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Statistics Published in Books

Reference Books with Education-Related Statistics are located in the U.Va. Education Library's reference area.

Statistics, Polls, & Surveys Available on the Internet

Categories include: A. NCES Statistics, B. Statistical Abstracts, C. International Statistics, D. Meta Sites for Statistics, E. Higher Education Statistics, F. Technology Statistics, G. K-12 School Statistics, H. Miscellaneous

A. NCES (National Center for Education Statistics)

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).The Purpose of the Center is to collect and report statistics and information showing the condition and progress of education in the United States and other nations in order to promote and accelerate the improvement of American education.

Major Reports From NCES Include:

Condition of Education. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) gathers and publishes information on the status and progress of education in the United States. This report contains 60 indicators that shed light on the condition of education in the United States. These indicators represent a consensus of professional thinking on the most significant national measures of the condition and progress of education to date, but tempered by the availability of current, valid information.

Digest of Education Statistics. The primary purpose of the Digest is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from kindergarten through graduate school. The Digest includes a selection of data from many sources, both government and private, and draws especially on the results of surveys and activities carried out by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Projections of Education Statistics. This resource provides projections for key education statistics, including enrollment, graduates, teachers, and expenditures in elementary and secondary schools and enrollment and graduates of degree-granting institutions.

Indicators of School Crime and Safety. Indicators of School Crime and Safety present the most recent data available on school crime and student safety. The report is not intended to be an exhaustive compilation of school crime and safety information, nor does it attempt to explore reasons for crime and violence in schools. Rather, the report is designed to provide a "first look" at information from an array of data sources and to make data on national school crime and safety accessible to policymakers, educators, parents, and the general public.

Surveys & Programs of NCES

1. Assessments
2. Early Childhood
3. Elementary/Secondary
4. International
5. Post secondary Resources
6. Libraries
7. Resources
   

B. Statistical Abstracts

1. The Online Statistical Atlas of Virginia. This atlas contains over 60 graduated color maps and tables to present a statistical snapshot of Virginia using data from the most recent census.
2. Statistical Abstracts The Statistical Abstracts of the United States online consists of pdf files starting with 1878 to the present, but many years are not yet available online. These are image files only. There may be no searchable text in the older files (1878-1951), so users need to use the finding guides available for each volume (e.g. indexes and tables of contents) as the browser and adobe search engines won't work.
3. University of Virginia Data Digest.
4. Virginia Statistical Abstracts (VSA). The VSA includes statistics from Virginia on education, population and more.

C. International Statistics

1. International Archive of Education Data (IAED) The IAED is a project sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics. Their holdings include surveys pertaining to elementary and other areas as well as education assessments.Produced by ICPSR and NCES.
2. International Bureau of Education. USESCO's The sixth and most recent edition (2006/07) contains detailed and systematized information on education systems of 161 countries worldwide, with a particular emphasis on curricula and curriculum development processes.
3. OECD Statistics (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The OECD collects statistics needed for the analysis of economic and social developments by its in-house analysts, committees, working parties, and member country governments from statistical agencies and other institutions of its member countries . Education at a Glance 2007 is an example of the type of information available at this web site.
4. SourceOECD Full text (in PDF format) of all books, reports, periodicals, and statistical databases published by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
5. Education for All. UNESCO Institute for StatisticsGlobal and internationally comparable statistics on education, science, technology, culture and communication
6. Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD).
7. Open Doors: Report on International Educational Exchange - Open Doors is a key publication with comprehensive accurate information on the international students in the United States and on U.S. students who sojourn abroad as part of their academic experience.
8. Database of Research on International Education. Archive of an Australiangovernment's web site focusing on international education.
9. UNESCO Institute of Statistics Provides education data from over 200 countries and territories collected through two annual surveys. Information includes enrollment, graduates, demography, and educational finance. Provides data tool for building custom data tables.
10. World Bank Data and Statistics-Education

