of California’s educational segments (note: you must establish an account to use this)
Dynamic system that provides an index to data files for accountability (e.g. API, AYP), tests, enrollment, graduates, dropouts, course enrollments, staffing, and English learners. Part of CA Dept. of Education: Data & Statistics
"A longitudinal data system used to maintain individual-level data including student demographics, course data, discipline, assessments, staff assignments, and other data for state and federal reporting." from CALPADS (June 10, 2010)
This informative resource breaks down base, overtime, extra and gross pay for individuals at UC campuses. You can search from 2004-2010. Not endorsed by, created by, or otherwise officially affiliated with the University of California.
Much US data comes from NCES and may be found on this site. Includes statistics, indicators, early childhood longitudinal studies, staffing and personnel surveys, and much more.
Check the subject index for both Education and Schools. Tends to cover educational attainment of the population among other issues. Contains school population, race/ethnicity, graduation rates, attainment and college enrollment.
Scholarly research, policy briefs, government reports, data, and instruments. Compiles and distributes bibliographies, develops issue briefs, and synthesizes research on key topics.
Provides a taxonomic scheme to support disciplinary tracking, assessment, and reporting, usually in higher education. Can be used for fine analysis of data and contains corresponding numeric analysis. Crosswalks and database available.
For comparative analysis of issues affecting racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States. Studies of immigration, place of origin, ancestry, ethnicity, and race.
Supplement to American Council on Education (ACE) biannual report now relying on IPEDS (more raw) data concerning minority/ethnic participation in higher education.
Statistics regarding science education, women, etc, which are not as easy to locate via NCES. Publications, data, and analyses about the nation's science and engineering resources.
Contains standard college information. However, this is the only site so far that has standardized "Student Learning Outcomes" for hundreds of colleges and universities.
Data come from the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities members.
NCES product. Primary data source for higher education. Contains tables, downloadable data, and table creation functions by variables and for individual institutions. Aggregate data from Digest of Education Statistics tables might be more useful. For individual institutions, the most up-to-date information is generally available via institutional research offices within those institutions.
NCES product. Complied from Census data and the American Community data survey. Includes English language learners, IEP students, teachers. Has a Map Viewer and School District Profile Comparison tool. Covers multiple years. Has downloadable data.
Puts together 22 federal agency data sources. Includes developmental information, well-being indicators, emotional and behavioral difficulties, health care, family and social environment and more. Some publications note missing indicators needed for further research. May be especially useful for those interested in child development.
Publishes national, longitudinal research and conducts key surveys in higher education. Annual publications include the freshman survey and the faculty survey. Part of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP), regarded as the most comprehensive source of information on college students.
Social Explorer enables researchers to access the most current and comprehensive demographic information - Including over 40 billion data elements and 220 years of data, the entire US Census from 1790 to the present. Visualize data with customizable maps.
Develop reports, presentations, and graphics - Save and automatically export reports to Excel and a variety of statistical packages. Full source documentation is available for all reports and every variable links directly to information about where the data originated and how it was computed. Save projects in your personal MyExplorer account for archiving and collaboration
Database for data construction and analysis of education around the world by Boston College. TIMSS concerns learning in mathematics and science carried out every four years at the fourth and eighth grades. PIRLS conducts reading assessments of literacy.
"conducted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA); the OECD’s Program for International Student Assessment (PISA); and the Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey (ALL) conducted by Statistics Canada and the OECD."
Basic statistics from UNICEF on several indicators including education levels for 100 countries. "The State of the World's Children" is their signature publication. Data available by country. May generate your own tables (see http://www.micscompiler.org). Data collection info at http://www.childinfo.org/mics.html
