Education Research

Data files from a variety of California Department of Education data collections are available to educators, researchers, and the public.

The Common Core of Data (CCD) is the Department of Education's primary database on public elementary and secondary education in the United States.

The goal of the ED Data Inventory is to describe all data reported to the Department of Education, with the exception of personnel and administrative data.

Census Reporter is an independent project to make data from the American Community Survey (ACS) easier to use. They are unaffiliated with the U.S. Census Bureau. Topics include Health Insurance, Public Assistance, and demographics. ACS is also available through IPUMS.

U.S. Census Bureau data for population, housing, economic, and geographic data

IPUMS has worked in collaboration with over a hundred organizations including national statistical agencies, national archives, and genealogical organizations, to create the world’s largest accessible database of census microdata.

This guide gives an overview of how to access data in ICPSR. Check out Their Thematic collections, which includes federal statistical agency datasets on topics such as health, population health, education, and more.

Pew Research Center makes its data available to the public for secondary analysis after a period of time. Click "Full Topic List" under "Research Topics" to find related education and other demographic datasets.

PolicyMap's datasets includes demographics, income and spending, housing, lending, quality of life, economy, education, and health. You can import and export data, too.

SAGE Research Methods Datasets is a collection of teaching datasets that can be used to support the teaching and independent learning of quantitative and qualitative analytical methods used in the social sciences. These are datasets taken from larger national and international data sources, cleaned and reduced in size and complexity for teaching and self-study purposes, perfect for researchers learning a new method or brushing up on an old one.

SAGE Research Methods Video has over 480 videos, including hours of tutorials, interviews, video case studies and mini-documentaries covering the entire research process. You can search videos by method (SPSS, ethnography, etc.); by discipline (criminology, economics, nursing, etc.); or by video type (i.e. interview, case studies, etc.).