DataLab puts a wide range of survey data collected by NCES at your fingertips. Whether you want a quick number or an in-depth look at education data, the tools in the DataLab are designed to do both.
QuickStats, available now, is a guided table generator that allows users to produce a table with ease. Designed for those who are new to NCES data, or those who wish to answer basic questions -- what percent of college students are from low-income families? what percent of adults are taking coursework outside of the traditional college setting? what are the teaching challenges most often cited by public school teachers? -- QuickStats provides easy access to frequently used variables in many NCES studies of students, teachers, schools, and postsecondary institutions.
PowerStats, available in the spring of 2009, will permit users to produce complex tables and to run regressions, and to draw upon thousands of variables from many NCES studies. Like its predecessor the NCES DAS, Powerstats will allow for many kinds of regression analyses, including weighted least squares and logistic regression.
America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2008
The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, a collection of 22 Federal government agencies, including NCES, involved in research and activities related to children and families, has just released America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2008. The report continues the tradition of cooperation and commitment by agencies across the Federal Government to advance our understanding of children today and indicate what may be needed to bring them a better tomorrow. This year’s report shows that reading and math scores are up for 4th and 8th graders.
Data Snapshot
In 2006-07, a total of 38.3% of students attended schools in suburban school districts. City school districts served an additional 30.4% of students; rural school districts served 18.9% of students; and town districts served 12.4% of students.
Between 2000 and 2005, public elementary enrollment rose by 2 percent, while secondary enrollment increased by 10 percent. Enrollment in private elementary and secondary schools decreased by an estimated 1 percent between 2000 and 2005.
