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Appendix B: Data Sources and Collection Approaches
Appendix B: Data Sources and Collection Approaches
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, data available through web scraping, wearable recording devices, transcribing of video and/or audio recordings, and others. Here, we refer to alternative data sources to include administrative data (because new uses are emerging)
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As illustrated in Table B-1, NCES has an extensive history of repeated longitudinal surveys, especially of students in grades K–5, secondary, postsecondary (and beyond) NCES longitudinal surveys typically include interviews with students, parents, and teachers, as well as administrative data and transcript study results, based on coding and summarizing transcript information in a consistent way.
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(ECLS-B) K–12 Early Longitudinal Longitudinal surveys of children from K Survey first fielded for https://nces.ed.gov/ Childhood survey through grade 8 (1998–99)
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bullying, and hate-related behaviors; fear and avoidance behaviors; gun and weapon carrying; and gangs at school. K–12 School Survey Cross- SSOCS is a sample survey of the nation's Data collected every https://nces.ed.gov/ on Crime sectional public schools designed to provide other year in even surveys/ssocs/ and Safety survey estimates of school crime, discipline, numbered years.
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K–12 Secondary Longitudinal A series of six longitudinal studies New longitudinal series https://nces.ed.gov/ Longitudinal surveys following middle- or high-school students are periodically created surveys/els2002/ Sample through school and sometimes beyond. to provide updated Surveys Depending on the survey, the data include data.
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sometimes requested by NCES and basis, sometimes on sometimes by other ED agencies using this entirely new topics as a vehicle. The survey respondents have and sometimes with included public and private elementary essentially the same and secondary schools, elementary and survey repeated over secondary school teachers and principals, multiple years.
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1989–90 school year surveys/pss/ survey PSS generates biennial data on the total and has been conducted number of private schools, teachers, every 2 years since. The and students and builds an accurate most recent data files and complete list of private schools to available in September serve as a sampling frame for NCES 2021 were from surveys of private schools.
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June 28, 2021. Annual from Aggregate data reported via EDFacts by fiscal data for 2017–18 administrative state and local education agencies, or available in September records schools based on admin strative records.
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Since sample survey 1969, assessments have been conducted combined periodically in reading, mathematics, with an science, writing, U.S. history, civics, assessment.
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surveys/hst/ Studies collecting record -- i.e., courses taken while attending (HSTS) and coding secondary school; information on credits transcript data earned; year and term a specific course for inclusion was taken; and final grades.
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collects collected in 2000, 2004, ed.gov/about/offices/ Collection administrative data from local education agencies on 2006, 2009–2012, list/ocr/data.html (CRDC) records key education and civil rights issues in 2011–12, 2013–14, our nation's public schools through the 2015–16, 2017–18, CRDC.
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etc. Link K–12 Classification Other, To analyze student transcript data, NCES This taxonomy was See https:// of Secondary classification developed the CSSC using data from the also used to code nces.ed.gov/ School initial transcript collection in HS&B.
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Student interviews and administrative records are used to provide exceptional detail concerning student financial aid. The latest data are available for the 2015–16 academic year.
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In-scope students https://nces.ed.gov/ and colleges Postsecondary survey students who are enrolled in their first year in NPSAS:90 were surveys/bps/ Students of postsecondary education. The study followed up in 1992, (BPS)
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repayment, and entry into and persistence 3. NPSAS:08 identified through graduate school programs, among in-scope students who other indicators.
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etc. Link Universities Integrated Survey that IPEDS, established as the core Data collected annually https://nces.ed.gov/ and colleges Postsecondary collects postsecondary education data collection in three waves using 12 ipeds Education administrative program for NCES, is a system of surveys survey instruments.*
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Universities Classification Other, CIP provides a taxonomic scheme that Classifications updated https://nces.ed.gov/ and colleges of classification supports the accurate tracking and in 1980, 1985, 1990, ipeds/cipcode/ Instructional reporting of postsecondary fields of study 2000, 2010, 2020 Default.aspx? y=56 Programs and program completions activity in (CIP)
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etc. Link Universities Postsecondary Survey system PEQIS was established in 1991 to conduct The most recent PEQIS https://nces.ed.gov/ and colleges Education brief surveys of postsecondary institutions survey was conducted surveys/peqis/ Quick or state higher education agencies on in 2013, covering the Information postsecondary education topics of national 2012–13 school year.
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in the United States, designed to provide data about faculty and instructional staff to postsecondary education researchers and policy makers. There are no plans to repeat the study.
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etc. Link Adult Career and Other, a CTE Statistics is the NCES reporting Website provides links https://nces.ed.gov/ education/ Technical data product system for national information on CTE to data and reports in surveys/ctes/ career and Education built from and workforce preparation.
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the nation's most comprehensive measure of adult literacy since the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS)
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include the International Early Learning Study, Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, International Computer and Information Literacy Study, Program for International Student Assessment, and the Teaching and Learning International Survey. Also, listed under adult education, is the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies.
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Career/Technical Training Module: The Adult Training and Education Survey (ATES) module collected data about adults ages 16 to 65 not enrolled in high school.
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The National Principal and Teacher Survey is another example of a cross-sectional survey. NCES assessment surveys, such as the National Assessment of Educational Progress, include student tests or assessments embedded in probability sample surveys.
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These nonprobability samples of willing participants simulate probability samples by targeting invitations to particular types of people, and by using eligibility criteria and poststratification to guide participation and weight the responses to be representative of the intended population. "Granularity is among the strengths of commercial data, and some data are available on a weekly basis.
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WEB SCRAPING In a presentation to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Panel on A Consumer Food Data System for 2030 and Beyond in 2019 Carma Hogue of the U.S. Census Bureau, defined web scraping as "an automated process of collecting data from an online source.
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COGNITIVE INTERVIEWING/TESTING Cognitive interviewing is often used as a tool in survey development to verify how respondents understand survey questions and whether they can and will answer accurately. For example, "think-aloud" is a common approach, in which the respondent is asked to read the survey question aloud and then verbalize his/her thoughts in preparing an answer.
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FOCUS GROUPS Focus groups are a qualitative research tool used to develop or test a survey questionnaire, or in other research contexts such as to interpret the results from a data collection or simply to examine a topic in depth without any attempt to relate the results to a survey. Unlike an interview, the interaction among focus group participants is an important part of the process (Flores and Alonso, 1995)
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