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National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS)
The NCANDS is a federally sponsored national data collection effort created for the purpose of tracking the volume and nature of child maltreatment reporting each year within... -
Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)
The SIPP is a household-based survey designed as a continuous series of national panels. Each panel features a nationally representative sample interviewed over a multi-year... -
Progress In International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)
PIRLS is an international comparative assessment that measures student learning in reading. PIRLS documents worldwide trends in the reading knowledge of fourth-graders as well... -
Private School Universe Survey (PSS)
The purposes of PPS data collection activities are: to build an accurate and complete list of private schools to serve as a sampling frame for NCES sample surveys of private... -
Pre-elementary Education Longitudinal Study (PEELS)
The PEELS followed almost 3,000 children with disabilities as they progressed through preschool and into their early elementary years. Data were collected on the preschool and... -
Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
The PSID began in 1968 with a nationally representative sample of over 18,000 individuals living in 5,000 families in the United States. Information on these individuals and... -
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
The NSDUH, formerly called the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse or NHSDA, is designed to produce drug and alcohol use incidence and prevalence estimates and report the... -
National Youth Physical Activity and Nutrition Study (NYPANS)
The National Youth Physical Activity and Nutrition Study (NYPANS) was conducted in 2010 with three main purposes: (1) To provide nationally representative data on behaviors and... -
National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD)
The John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (CFCIP) was initiated in an effort to improve outcomes for youth in foster care who are likely to reach their 18th birthday... -
National Vital Statistics System (NVSS)
The NVSS is the oldest and most successful example of inter-governmental data sharing in Public Health and the shared relationships, standards, and procedures form the mechanism... -
National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS)
The NPSAS is a comprehensive study that examines how students and their families pay for postsecondary education. It includes nationally representative samples of... -
National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
The NCVS series, previously called the National Crime Surveys (NCS), has been collecting data on personal and household victimization through an ongoing survey of a nationally... -
National Assessment of Educational Progress: Long-term Trend Assessments (NAE...
The NAEP-LTT assessments began in 1969 and measures the trends of academic progress in mathematics and reading for students at ages 9, 13, and 17. Because the long-term trend... -
National Assessment of Educational Progress Assessments (NAEP)
National NAEP reports statistical information about student performance and factors related to educational performance for the nation and for specific student groups in the... -
National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL)
The NAAL is a nationally representative assessment of English literacy among American adults age 16 and older. Results from the study cover the status and progress of literacy... -
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child...
The NICHD Study of SECCYD is a comprehensive longitudinal study initiated by the NICHD to answer questions about the relationships between child care experiences, child care... -
High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09)
In the fall of 2009, NCES launched the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009, which follows a cohort of more than 25,000 9th graders in the base year through their high school,... -
Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC)
The HBSC is a cross-national, school-based research study conducted in collaboration with the World Health Organization Regional Office in Europe begun in 1982 to collect... -
Head Start Program Information Report (Head Start PIR)
The Head Start PIR collects comprehensive data on the services, staff, children and families served by more than 2,700 Head Start and Early Head Start (EHS) programs nationwide.... -
Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)
The ELS:2002 is a longitudinal survey that will monitor the transitions of a national sample of young people as they progress from tenth grade to, eventually, the world of work....