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Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B)

The ECLS-B is designed to provide decision-makers, researchers, child care providers, teachers, and parents with detailed information about children’s early life experiences. The ECLS-B looks at children’s health, development, care, and education during the formative years from birth through kindergarten entry. The ECLS-B selected a nationally representative sample of children born in the year 2001 to follow from birth through kindergarten.

Data and Resources

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Restricted-use data are available through data agreements with NCES.
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Reports
ECLS-B collected data from parents, preschool care providers, teachers, and...
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Questionnaire Item Matrices
https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/birthinstruments.asp
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Field	Value
Source	https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/birth.asp
Maintainer	U.S. Department of Education (ED)/National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES)
Last Updated	August 27, 2021, 22:52 (UTC)
Created	November 20, 2019, 23:57 (UTC)