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Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
Education
teachers, schools, students, eighth grade, ...
This school based assessment provides descriptive data on the educational outcomes of U.S. fourth- and eighth-graders in mathematics and science as well as factors that may be related to achievement in these subject areas. In addition to the assessment, background data is collected from students, their teachers, and schools. TIMSS has been administered every four years since 1995. The United States is one of 57 countries that participated in the study in 2007.
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State Imports
Foreign Commerce and Aid
international, trade, state
This tool presents the latest annual and quarterly import trade data for U.S. states.
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OECD Family database
International Statistics
Assessment, Education, OECD, International, ELSA
The OECD Family database is an on-line database on family outcomes and family policies with indicators for all OECD countries. Coverage also includes EU Member States that are not OECD members. To date the database brings together 58 indicators on family structure, labour market participation, public policies and child outcomes. When possible, indicators are updated on a regular basis.
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Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) Data Explorer
Education
international assessment, ...
The PISA International Data Explorer (IDE) allows users to export data and create tables, charts, and maps using data from international assessments. The IDE contains data from the 2006 administration of PISA, an international assessment of 15-year-olds in reading, mathematics, and science literacy in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries. The IDE contains average scores and context questionnaire data for the United States and participating countries. International data including U.S. data released by OECD in December 2007. Data files with U.S. only variables were made available in April 2009. The PISA Data Explorer with 2006 data went live in 2010 and was updated on December 7, 2010 with 2009 data. See also raw dataset at http://www.data.gov/raw/4133
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Electric Current Worldwide
Energy and Utilities
plugs, voltage, attachment plug, electricity, ...
This resource offers characteristics of electric current for most world countries, and is provided as a service to manufacturers of electrical devices and equipment for export, exporters of such electrical devices and equipment, and those who intend to operate such devices in countries other than those where the equipment originated. This resource is an updated web-version of a handbook, "Electric Current Abroad", that the U.S. Department of Commerce has been publishing since 1948.
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PISA 2006
Education
Student assessment, student performance, ...
The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) was created by the OECD member countries in 1997 to produce direct assessments of student performance, on a regular basis in an efficient, timely and cost-effective manner; and to provide more relevant and powerful indicators of human capital. PISA produces assessments of reading literacy, mathematical literacy, scientific literacy and a growing range of cross-curricular competencies among 15-year-olds in school. The dataset contains the anonymised records from the nearly 400,000 students in 57 countries who were sampled and took the PISA assessments. The records include background information about the students as well as their motivations and learning styles. Background information on the schools attended by the students including school level policies and practices is included in the dataset.
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Office of Textiles and Apparel Website
Foreign Commerce and Aid
footwear, leather, textiles, exports, imports, ...
Oversees programs and strategies to improve the domestic and international competitiveness of the U.S. fiber, textiles and apparel industries and to assist importers and retailers in facilitating fair trade practices affecting textiles and apparel goods.
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TradeStats Express
Foreign Commerce and Aid
TradeStats Express, import, NAICS, HS, TSE, ...
TradeStats Express provides statistics on U.S. merchandise trade at the national and state levels. Data can also be displayed in maps, graphs, tables, or as exports, imports, and trade balances. Note: this does not include statistics on U.S. trade in services.
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International Data Base
International Statistics
infant mortality, demographic data, population, ...
The International Data Base (IDB) offers demographic indicators for countries and areas of the world with a population of 5000 or more. The IDB provides many types of demographic data, including estimates and projections of: birth, death, and growth rates, migration rates, infant mortality, life expectancy, fertility rates, total population, and population by age and sex.
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Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2006
Education
North America, literacy, international assessment, ...
The PIRLS International Data Explorer (IDE) is on online tool that allows users to export data and create tables, charts, and maps using data from international assessments. The IDE provides results for the United States and 44 other jurisdictions from the administration of PIRLS in 2006. Results include reading achievement of fourth-grade students; responses to a student questionnaire about their background, attitudes, and school experiences; responses to a teacher questionnaire about instructional practices, resources, and background and training; and responses to a school questionnaire about school characteristics and resources.
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Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Remand Redeterminations
Foreign Commerce and Aid
subsidies, unfair trade, dumping, redetermination, ...
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty redeterminations issued under remand from the Court of International Trade.
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Country Specific Information
National Security and Veterans Affairs
risk, disaster, political, health, regional, ...
Country Specific Information is available for every country of the world. It includes such information as location of the U.S. embassy or consulate in the subject country, unusual immigration practices, health conditions, minor political disturbances, unusual currency and entry regulations, crime and security information, and drug penalties
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Digest of Education Statistics: 2010
Education
teachers, graduate, graduation, adult education, ...
This annual report provides a compilation of 435 downloadable tables of statistical information covering the broad field of education from prekindergarten through graduate school. Topics in the Digest include: the number of schools and colleges; teachers; enrollments; graduates; educational attainment; finances; federal funds for education; employment and income of graduates; libraries; technology; and international comparisons. The 2010 edition of the Digest of Education Statistics is the 46th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The Digest has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten 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). To qualify for inclusion in the Digest, material must be nationwide in scope and of current interest and value. The publication contains information on a variety of subjects in the field of education statistics, including the number of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, and graduates, in addition to data on educational attainment, finances, federal funds for education, libraries, and international comparisons. Supplemental information on population trends, attitudes on education, education characteristics of the labor force, government finances, and economic trends provides background for evaluating education data. Although the Digest contains important information on federal education funding, more detailed information on federal activities is available from federal education program offices.
