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Portals & Multiple Agency Websites
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FREE: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - Portal to online teaching and learning resources from hundreds of agencies, arranged by subject or keyword searchable. From the Department of Education. |
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students.gov - Portal for college and college-bound students, with links to financial aid, selecting a college, study abroad, career information, and other resources. |
The federal agencies' websites are good starting points when
looking for general information on a relevant topic, or when
looking for specific information that you know the agency handles.
Virtually all of the websites have a site index or a search
engine, if you have difficulty navigating the site.
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Education
Department - Responsibilities are: providing national
leadership and partnerships to address critical issues in
American education; serving as a national clearinghouse
of good ideas; helping families pay for college; helping
local communities and schools meet the most pressing needs
of their students; preparing students for employment in
a changing economy; and ensuring nondiscrimination by recipients
of federal education funds. |
Important Sub-Agencies
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Instititue of Education Sciences - The research arm of the Department of Education with the mission to expand knowledge and provide information on the condition of education, practices that improve academic achievement, and the effectiveness of Federal and other education programs. (See also the archived site of the Office of Educational Research & Improvement.) |
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National
Center for Education Statistics - Part of the Office
of Educational Research & Improvement, it collects,
collates, analyzes, and reports complete statistics on the
condition of American education; conducts and publishes
reports; and reviews and reports on education activities
internationally. |
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ERIC
- World's largest source of education information, with
more than 1 million abstracts of documents and journal articles
on education research and practice. 1966-present and updated
monthly. Citations and abstracts only for journal articles, but over 100,000 full text ERIC documents available (1993-present). |
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Condition of Education - Annual publication summarizes important
developments and trends in education using the latest available
data. The report is an indicator report intended for a general
audience of readers who are interested in education. The
indicators represent a consensus of professional judgment
on the most significant national measures of the condition
and progress of education for which accurate data are available. |
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Education
Statistics Quarterly - Gives a comprehensive overview
of work done across all parts of the
National Center for Education Statistics. Each issue
includes short publications, summaries, and descriptions
that cover all publications and data products released during
a 3-month period. |
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Indicators Of School Crime and Safety - Crime at school from the
perspectives of students, teachers, principals, and the
general population from an array of sources that include:
the National Crime Victimization Survey; the School
Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey;
the Youth Risk Behavior Survey; and the School
and Staffing Survey. |
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School
Enrollment in the United States, Social and Economic Characteristics
of Students - Collected annually in the October Current
Population Survey (CPS) for the Nation by the Census
Bureau. |
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Digest
of Education Statistics - From the National
Center for Education Statistics, statistics on education
from kindergarten through graduate schools, e.g. number
of schools, teachers, enrollments; educational attainment;
finances; libraries; and international education. |
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Projections
of Education Statistics - Provides projections for key
education statistics. It includes statistics on enrollment,
graduates, teachers, and expenditures in elementary and
secondary schools, and institutions of higher education.
For the Nation, the tables, figures, and text contain data
on enrollment, teachers, graduates, and expenditures for
the past 14 years and projections to the year 2014. |
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