Datasets, Archives, and Databases
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U.S. Census Bureau/Federal Statistical Agency Data
- American Community Survey microdata (public use) (opens in new tab)
- American Community Survey microdata (restricted) (opens in new tab)
- American Community Survey tables (public use) (opens in new tab)
- Current Population Survey microdata (public use) (opens in new tab)
- Current Population Survey microdata (restricted) (opens in new tab)
- Current Population Survey tables (public use) (opens in new tab)
- Household Pulse Survey (opens in new tab)
- Survey of Income and Program Participation (restricted) (opens in new tab)
- Survey of Income and Program Participation synthetic microdata (opens in new tab)
- Survey of Income and Program Participation tables (public use) (opens in new tab)
- U.S. Decennial Census microdata (public use) (opens in new tab)
- U.S. Decennial Census microdata (restricted) (opens in new tab)
- U.S. Decennial Census tables (opens in new tab)
Longitudinal Studies
- Fragile Families (opens in new tab)
- General Social Survey (opens in new tab)
- Longitudinal Study of American Youth, 1987-1994, 2007-2011 (opens in new tab)
- National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) (opens in new tab)
- National Longitudinal Surveys (opens in new tab)
- National Survey of American Life (opens in new tab)
- National Survey of Black Americans (opens in new tab)
- Panel Study of Income Dynamics (opens in new tab)
- Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, and 2009 (opens in new tab)
- Head Start Impact Study (opens in new tab)
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS) (opens in new tab)
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-2011 (ECLS-K) (opens in new tab)
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Early Childhood Longitudinal Study: Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999, Kindergarten-Eighth Grade Full Sample (ECLS-K) (opens in new tab)
- The National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD) (opens in new tab)
- Adolescent Health and Academic Achievement Study (AHAA) data (opens in new tab)
- Afterschool Alliance's America After 3PM
- Childhood and Beyond (CAB) (opens in new tab)
- Common Core Data (opens in new tab)
- Design, Validation, and Dissemination of Measures of Content Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics (opens in new tab)
- The Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford (opens in new tab)
- Gates Millennium Scholars Data Project (opens in new tab)
- High School & Beyond (opens in new tab)
- High School Exit Examinations (HSEE), 1977-2007 [United States] (opens in new tab)
- High School Transcript (HST) (opens in new tab)
- Longitudinal Study of American Youth, 1987-1994, 2007-2011 (opens in new tab)
- Maryland Adolescent Development in Context Study MADICS (opens in new tab)
- Mathematics Teaching in the 21st Century (opens in new tab)
- Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) Project (opens in new tab)
- Monthly Student Survey (opens in new tab)
- National Assessment of Educational Progress (opens in new tab)
- Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002) (NCES) (opens in new tab)
- High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) (NCES) (opens in new tab)
- National Education Longitudinal Study:1988 (NELS:88) (NCES) (opens in new tab)
- Private School Universe Survey (PSS) (NCES) (opens in new tab)
- Schools and Staffing Surveys (NCES) (opens in new tab)
- Early Childhood Longitudinal Study: Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999, Kindergarten-Eighth Grade Full Sample (ECLS-K) (NCES)(opens in new tab)
- RETA: Chicago School Staff Social Network Questionnaire Longitudinal Study, 2005-2008 (opens in new tab)
- RETA: Chicago School Staff Social Network Questionnaire Qualitative Interviews, 2006 (opens in new tab)
- RETA: Lincoln School Staff Social Network Questionnaire Longitudinal Study, 2007-2008 (opens in new tab)
- Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) (opens in new tab)
- The High School Longitudinal Study of 2009, Second Follow-Up (NCES) (restricted-use) (opens in new tab)
- 2011-12 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) (NCES) (restricted-use) (opens in new tab)
- NAEP 2016 Arts (NCES) (restricted-use) (opens in new tab)
- Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (opens in new tab)
- Beginning Postsecondary Survey (opens in new tab)
- College and Beyond II (opens in new tab)
- Early Career Doctorates Survey (NCSES) (opens in new tab)
- Historically Black College and University Campus Sexual Assault (HBCU-CSA) Study, 2008 (opens in new tab)
- Household Pulse Survey-Post Secondary Education (opens in new tab)
- Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) (opens in new tab)
- Longitudinal Study of American Youth, 1987-1994, 2007-2011 (opens in new tab)
- National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) (opens in new tab)
- National Student Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) (opens in new tab)
- National Survey of College Graduates (NCSES) (opens in new tab)
- National Survey of Recent College Graduates (NCSES) (opens in new tab)
- National Survey of Student Engagement (opens in new tab)
- Postsecondary Education Transcript Study (PETS 2009) (opens in new tab)
- Survey of Doctorate Recipients (NCSES) (opens in new tab)
- Survey of Earned Doctorates (NCSES)(opens in new tab)
- Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (NCSES)(opens in new tab)
- Survey of Postdocs at Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (NCSES) (opens in new tab)
- International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) (opens in new tab)
- IPUMS (opens in new tab)
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (opens in new tab)
- Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) (opens in new tab)
- Teaching and Learning International Survey (opens in new tab)
- Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (CILS), San Diego, California, Ft. Lauderdale and Miami, Florida, 1991-2006
- Detroit Area Study, 1994: Impact of Education on Attitudes (opens in new tab)
- Detroit Area Study, 1995: Social Influence on Health: Stress, Racism, and Health Protective Resources (opens in new tab)
- Latino Second Generation Study, 2012-2013, United States (opens in new tab)
- Maryland Adolescent Development in Context Study MADICS (opens in new tab)
- Stress in America, United States, 2007-2018 (opens in new tab)
- Youth Development Study, 1988-2011, St. Paul, Minnesota (opens in new tab)
- A Qualitataive Investigation of Black Students' Perceptions of School Racial Climate (opens in new tab)
- Authoritative School Climate and School Academic Engagement, Grades, and Aspirations in Middle and High School (opens in new tab)
- Childhood and Beyond (CAB) (opens in new tab)
- School Climate Enhancement and Bullying Prevention in Southern Illinois, 2016-2019 (opens in new tab)
- Sport and School Climate (opens in new tab)
- Training School Resource Officers to Improve School Climate and Student Safety Outcomes, Arizona, 2015-2017 (opens in new tab)
- Science and Engineering Degrees: 1966?2012 (opens in new tab)
- Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System (SESTAT), 2013 (NCSES)(opens in new tab)
- Survey of Earned Doctorates (NCSES)(opens in new tab)
- Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (NCSES)(opens in new tab)
- Survey of Postdocs at Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (NCSES) (opens in new tab)
- National Survey of College Graduates (restricted-use) (opens in new tab)
- Survey of Earned Doctorate (restricted-use) (opens in new tab)
- Survey of Doctorate Recipients (restricted-use) (opens in new tab)
Archives and Databases
- Child and Family Data Archive
- Child Care and Early Education Research Connections
- CivicLEADS
- Databrary
- Dataverse
- Education Research Data Sharing Initiative
- European Statistics (Eurostat)
- IPUMS International
- Measures of Effective Teaching Longitudinal Database
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) K12 data and Restricted Use Data Licenses
- National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES)
- Office of Civil Rights Data Collection (OCRDC)
- Opportunity Insights (inequality and mobility in the U.S.)
- Qualitative Data Repository
- RAND Corporation
- Stanford Education Data Archive