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Population Estimates
Population
births, domestic migration, civilian population, ...
The Population Estimates Program publishes estimates of the population by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin for the nation, states, and counties. It also provides estimates of the total population for functioning governmental units.
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Key Science and Engineering Indicators: Digest 2010
Science and Technology
research citations, government, global, technology, ...
This digest of key S&E indicators draws from the National Science Board's Science and Engineering Indicators report. The digest serves to draw attention to important trends and data points from across Indicators and to introduce readers to the data resources available in the report.
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WorldWideScience.org
Science and Technology
multilingual, China, Russian, INIS, Ireland, ...
A global science gateway connecting to scientific databases and portals from over seventy-five countries and international organizations . WorldWideScience.org was developed on behalf of the WorldWideScience Alliance and is maintained by the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). The WorldWideScience Alliance, a multilateral partnership, consists of participating member countries and provides the governance structure for WorldWideScience.org. WorldWideScience Alliance Members: Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI) - Canada Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC) - China VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) - Finland Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique (INIST) - France International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) International Nuclear Information System (INIS) Health Service Executive (HSE) - Ireland German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) - Germany Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) - Japan Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) - Korea Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) - Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Venezuela Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) - South Africa British Library - United Kingdom Science.gov Alliance - United States African Journals Online (AJOL) - Representing 24 African Countries International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI)
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HHS 2009 Flu Info
Health and Nutrition
virus, unsubtypable, international information, ...
This H1N1 widget provides a graphic with links to H1N1 Flu Info
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The Condition of Education
Education
teachers, kingerdarten, graduate, graduation, ...
An integrated collection of the indicators and analyses published in The Condition of Education 2000-2010. Some indicators may have been updated since they appeared in print. Tables presented in each special analysis are available for download. This Congressionally mandated annual report summarizes developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report presents indicators on the status and condition of education. The indicators represent a consensus of professional judgment on significant national measures of the condition and progress of education. The report includes indicators in five main areas: (1) participation in education; (2) learner outcomes; (3) student effort and educational progress; (4) the contexts of elementary and secondary education; and (5) the contexts of postsecondary education.
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International Energy Statistics
Energy and Utilities
OECD oil supply, OPEC oil supply, coal, ...
Country specific data by year, month and quarter. Most data are available back to 1980. Fuel production, consumption, imports, exports, capacity, stocks, emissions, heat contents, and conversion factors; as well as population, as available for all fuels and countries.
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Patent Classification Bimonthly Files (1790 - Present)
Business Enterprise
inventor, innovation, intellectual property, IP, ...
Master Classification File (MCF) / Patent Application (Patent Application Sequence) - Current U.S. classification information for all patent application publications (non-provisional utility and plant) published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from March 15, 2001 to Present. Approximately 450 main divisions of technology, called classifications/classes, broken into approximately 150,000 subdivisions, called subclassifications/subclasses. Provided in published patent application number sequence (ascending) with the current U.S. original classification/subclassification and any cross-reference classification/subclassifications. The format is ASCII text. Available on or before the 15th of each odd month and contains data through the end of the previous even month. Each new bimonthly file totally replaces the previous file. Approximately 23 MB (compressed) per bimonthly file. Master Classification File (MCF) / Patent Grant (Patent Grant Sequence or Classification Sequence) - Current U.S. classification information for all patent grants issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from 1790 to Present. Approximately 450 main divisions of technology, called classifications/classes, broken into approximately 150,000 subdivisions, called subclassifications/subclasses. Provided in patent grant sequence (ascending) by patent grant number with the current U.S. original classification/subclassification and any cross-reference classification/subclassifications or by classification sequence (ascending) by U.S. classification/subclassification (original and cross reference) followed by patent grant number. The format is ASCII text. Available on or before the 15th of each odd month and contains data through the end of the previous even month. Each new bimonthly file totally replaces the previous file. Approximately 121 MB (compressed) per bimonthly file. Manual of Classification (a.k.a., Classification Text Attribute File (CTAF)) - Numbers and descriptive titles of the patent classifications and subclassifications (classes/subclasses) for approximately 450 classes and approximately 150,000 subclasses of the U.S. Patent Classification (USPC) System. This file is the electronic version of the paper version of the Manual of Classification. The format is ASCII text. Available on or before the 15th of each odd month and contains data through the end of the previous even month. Each new bimonthly file totally replaces the previous file. Approximately 2.9 MB (compressed) per bimonthly file. Index to U.S. Patent Classification (a.k.a., Classification Index File) - Alphabetical list of subject headings which refer to specific classifications and subclassifications (classes/subclasses) of the U.S. Patent Classification System - (i.e., technology categories). Also known as, the Classification or Class Index File. There are approximately 67,000 terms contained in this index. The format is ASCII text. Available on or before the 15th of each odd month and contains data through the end of the previous even month. Each new bimonthly file totally replaces the previous file. Approximately 1.1 MB (compressed) per bimonthly file.
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