-Establishing policies on federal financial aid for education, and distributing as well as monitoring those funds. -Collecting data on America's schools and disseminating research. -Focusing national attention on key educational issues. -Prohibiting discrimination and ensuring equal access to education.
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations. NCES is located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences.
Provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction. For more information see Data Services for Social Sciences.
Must set up an account using BU email address to download data on ICSPR site. Code books for data available on ICSPR site. ICSPR also offers training in quantitative methods to facilitate effective data use.
Indexes and abstracts statistical publications from the U.S. government from 1973, state and private sources from 1980, and documents from international organizations from 1983. For help, please see the Proquest libguide.
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