LibGuides: EDU 6488: Diagnostic & Prescriptive Reading: Education Statistics

Guides To Education Statistics

Harvard: Selected Resources for U.S. Education Statistics
George Mason: Education Statistics and Data
University of Michigan: Statistical Resources, Education
University of Chicago: Statistics, Education
University of Chicago: Statistics, Education University of Virginia: Statistics, Polls, Surveys and Data Sets
Johns Hopkins University: Education Statistics
VassarStats: Website for Statistical Computation
Web site with explanations and online tools demonstrating the types of statistical tests and procedures used in the social sciences. Includes tools for calculating probabilities, frequencies, chi-square tests, correlations and regressions, t-tests, ANOVA, ANCOVA, and more.

Select Education Statistics Websites

National Center for Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) located within the U.S. Department of Education and Institute of Education Sciences, is the primary Federal entity for collecting and analyzing date related to education.
Digest of Education Statistics
The primary purpose of the Digest of Education Statistics is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school.
IPEDS: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
The primary source for data on colleges, universities, and technical and vocational postsecondary institutions in the United States
SREB: Southern Regional Education Board: Education Data
Helping states stay up to date on the latest interstate comparisons and trends in education is a core service of SREB. The Education Data program collects, analyzes and shares demographic, economic, pre-K-12 and higher education data among SREB states.
American FactFinder
The U.S. Census Bureau's source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data.
The 2011 Statistical Abstract (Education)
Presents data primarily concerning formal education as a whole, at various levels, and for public and private schools.
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Data shown relate to the school-age population and school enrollment, educational attainment, education personnel, and financial aspects of education. In addition, data are shown for charter schools, computer usage in schools, distance education, and adult education.
OECD Education Database
Provides internationally comparable data on key aspects of the education systems.
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On-line access features data on: educational finance, students enrolled, new entrants to a level of education, graduates, and educational personnel.
Mississippi Department of Education (Statistics)
Page from Office of Research and Statistics.

U.S. Dept. Of Education

The U.S. Department of Education home page offers quick links to both Facts and Figures, which leads to the NCES' Fast Facts page and Research and Statistics, which leads to a more general page of links.

The National Center for Education Statistics makes a great deal of statistical information available. Their server includes .PDF files for the complete text of several statistical publications including; Condition of Education Projections of Education Statistics and Digest of Education Statistics.

Look under Survey and Program Areas for major data sets (IPEDS, NEAP, etc.) grouped by population studied.

The TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) is another highlight.

College Navigator is aimed at students exploring college options but has some good basic statistics on specific institutions.

To facilitate drilling down to the state level, the Department's EROD service (Education Resource Organizations Directory) has posted a list of State Departments of Education for all fifty states.

Statistical Calculations

Web Pages that Perform Statistical Calculations This site, created and maintained by John C. Pezzullo, contains links to interactive web pages that perform statistical calculations. Together they comprise a powerful, conveniently-accessible, and free multi-platform statistical software package. This page also contains links to several web-based statistical textbooks.