It’s easier than ever to access national-level data that may be useful to ATE projects and centers for planning, benchmarking, or evaluation. A few of these resources are listed below:
The National Center for Education Statistics (nces.ed.gov) Digest of Education Statistics provides information about U.S. students and education institutions. The IPEDS system is a tool that focuses on postsecondary students and . The NCES website also contains a variety of data related to education from K-12 schools and 2- and 4-year colleges.
American FactFinder (factfinder.census.gov) provides access to all variables collected by the U.S. Census and, on a more regular basis, the American Community Survey.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (bls.gov) provides access to data on employment, earnings, and industry activity.
The National Student Clearinghouse (studentclearinghouse.org) offers a subscription-based service for tracking students and their history. Your institution may already be a subscriber to this service.
College institutional research offices often collect information about students, including demographics, enrollment, course completions, and grades. Building a relationship with this office at your institution could help you access a range of individual student data.
Shameless self-promotion aside, EvaluATE (evalu-ate.org/annual_survey) administers an annual survey to all ATE grants, collecting data that could be used for benchmarking against the ATE community or just within your discipline.
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