The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences, is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.What's New?

The Adult Lives of At-Risk Students: The Roles of Attainment and Engagement in High SchoolApr 13Previous analysis of NELS:88 data found that students who are at-risk of school failure, but who are engaged and participate in school, achieve educational success.  (more info)

NAEP Secondary Analysis Research Program Is Now Accepting Applications for 2007Apr 12The NAEP Secondary Analysis Research Program was developed to encourage the preparation of reports that would not otherwise be available utilizing new ideas or state-of-the-art techniques to analyze and report the information contained in NAEP assessments and in the NAEP High School Transcript Studies (HSTS).  (more info)

Variation in the Relationship Between Nonschool Factors and Student Achievement on International AssessmentsApr 11This Statistics in Brief uses NCES data to describe differences in nonschool factors that are related to student achievement.  (more info)

Comparing Science Content in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2000 and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2003 AssessmentsApr 6This report describes a study that was undertaken to compare the content of two fourth- and eighth-grade assessments in science: the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).  (more info)

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