Statistics: Locate Reliable Sources of Statistical Information

"The primary purpose of the Digest of Education Statistics is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school." ~National Center for Education Statistics

"The Condition of Education (COE) is a congressionally mandated annual report that summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available statistics." ~National Center for Education Statistics

"The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas." ~National Center for Educational Statistics

"School enrollment captures the population who report being enrolled in a regular school. A regular school advances a person towards an elementary school certificate, high school diploma, or college, university, or professional school (such as law or medicine) degree."