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Projections of Education Statistics to 2018 (Sep 15)
This publication provides projections for key education statistics including statistics on enrollment, graduates, teachers, and expenditures in elementary and secondary schools, and enrollment and earned degrees conferred expenditures of degree-granting institutions. » more info

Helping Students Navigate the Path to College: What High Schools Can Do (Sep 15)
The latest IES practice guide offers five recommendations to help teachers, counselors, and school administrators develop practices to increase access to higher education. » more info

NCEE Releases a REL Report on Models of Response to Intervention in the Northwest Region States (Sep 8)
This report provides information on the response to intervention (RTI) models supported by state education agencies in the Northwest Region and identifies states' RTI-related resources, policies, and activities. » more info

The Estimation of Average Treatment Effects for Clustered RCTs of Education Interventions (Aug 31)
Reports in this series are designed for use by researchers, methodologists, and evaluation specialists to provide guidance in resolving or advancing challenges to evaluation methods. This paper examines the estimation of two-stage clustered RCT designs in education research using the Neyman causal inference framework that underlies experiments. » more info

New National Study on Alternate Assessment reports (Aug 5)
The National Center for Special Education Research released two reports from the National Study on Alternate Assessments (NSAA) entitled: NSAA: State Profiles on Alternate Assessments based on Alternate Achievement Standards(NSAA: State Profiles) and NSAA: National Profile on Alternate Assessments based on Alternate Achievement Standards (NSAA: National Profiles). » more info

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The Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (PDF 166 KB) established the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) within the U.S. Department of Education. IES brings rigorous and relevant research, evaluation and statistics to our nation's education system.

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