Featured Data: Declines in Math and Reading
Government Sources for Education Data
- Boston Planning DepartmentCensus tracts & demographics on neighborhoods, citywide maps, electoral maps, zoning maps, planning resources and more.
- Boston Public Schools: Data and ReportsThe Boston Public School system produces data and reports on MCAS, school performance, graduation rates and more.
- Data.govHere you will find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more.
- Institute of Education SciencesThe Institute of Education Sciences (IES) houses 4 different national centers on education, and is the research, evaluation, and statistics arm of the U.S. Department of Education. IES advances education by sponsoring research projects to understand where education needs improvement; by funding development and rigorous testing of new approaches; by conducting large-scale assessments of policies and programs; by supporting the use of data and research in decision making; by providing data about educating students; and by supporting advances via training and refinement of methods and measures.
- Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education: Data and AccountabilityThe state's site focused on data and accountability offers sections for reports, tools, school and district profiles, research and best practices, and more.
- National Center for Education StatisticsThe 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 fulfills a Congressional mandate to collect, collate, analyze, and report complete statistics on the condition of American education; conduct and publish reports; and review and report on education activities internationally.
- National Center for Health StatisticsThe mission of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is to provide statistical information that will guide actions and policies to improve the health of the American people. As the Nation's principal health statistics agency, NCHS leads the way with accurate, relevant, and timely data.
- Open Doors Report on International Educational ExchangeOpen Doors has long been regarded as the comprehensive information resource on international students and scholars in the United States and on U.S. students studying abroad. Originally founded in 1919, the Institute of International Education (IIE) has conducted an annual census of international students in the United States. IIE’s first independent publication of the results of the annual census was titled Education for One World, and It was renamed the Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange in 1954/55. IIE is now part of the U.S. Department of State.
- US Census BureauAccess data through products and tools including data visualizations, mobile apps, interactive web apps and other software.
- US Department of EducationThe federal Department of Education site offers news and main sections on student loans, grants, laws, and data.
Databases for Data/Statistics
- Google Dataset SearchGoogle's Dataset Search offers a simple interface to look for data, and includes data from publisher's sites, digital libraries, and personal web pages.
- ICPSR Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research This link opens in a new windowICPSR is the world's largest archive of computer readable social science data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.
- Kids Count Data CenterThe Annie E. Casey Foundation provides this national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the United States" through a nonpartisan, evidence-based lens".
- OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new window
OECD iLibrary is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) featuring books, papers and statistics and is the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data. It replaced SourceOECD in July 2010. OECD iLibrary also contains content published by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), the OECD Development Centre, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), and the International Transport Forum (ITF).
- Rankings of the States and Estimates of School StatisticsThis annual compilation of statistics and rankings is produced by the National Education Association (NEA).
- Roper Center Public Opinion Archives This link opens in a new window
The Roper Center is a public opinion archive that preserves the data from polls conducted by many leading survey organizations. Most of the data are from the United States, but over 50 nations are represented. The iPOLL databank offers access to nearly half a million survey questions and answers asked in the U.S. by more than 150 survey organizations. Direct links are given to study documentation and datasets.
- Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Social Explorer provides access to current and historical census data and demographic information, including 220 years of U.S. Census data, U.S. elections, crime, business, environmental, health, and religion data, plus statistics for Europe and World Development Indicators. The interface allows users to create maps and reports to illustrate, analyze and understand demography and social change.
Access to Social Explorer requires that you create an individual account using your BU email address.
- UNICEF DataUNICEF is a leading international organization collecting and presenting data on children, "including flagship reports and global databases, to inform evidence-based programme strategy and advocacy."
