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National Household Education Survey (NHES)
The NHES is a household-based data collection system designed to address a wide range of education related issues from early childhood to school age to adulthood. The NHES... -
National Community College Benchmark Project (NCCBP)
The NCCBP has been collecting community college data since 2004 and offers community colleges one site where their trend data is available. The powerful peer comparison tool... -
Civil Rights Data Collection (CRD)
This database provides wide range of education access and equity data from the nation’s public schools. Two forms are collected: school form and district form. -
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... -
Progress for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIACC)
The PIAAC is a cyclical, large-scale study that was designed to assess and compare the basic skills and the broad range of competencies of adults around the world. The... -
Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)
The PISA is an international assessment that measures 15-year-old students’ reading, mathematics, and science literacy every three years. PISA also includes measures of general... -
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... -
National Survey of College Graduates (NSCG)
The NSCG is a survey sponsored by the NCES at the National Science Foundation (NSF). The U.S. Census Bureau is responsible for the NSCG data collection. The NSCG began in the... -
National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF)
The National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF) was a nationally representative sample of full-and part-time faculty and instructional staff at public and private... -
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 Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2)
The NLTS2 is intended to provide a national picture of the experiences and achievements of students in special education during high school and as they transition from high... -
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... -
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
The IPEDS, established as the core postsecondary education data collection program for NCES, is a system of surveys designed to collect data from all primary providers of... -
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,... -
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.... -
Head Start Impact Study (HSIS)
In the 1998 reauthorization of Head Start, Congress mandated that the DHHS determine, on a national level, the impact of Head Start on the children it serves. This legislative... -
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....