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Student Well-Being New Tool Maps School Attendance Zones Across U.S.
In November, the U.S. Department of Education will release a mapping tool that provides a first-time look at school attendance boundaries for most public schools in the country.
Sarah D. Sparks, July 27, 2015
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6 min read
Federal Feds Look to Ease Burden for Civil Rights Reporting
The National Center on Education Statistics is preparing to roll out new civil rights data.
Sarah D. Sparks, July 12, 2015
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1 min read
Student Achievement Children of the Recession Moving to Higher Education
The National Center for Education Statistics tracks how students who started high school in 2009 have fared in the years since.
Sarah D. Sparks, June 25, 2015
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2 min read
Student Achievement How Do We Understand Poverty Without Relying on Federal Free-Meal Statistics?
A new federal guide offers school officials and researchers ways to structure new measures of students' socioeconomic status.
Sarah D. Sparks, June 24, 2015
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2 min read
Early Childhood Early Education Highlights of NCES "Condition of Education" Report
Who enrolls their children in preschool the most often? The National Center for Education Statistics summarizes these and other topics in its most recent Condition of Education report.
Lillian Mongeau, June 4, 2015
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1 min read
College & Workforce Readiness Rising Graduation Rates: Trend or Blip?
The latest signs from the U.S. Department of Education point to another year of record-breaking graduation rates, but experts differ on the reasons why.
Holly Kurtz, February 24, 2015
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6 min read
International Do U.S. Teachers Really Teach More Hours?
A new study says U.S. teachers still lead the world in time spent in front of a class—but not as much as everyone thinks.
Sarah D. Sparks, February 2, 2015
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7 min read
Every Student Succeeds Act Research Agency Awaits New Chief, Legislation
There's no end in sight to the Institute of Education Sciences' long wait to fill top leadership vacancies and get a reauthorization.
Sarah D. Sparks, January 20, 2015
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4 min read
Reading & Literacy Study Eyes 4th Graders' Readiness for Writing Tests on Computer
Fourth graders are capable of using a computer to type, organize, and write well enough to be assessed, according to a pilot study released by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Liana Loewus, August 5, 2014
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3 min read
Federal Can States Make Student Data Useful for Schools?
State leaders sitting on mountains of student data are merging on Washington D.C. next week to share ways to make it more useful to educators.
Sarah D. Sparks, July 25, 2014
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1 min read
Federal Latest 'Condition of Education' Report Finds Rising Poverty, Pre-K Enrollment
The 2014 edition of the annual report also notes that individuals with a bachelor's degree earned more than twice as much as high school dropouts.
Alyssa Morones, May 29, 2014
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1 min read
School & District Management U.S. Graduation Rate: Same Results, Different Measures
Regardless of how it was counted, the nation's high school graduation rate cracked 80 percent for the first time with the class of 2012.
Caralee J. Adams, May 6, 2014
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4 min read
Education Number of High School Graduates to Decline by 2022, NCES Predicts
A new federal report suggests that the number of high school graduates will decline by 2 percent over the next decade.
Caralee J. Adams, March 4, 2014
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2 min read
Federal NCES Releases Details on Homeschooling
New data breaks down the U.S. homeschooling population.
Sarah D. Sparks, August 30, 2013
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1 min read
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