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NCES releases The Condition of Education 2011 e-book (September 16, 2011)
The e-book version will be available for free download for all e-readers. The epub file is for use with the iPad, Nook, and other non-Kindle devices. The mobi file is for use on the Kindle only.
FY 2012 RFA for Statewide, Longitudinal Data Systems Available (September 15, 2011)
The Fiscal Year 2012 Request for Applications for Statewide, Longitudinal Data Systems (CFDA Number: 84.372A) is now available. The deadline for transmittal of applications is December 15, 2011. The application package and instructions for the competition will be available on Grants.gov no later than September 26, 2011. The SLDS program awards grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) to design, develop, and implement statewide, longitudinal data systems to efficiently and accurately manage, analyze, disaggregate, and use individual student data.
Postsecondary Institutions and Price of Attendance in the United States: 2010-11, Degrees and Other Awards Conferred: 2009-10, and 12-Month Enrollment: 2009-10 (September 15, 2011)
This First Look presents findings from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) fall 2010 data collection, which included three survey components: Institutional Characteristics for the 2010-11 academic year, Completions covering the period July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010, and data on 12-Month Enrollment for the 2009-10 academic year. These data were collected through the IPEDS web-based data collection system.
Beginning Teacher Attrition and Mobility: Results From the First Through Third Waves of the 2007-08 Beginning Teacher Longitudinal Study (September 14, 2011)
This First Look report provides selected findings from the first three waves of the Beginning Teacher Longitudinal Study (BTLS) along with data tables and methodological information. The BTLS follows a sample of public elementary and secondary school teachers who participated in the 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), and whose first year of teaching was 2007 or 2008.
High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09): A First Look at Fall 2009 Ninth-Graders' Parents, Teachers, School Counselors, and School Administrators (September 13, 2011)
This report features initial findings from the base year of a new longitudinal study that started with a nationally representative cohort of ninth-graders in the fall of 2009.
Technical Report and User's Guide for the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2009 Data Files and Database with U.S. Specific Variables (September 6, 2011)
The Technical Report and User's Guide for the PISA 2009 public-use data for the United States is a technical manual that describes how these data were collected and processed as well as how to use the data files to conduct statistical analyses. Information is presented on sampling, response rates, school and student recruitment, instrument development and distribution, and data management. The appendices of the Technical Report and User's Guide include school recruitment materials, student and parent materials, student and school questionnaires, a nonresponse bias analysis of PISA 2009 data, and the results of a comparison of PISA and NAEP reading assessments.
Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009: U.S. Public-Use Data Files and Electronic Codebook (September 6, 2011)
This CD-ROM contains PISA 2009 public-use data for the United States in ASCII format. It also contains the Technical Report and User's Guide, an electronic codebook (ECB), a short tutorial on using the ECB and PISA data files, and the ECB Help file.