National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute od Education Sciences, is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
The largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas. Paper-and-pencil assessments are conducted periodically in mathematics, reading, science, writing, the arts, civics, economics, geography, U.S. history, and in Technology and Engineering Literacy (TEL).
Kids Count- Annie E. Casey Foundation - 2016 Data Book
The annual report about Generation Z youth focuses on key trends in child well-being in the post-recession years and offers recommendations for how policymakers can ensure all children are prepared for the future, based on the country’s shared values of opportunity, responsibility and security.
The Education Counts database contains more than 250 state-level K-12 education indicators, many spanning multiple years. Included are data collected for Education Week's annual reports, Quality Counts and Technology Counts.
Proficiency measures in reading, writing, and mathematics are effective indicators of monitoring educational progress at the Kindergarten through 12-th grade levels.
