Education Research

"The Distance Learning Dataset Training (DLDT) system is an online, interactive tool that allows you to learn about the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) data products across the education spectrum and evaluate them for your particular purposes. The DLDT modules are designed to introduce you to many NCES datasets, their design, and special considerations for analysis to facilitate effective use."

Nationally-representative assessment of the literacy skills of adults in English, on-going since 1992.

Nationally-representative assessment of US students' skills in art, civics, geography, history, math, reading, science, and writing, on-going since 1969. Not longitudinal at the individual student level.

Nationally-representative longitudinal data on the development and early school experiences for two cohorts of children. The Kindergarten Cohort contains 23,000 kindergartners who were first surveyed in 1998 and will be followed through 5th grade. The Birth Cohort contains 15,000 children who will be followed from birth in 2000 up through 1st grade.

The School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS) is the primary source of school-level data on crime and safety for the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The SSOCS is a nationally representative cross-sectional survey of about 3,500 public elementary and secondary schools.

IPEDS is the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. It is a system of interrelated surveys conducted annually by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). IPEDS gathers information from every college, university, and technical and vocational institution that participates in the federal student financial aid programs.