Additional Sources of Information

Note: The links below are to information resources hosted by organizations outside NSF. Links were correct at the time of release but may no longer be active as a result of changes at the referenced organization's Web site.

Population Estimates and Projections

Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2001 (tables 10-17). Available at http://www.census.gov/statab/www.

National Population Estimates by Age, Sex, and Race/Ethnicity: 2001:

By Sex and Race/Ethnicity: Available at http://eire.census.gov/popest/data/national/asro.php

By Age and Sex: Available at http://eire.census.gov/popest/data/national/asro.php

By Age and Race/Ethnicity: Available at http://eire.census.gov/popest/data/national/asro.php

Precollege Education

Precollege Mathematics and Science Achievement

National Center for Education Statistics, Children's Reading and Mathematics Achievement in Kindergarten and First Grade. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2002125.

National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), The Nation's Report Card:

Science: Available at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/science.

Mathematics: Available at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/mathematics.

High School Science and Mathematics Coursetaking

The College Board, Advanced Placement Program, 2002 State and National Summary Reports. Available at http://www.collegeboard.com/ap/library/state_nat_rpts_02.html.

Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), Biennial Report: State Indicators of Science and Mathematics Education. Available at http://www.ccsso.org/content/pdfs/SciMathIndicators2001.pdf.

National Center for Education Statistics, The Condition of Education: 2002. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2002025.

Students Served Under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Annual Report to Congress. Available at http://www.ed.gov/about/reports/annual/osep/index.html.

Mathematics and Science Teachers

National Center for Education Statistics, Public School Student, Staff, and Graduate Counts, by State: School Year 2001-02. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2003/snf_report03.

National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (elementary and secondary education). Available at http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/sass.

Number of Students

National Center for Education Statistics, Public School Student, Staff, and Graduate Counts, by State: School Year 2001-02. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2003/snf_report03.

Computer Use

National Center for Education Statistics, Advanced Telecommunications in U.S. Private Schools: 1998-99. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2001037.

National Center for Education Statistics, Beyond School-Level Internet Access: Support for Instructional Use of Technology. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2002029.

National Center for Education Statistics, Internet Access in U.S. Public Schools and Classrooms: 1994-2000. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2001071.

National Center for Education Statistics, Teacher Use of Computers and the Internet in Public Schools. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2000090.

National Center for Education Statistics, Young Children's Access to Computers in the Home and at School in 1999 and 2000. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2003036.

High School Completion

National Center for Education Statistics, Public High School Dropouts and Completers From the Common Core of Data: School Years 1998-99 and 1999-2000. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2002382.

National Center for Education Statistics, The Condition of Education. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/2002/section3/indicator25.asp.

Undergraduate Education

Higher Education Research Institute (HERI), University of California at Los Angeles, The American Freshman—National Norms 2002. Available at http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri/american_freshman.html.

National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, 2002. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2003/digest02.

Educational Persistence and Attainment

National Center for Education Statistics, Coming of Age in the 1990s: The Eighth-Grade Class of 1988 12 Years Later. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2002321.

National Center for Education Statistics, Competing Choices: Men's and Women's Paths After Earning a Bachelor's Degree. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2001154.

National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, 2000. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2003060.

National Center for Education Statistics, Educational Achievement and Black-White Inequality. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2001061.

National Center for Education Statistics, Entry and Persistence of Women and Minorities in College Science and Engineering Education. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2000601.

National Center for Education Statistics, Public High School Dropouts and Completers From the Common Core of Data: School Years 1991-92 Through 1997-98. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2002317.

National Center for Education Statistics, The Influence of High School Racial Composition on Black College Attendance and Test Performance. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=78212.

National Center for Education Statistics, Trends in Educational Equity of Girls & Women. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2000030.

U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Educational Attainment Data. Available at http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/educ-attn.html.

Minority Education

American Council on Education, Nineteenth Annual Status Report on Minorities in Higher Education 2001-02. Available at http://www.acenet.edu/programs/caree/status-report/index.cfm.

National Center for Education Statistics, American Indians and Alaska Natives in Postsecondary Education. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=98291.

National Center for Education Statistics, Educational Achievement and Black-White Inequality. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2001061.

National Center for Education Statistics, Status and Trends in the Education of Hispanics. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2003/hispanics.

Students With Disabilities

National Center for Education Statistics, An Institutional Perspective on Students With Disabilities in Postsecondary Education. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=1999046.

National Center for Education Statistics, Postsecondary Students with Disabilities: Enrollment, Services, and Persistence. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2000092.

National Center for Education Statistics, What Are the Barriers to the Use of Advanced Telecommunications for Students With Disabilities in Public Schools? Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2000042.

The George Washington University, HEATH Resource Center, 2001 College Freshmen With Disabilities: A Biennial Statistical Profile. Available at http://www.heath.gwu.edu/PDFs/collegefreshmen.pdf.

Minority-Serving Institutions

National Center for Education Statistics, Hispanic Serving Institutions: Statistical Trends From 1990 to 1999. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2002051.

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights (list of minority serving institutions). Available at http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/edlite-minorityinst.html.

International Participation in Science and Engineering

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Education at a Glance (annual) (contains data on education by sex and country). Available at http://www.oecd.org.

The World Bank Group, GenderStats (electronic database of gender statistics on enrollment and attainment by sex and country). Available at http://genderstats.worldbank.org.

Employment and Faculty

Committee on Women in Science and Engineering, National Research Council, Female Engineering Faculty at U.S. Institutions: A Data Profile. Available at http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cwse/.

National Center for Education Statistics, Gender and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Salary and Other Characteristics of Postsecondary Faculty: Fall 1998. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2002170.

National Center for Education Statistics, The Gender and Racial/Ethnic Composition of Postsecondary Instructional Faculty and Staff,1992-98. Available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2002160.

National Research Council, Committee on Women in Science and Engineering, From Scarcity to Visibility: Gender Differences in the Careers of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers. Available at http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cwse/Publications.html.

Nelson, D. J., The Nelson Diversity Surveys (2002) (tables with number of faculty, by sex, race/ethnicity, and rank at top 50 institutions, by field). Available at http://cheminfo.chem.ou.edu/faculty/djn/diversity/top50.html.

University of California, Los Angeles, Higher Education Research Institute, Faculty Survey. Available at http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri/faculty.html.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management, (Federal employment statistics, by occupational group, sex, race/ethnicity, and disability status). Available at http://www.opm.gov/feddata/index.asp.