U. S. Education Statistics

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/site/home.asp
Description: Also known as "The Nation's Report Card", this project of NCES assesses academic performance of 4th, 8th, and 12th graders on a range of subjects.
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National Education Goals Panel (NEGP)
http://www.negp.gov/
Description: The NEGP is an independent Federal agency charged with monitoring progress towards the National Education Goals. Members are drawn from the legislative and executive branches of the Federal government as well as state governors and legislators. Reports may be viewed online or dowloaded; free hard copies also available.
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Educational Testing Service Network
http://www.ets.org/index.html

Achieve: Standards Database
http://www.achieve.org/achieve/achievestart.nsf/Search?
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Description: Achieve, Inc. is a non-profit organization founded by governors and corporate leaders in support of education standards. The standards database provides access to state academic standards information and side-by-side state comparisons.
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Educational Assessment Data

The Condition of Education
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/majorpub.asp

Paper: Docs. ED 1.109: (latest in Docs. Ref. Desk)

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
Summary Data Table Tool
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/TABLES/SDTTOOL.HTM

Description: HTML tables, PDF files.

NAEP Reports
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/majorpub.asp#naep

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Dropout Rates in the United States: 1999
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2001022

Description: National data on high school dropout and completion from 1972-99. State level data from the 1990's. HTML and PDF.