DATA / STATISTICAL ORGANIZATIONS
These organizations specialize in collecting specific education-related data covering a wide range of issues.
ACT, Inc
ACT is an independent, not-for-profit organization that provides more than a hundred assessment, research, information, and program management services in the broad areas of education and workforce development.
The College Board
The College Board is a not-for-profit membership association whose mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. The organization provides the latest data on SAT scores nationwide and by state.
Education Policy & Data Center
The mission of the EPDC is to provide enhanced access, presentation, and use of education information and analysis for evidence-based policies and programs.
Education Resource Organizations Directory
The Directory is intended to help you identify and contact organizations that provide information and assistance on a broad range of education-related topics.
Great Schools
GreatSchools.net profiles more than 90,000 public elementary, middle and high schools in the United States. Charter schools, magnet schools, year-round schools, and some continuation and alternative schools are included as well, in addition to basic information on more than 30,000 private schools.
International Archive of Education Data
The Archive acquires, processes, documents, and disseminates data collected by national, state or provincial, local, and private organizations, pertaining to all levels of education in countries for which data can be made available.
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc
Mathematica strives to improve public well-being by bringing the highest standards of quality, objectivity, and excellence to bear on the provision of information collection and analysis to our clients.
National Center for Education Statistics School Data Direct School Matters Southern Regional Education Board: Data Library U.S. Census Bureau
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
SchoolDataDirect is an online service of the State Education Data Center (funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation). The SEDC focuses on: (1) serving as a national advocacy leader for quality education data collection, standards, and use; and (2) serving as the nation's provider of a free, easy-to-use website featuring state education data and analytic tools.
In 2005, S&P began providing parents and taxpayers with an objective analysis of school and school district data via www.schoolmatters.com, a publicly-accessible, interactive website.
The SREB Data Library provides a wealth of state-by-state information about elementary and secondary education, colleges and universities, and significant trends affecting them.
The Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy.