Postsecondary Education Expectations and Attainment of Rural and Nonrural Students
This study examined rural–nonrural differences in postsecondary educational expectations and the attainment of expectations for grade 10 students attending rural and nonrural high schools in the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Midwest region and how these differences compare with rural–nonrural differences … Read More
Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts: FY 17
This National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) report presents data on public elementary and secondary education revenues and expenditures at the local education agency (LEA) or school district level for fiscal year (FY) 2017. Specifically, this report includes finance data on the … Read More
U.S. Patterns of Arts Participation: A Full Report from the 2017 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts
The Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA) is the nation’s largest, most representative survey of adult patterns of arts participation in the United States. This report presents top‐line statistics from the 2017 SPPA about U.S. adults’ participation in … Read More
Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts: School Year 2015–16 (Fiscal Year 2016) First Look
This First Look report presents data on public elementary and secondary education revenues and expenditures at the local education agency (LEA) or school district level for fiscal year (FY) 2016. Specifically, this report includes findings for the following types of … Read More
The Feasibility of Collecting School-Level Finance Data: An Evaluation of Data from the School-Level Finance Survey (SLFS) School Year 2014–15
High demand exists for data to analyze the equitable distribution of school funding within and across school districts. In response to this growing demand, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) developed a new collection of finance data at the … Read More
First-Generation and Continuing-Generation College Students: A Comparison of High School and Postsecondary Experiences
This Statistics in Brief, using data from a nationally representative cohort of 2002 high school sophomores, provides an updated look at background and educational characteristics (e.g., educational expectations, plans for taking the SAT/ACT, and cumulative high school grade point average … Read More
The Years Before School: Children’s Nonparental Care Arrangements From 2001 to 2012
This Statistics in Brief examines the nonparental care arrangements of children in the United States, from birth through age 5, who are not yet enrolled in kindergarten. The report draws on data from the National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES) … Read More
First-Year Undergraduate Remedial Coursetaking: 1999-2000, 2003-04, and 2007-08
This Statistics in Brief uses data from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) to examine the percentages of first-year undergraduate students enrolled in institutions of higher education (IHE) who reported taking remedial courses in the 1999–2000, 2003–04, and 2007–08 … Read More
Adult Education Attainment and Assessment Scores: A Cross-National Comparison
Adults in their 20s in almost all of the participating countries had a larger gap between those who did not finish high school and high school graduates compared to the gap between high school graduates and those with at least … Read More