D. Meta Sites for Statistics

1. Fedstats--Hyperlinks to US Government Statistics. That the US government provides a treasure chest of statistical information is a well known fact. That it is provided through a large number of agencies at a dizzying number of sites is also a fact that, until now, made finding the information you needed a daunting task. FedStats, the US government's new one-stop shopping site for statistical information, has made that task much easier. It provides links to government statistics from over seventy government agencies, with purviews from agriculture to transportation. Access is via agency or topic (program), with much agency information also providing direct links to specific statistical series. For example, if you are looking for energy information, FedStats not only provides a link to the Energy Information Administration, but also direct links to twenty-six different energy statistics data sets. This is a key value-added feature, as anyone who has tried to find specific information at a large government site will attest. The site also offers links to regional statistics in eight subject areas. The search interface currently searches the offerings of fourteen federal agencies; contact information is also provided for these agencies. [JS]
2. Census Bureau Estimates Number of Adults, Older People and School-Age Children in States. Nationally, there were 217.8 million people age 18 and over; 35.9 million people age 65 and over; and 53.3 million children ages 5 to 17 as of July 1, 2003, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. The estimates are provided for each state and broken down by a variety of specific age groups. See also the American Factfinder --Census Bureau
3. Current Index to Statistics. The Current Index to Statistics is a bibliographic index to publications in statistics and related fields. The CIS Extended Database (CIS-ED) includes bibliography for the following types of items beginning in most cases in 1974, or with the first issue of the journal if later: the entire contents of over 100 "core journals" (including pre-1974 coverage for a number of the most important journals), selected articles since 1974 from about 900 additional journals in fields related to statistics,
   about 8000 books in statistics published since 1974. Each year, the Extended Database is updated with an additional year of coverage.
4. Statistical Resources on the Web Created by the University of Michigan.
   Authoritative. Divided into sections and annotated
5. Statistical Universe. Provides access to US statistical information from Congressional Information Service, Inc. Searchable web database for Statistical Abstract of the United States, an annual publication of the US Census including summaries of Statistical Abstract tables that appear in the 1996 and all subsequent editions. Also includes searchable abstracts and indexes to US government statistical sources (American Statistics Index).
6. Statistical Resources on the Web Created by the University of Michigan.
   Authoritative. Divided into sections and annotated.

E. Higher Education

Academic Performance of Division I Black Athletes.

Best and Worst Graduation Rates in Division I.

Campus Computing Project by Kenneth Green. The report began in 1990, the Campus Computing Project focuses on the use of information technology in higher education. The project's national studies draw on qualitative and quantitative data to help inform faculty, campus administrators, and others interested in the use of information technology in American colleges and universities. Summaries of the report are given online. The U.Va. Education Library has the full report in paper copy for most years. They are in the reference section and the Library of Congress call number is LB1028.43 .C36.

Chronicle of Higher Education Almanac. The Almanac contains statistical data about faculty salaries, state support, graduation rates, and more.

Commonwealth Educational Policy Institute (CEPI). The Commonwealth Educational Policy Institute, a joint venture between the School of Education and the Center for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Data Sets for Higher Education Research. UCLA's Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) provides access to their data sets. Fee based.

Graduation Rates of Athletes at NCAA Division I Colleges.

Grapevine: A National Database of Tax Support for Higher Education: .

Historically Black Colleges and Universities 1976-1994. This 112-page statistical review of all aspects of its topic, highlighted by 9 charts and 54 tables covering enrollment, degrees conferred, staff and salaries, finance, revenue, and expenditures. The Executive Summary and Introduction that appears on the web site, encapsulates the findings.

ICPSR (maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction, and offers training in quantitative methods to facilitate effective data use.). This data set and others are accessible through the scholars' Lab Statistical Data Resources.

National Collegiate Athletic Association Sport Statistics Archived Team-by-Team Final Statistics (Search by student-athlete, coach or team) National Collegiate Athletic Association Sport Statistics Archived Team-by-Team Final Statistics (Search by student-athlete, coach or team)

National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education promotes public policies that enhance Americans' opportunities to pursue and achieve high-quality education and training beyond high school. As an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, the National Center prepares action-oriented analyses of pressing policy issues facing the states and the nation regarding opportunity and achievement in higher education-including two- and four-year, public and private, for-profit and nonprofit institutions.

National Science Foundation Science and Engineering Statistics publications, data, and analyses about the nation's science and engineering resources

NEA Almanac of Higher Education

State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV)

State Higher Education Exectuive Officers (SHEEHO)Serving statewide coordinating and governing boards in developing and sustaining excellent systems of higher education.

WebCASPAR. This site is prepared by the National Science Foundation. The database is designed to provide access to statistical data on US universities and colleges and their science and engineering resources.

F. Technology

Campus Computing Project by Kenneth Green. The report began in 1990, the Campus Computing Project focuses on the use of information technology in higher education. The project's national studies draw on qualitative and quantitative data to help inform faculty, campus administrators, and others interested in the use of information technology in American colleges and universities. Summaries of the report are given online. The U.Va. Education Library has the full report in paper copy for most years. They are in the reference section and the Library of Congress call number is LB1028.43 .C36.

