School Reports and Statistics

Reports or statistics on K-12 schools, often focused on the achievement of students within a particular school district or state.

Resources in this category:

CARET: Center for Applied Research in Education Technology
http://caret.iste.org/

A project focused on developing educational technology research and studies that can be applied to areas such as student learning, curriculum and instruction and assessment and evaluation. For example: how can technology influence student academic performance? CARET is a collaboration between the International Society for Technology in Education, Education Support Systems, the Sacramento County Office of Education with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Digest of Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/

A compilation of American education statistics. Information includes number of schools, number of teachers, enrollment rates, finance information and a host of other tables and charts.

Global Education Database
http://qesdb.usaid.gov/ged/index.html

Search for international education statistics from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and the Demographic and Health Surveys. View indicators for one country, or compare indicators across multiple countries.

NAEP - The Nation's Report Card
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/

The NAEP is a measure of student achievement that allows apples-to-apples comparison of the performance of students in different states. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.

Pathways to School Improvement
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/

Pathways synthesizes research, policy, and best practices on issues critical to educators engaged in school improvement, such as assessment, at-risk students, family & community, instruction, leadership, literacy, mathematics & science, policy, professional development, and technology in education, as well as access to archived favorites.

SchoolMatters
http://www.schoolmatters.com/

Search this database of education information and analysis from Standard & Poor’s for performance, spending, and demographic data at the local, state, and national level. For policymakers, educators, and parents.