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Education Statistics

Online Statistics
 
Common Core of Date (CCD)
From the National Center for Educational Statistics.  CCD is a comprehensive, annual, national statistical database of information concerning all  public elementary and secondary schools (approximately 95,000) and school districts  (approximately 17,000).
 
The Condition of Education
From the National Center for Educational Statistics. The Condition of Education is an indicator report, summarizing the health of education, monitoring important developments, and showing trends in major aspects of education. The 65 indicators included examine relationships; show changes over time; compare or contrast sub-populations, regions, or countries; or assess characteristics of students from different backgrounds and types of schools.
 
Education Census
The Census Bureau has education data related to Educational Attainment, Field of Training, School Costs, School Enrollment, and other characteristics crossed by education.
 
Education Finance Statistics Center
From the National Center for Educational Statistics. If you are seeking education finance information for elementary/secondary public or private education, this National Center for Education Statistics web site should help you. Included are links for questions about Postsecondary Surveys, Funding Opportunities, and Student Financial Assistance.
 
Education Week's Special Reports
Includes numerous reports, many of which include comparative data.  Recent additions include Technology Counts 2003: Pencils Down: Technology's Answer to Testing and A Trust Betrayed:  Update on Sexual Misconduct in Schools.
 
Grapevine: A National Database of Tax Support for Higher Education
Produced at the Center for Higher Education & Educational Finance at Illinois State University. Provides  a national database of tax support for higher education. Individual state reports include current fiscal year and previous fiscal year state tax appropriations for operating expenses and a 50-state summary table showing state totals for the current year, the previous two years, a ten-year figure, and percentages of change over one, two, and ten years.
 
InfoNation
Infonation allows viewing and comparing statistical data, including educational attainment, for all UN member states.  You can select up to five countries at a time for comparison.

  Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
 
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) is a system of surveys designed to collect data from all primary providers of postsecondary education.  Surveys address institution-level data in such areas as enrollments, program completions, faculty, staff, and finances.
 
National Center for Educational Statistics
This is the host site for many education related government statistics.  Their server includes .PDF files for the complete text of numerous statistical publications.
 
OECD Education Database
The OECD (Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development) Education Database provides internationally comparable data on key aspects of the education systems. OECD Member countries co-operate to gather the information, to develop and apply common definitions and criteria for the quality control of the data, to verify the data and to provide the information necessary to interpret the submitted data.
 
Public School District Finance Peer Search School Year 1995-96
From the National Center for Educational Statistics.  This searchable database will allow you to compare the finances of a school district with its peers (those districts which share similar characteristics).
 
World Data on Education
From UNESCO. Includes profiles of national education systems, using the information included in the reports on the development of education, supplemented with data from other sources. The National Reports can also be accessed can be considered as one of the main sources for comparing educational data across countries and over time, and a useful tool for the exchange of information and experience in the field of education.
 
Other Resources
 
The Almanac of Higher Education, 1989/90-date
 
Ref.  LA 226 .A556 (newest at desk on Floor 1)
 
Annual Statistical Report of the State Board of Education (Illinois), 1974/75-date
Ref. L 142 .B12401
 
The Condition of Education, 1980-date
Ref.  L 112 .N377A (newest at desk on Floor 1)
Also found as a government document (ask for assistance at Floor 2 desk)
 
Digest of Education Statistics, 1962-date
Ref. L 11 .D48 (newest at desk on Floor 1)
Also found as a government document (ask for assistance at Floor 2 desk)
 
MDR's School Directory: Illinois
Ref. L 903 .I33 M3702 (Desk Reference)
 
Projections of Education Statistics to ...
Ref. L 112 .A7
Latest three editions in Reference
 
QED's State School Guides
Ref.  L 901 .S3603
The volume for Illinois is kept at the Reference Desk
 
State Profiles: Financing Public Higher Education
LB2342 .S6 (newest in Reference on Floor 1)
 
ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)
For information about Milner's holdings, contact Vanette Schwartz 438-3486.
 

Milner Library, Illinois State University
Page Contact: Sharon Naylor, Education Librarian
E-mail comments to: sknaylor@ilstu.edu
Last revised: January 30, 2004

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