COSTS program. The report provides statistics on the cost of Supporting Technology Services in Universities.

Education Vital Signs. This resource is produced by the National School Board Association.

Internet Access in U.S. Public Schools and Classrooms.

Statistics Regarding Higher Education. This is published by the Chronicle of Higher Education.

G. K-12 School Statistics

American Association for Employment in Education.

American Education Statistics at a Glance. This is produced by the National Education Association.

Average Salaries for Public School Teachers. The salaries are reported by the National Educators Association.

SchoolDataDirect The State Education Data Center (SEDC) is a new service of the Council of Chief State School Officers, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as part of the Council's National Education Data Partnership. State education data will be collected and displayed as will national data.

ChildStats.gov

College Bound Seniors The reports include mean SAT scores from 1972 to the present and include information based on test-takers' gender, ethnicity, academic record, course-taking patterns, family income, citizenship, college plans, completion of academic subjects, and high school demographics, among other information. Also included are summary statistics for students who took one or more different SAT Subject Tests.

Condition of America's Public School Facilities: 1999.

Education Commission of the States (P16 report) The Education Commission of the States' High School Database

Estimates of School Statistics.

Kid's Count. The Kid's Count organization provides census data about kids and families

Kindergarten Data. This data was collected by the National Educators Association

NAEP, The Nations Report Card, 2000 Mathematics Assessment Report. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), part of the National Center for Education Statistics, has recently made available (in Adobe Acrobat [.pdf] format only) this assessment of the educational progress of students at grades 4, 8, and 12, in both public and private schools. "The national results describe students' mathematics achievement at each grade and within various subgroups of the general population. State-level results for grades 4 and 8 are presented for individual states...that chose to participate in the 1996 state assessment." Among the major findings: students' scores on the NAEP mathematics scale increased for all three grades, and students' performance increased at three different proficiency levels between 1990 and 1996. These results are interesting in light of the rather less positive findings in the recently released Third International Mathematics and Science Study.

National Council on Teacher Quality This site explore the intricacies of collective bargaining agreements, board policies, and teacher handbooks from the nation's 50 largest school districts,

Schools and Staffing Survey. The purpose of the Teacher Follow-up Survey is to determine how many teachers remained at the same school, moved to another school or left the profession in the year following the SASS administration.

Schools Matter A service of Standard's and Poor's. A web site for parents, educators and leaders to research information about public schools.

Secondary Use of the Schools and Staffing Survey Data. This October 1999 report is by the NCES.

Social Statistics Briefing Room (White House)

Survey and Analysis of Teacher Salary Trends (Average Teacher Salaries). This survey is prepared by the American Federation of Teachers.

Tracking Secondary Use of the Schools and Staffing Survey Data. This February 1999 preliminary report is by NCES.

Statistical Universe database (The print version was called American Statistics Index). This is produced by the US government.

Youth Indicators 1996. Trends in the Well-Being of American Youth is "a statistical compilation of data on family structure, jobs, education, and other elements that comprise the world of young people." It contains 69 tables and charts covering such subjects as demographics, family income, health, employment, and educational outcomes, among others. The tables and charts, which generally present data from the early 1970s to the early 1990s, are intended to give quick, concise information.

Education Week Special Reports: Education Counts (includes Quality Counts and Technology Counts) & Technology Counts Quality Counts is an annual report on state efforts in education. Technology Counts is an annual report on state efforts in technology.

H. Miscellaneous

Child Care & Early Education Research Connections: Data sets & Statistics. Research Connections provides researchers, policymakers, policy influencers, and practitioners with one-stop access to a continually updated, comprehensive, and searchable collection of Original Research and related resources including Syntheses, Data sets, Statistics, Instruments and Measures, and comparative State Data Tools.

Data Sets

Data Sets. These data sets are classified by Subject, Geographic Location, Format, and Source. The majority of resources are available on-line. Staff in Alderman Library's Scholars' Lab are available to answer your questions about these sets. The Scholars' Lab is on the 4th floor, West. The ICPSR data set one of the best known sets, is featured here along with Roper Center surveys and more.

Child Care and Early Education Research Connections is another source for data sets.

Forum on Children and Family Statistics Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, or the Forum, is a working group of Federal agencies that collect, analyze, and report data on issues related to children and families. The Forum has partners from 22 Federal agencies as well as partners in private research organizations.

The Data Sources page of the Forum web site contains contact information for staff from federal agencies who have expertise with NATIONAL data sets. Within each area, staff members are identified by their field of specialization.

Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Research and Publications - this page contains links to ACF statistics, data, research, and publications, including the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA).

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