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Report: Repayment of Student Loans as of 2015 Among 1995–96 and 2003–04 First-Time Beginning Students
This first look report presents selected findings about the repayment of federal student loans using data from two NCES longitudinal studies, which contain information on student loan borrowing, Pell grant receipt, repayment, and default. Twenty years after beginning postsecondary education in 1995–96, approximately 38% of borrowers had fully paid off their loans without defaulting, while 25% had defaulted on at least one loan. Twelve years after beginning postsecondary education 2003-04, 20% of borrowers had fully paid off their loans without defaulting, while 27% had defaulted on at least one loan.
Report: Data on College Completion
This report provides a comprehensive look at the percentage of degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who are successfully completing postsecondary education, including non-traditional students.
Resource: National and State-Level High School Graduation Rates for the 2015–16 School Year
This table illustrates the public high school graduation rate, organized by race/ethnicity and selected demographic characteristics, for students in the United States for the 2015–16 school year. Policy makers, researchers, and education professionals can use these data to understand the trends in graduation rates and which specific populations may need support to reach graduation.
Resource: International Data Explorer (IDE) Updated with New Data
This IDE update includes data from the 2015 administration of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and TIMSS Advanced, which assess students’ mathematics and science knowledge and skills. The IDE is an online, interactive tool that allows users to explore international study data and create customized tables, charts, maps, and analyses.
Report: Beginning College Students Who Change Their Majors Within Three Years of Enrollment
This report examines the extent to which first-time associate’s and bachelor’s degree students change their majors after three years of enrollment, focusing on how the rate at which students change major varies with their degree program and field of study.
Report: Student Victimization in U.S. Schools: Results from the 2015 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey
This report examines student criminal victimization and the characteristics of crime victims and nonvictims. It also provides findings on student reports of the presence of gangs and weapons, and the availability of drugs and alcohol at school, student reports of bullying, and fear and avoidance behaviors of crime victims and nonvictims at school.
Report: Participation in High School Career and Technical Education and Postsecondary Enrollment
This report analyzes the relationship between high school career and technical education course-taking and later enrollment in postsecondary education.
Report: System of Least Prompts
This report, developed by the What Works Clearinghouse, reviews the research on the System of Least Prompts, a practice that involves defining and implementing a hierarchy of prompts to assist students in learning a skill.
Report: Postsecondary Tuition, Fees, and Degrees
This report presents data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System fall 2016 collection, which included three survey components: institutional characteristics for the 2016-17 academic year; completions from July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016; and data on 12-month enrollment for the 2015-16 academic year.
Report: High School Students’ Views on Who Influences Their Thinking about Education and Careers
This report examines who public high school students view as their main influence when they are considering postsecondary education and careers. Results show students relied on family members as the main influence when thinking about postsecondary education, and students relied on themselves primarily when thinking about careers.
Resource: ERIC Widget
This new widget, developed by the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), allows website hosts to provide their visitors with links to ERIC's most popular resources. Students, librarians, and researchers can use the widget to gain immediate access to ERIC search tools and products to support their work and studies.
Resource: Video to Help Users Create Citations for ERIC Resources
This video helps students and other Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) users who are writing research papers or other academic work develop citations for the resources they consulted on the ERIC platform.
Resource: Distance Learning Dataset Training
This online training tool allows users to learn about the NCES data products across the education spectrum and evaluate them for their particular purposes. Researchers, students, policy specialists and analysts, and education professionals can use the training tool to learn about NCES datasets, their design, and special considerations for analysis to facilitate effective use.
Report: 2015–16 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:16): Student Financial Aid Estimates
This publication provides the first results of the NPSAS:16, the most comprehensive nationally representative survey of student financing of postsecondary education in the U.S. It describes the percentages of students receiving various types of financial aid and average amounts received, by type of institution attended, attendance pattern, dependency status, and income level.
Report: High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS: 09): Fall 2009 Ninth-Graders in 2016
This report (PDF, 71 pages) presents findings from the second follow-up of HSLS: 09 participants, with a focus on fall 2009 ninth-graders’ education and employment outcomes in 2016.
Report: The Financial Literacy of 15-year-olds in the U.S. and Abroad
This report presents the results of the 2015 Program for International Student Assessment financial literacy assessment of 15-year-old students in the U.S. and the 14 other education systems that participated.
How Americans Are Expanding Their Use of the Internet (2001) Chapter 5: How Young People Have Embraced Computers and the Internet
A report by the U.S. Department of Commerce: Children and young adults have embraced new information technologies in large numbers. More than any other age group, these younger age groups use computers and the Internet widely for many of their daily activities.
How Access to Technology Benefits Children
This site includes a report, created by the Department of Commerce, which contains 11 stories about people who are working hard to ensure technology will enhance the lives of children.
Healthy Homes Program Brochure
The Healthy Homes program provides homeowners and rental property owners with practical information about how to prevent health and safety hazards. Specific problems such as asthma, allergies and mold are discussed.
Healthy Homes Website
The Healthy Homes program provides homeowners and rental property owners with practical information about how to prevent health and safety hazards. Specific problems such as asthma, allergies and mold are discussed.
Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control
In 1991, Congress established HUD's Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control to eliminate lead-based paint hazards in America's privately-owned and low-income housing. The OHHLHC provides funds to state and local governments to develop cost-effective ways to reduce lead-based paint hazards. In addition, the office enforces HUD’s lead-based paint regulations, provides public outreach and technical assistance, and conducts technical studies to help protect children and their families from health and safety hazards in the home
Seven Steps to a Healthy Home
The Healthy Homes program offers seven steps to having a healthy home, providing homeowners and rental property owners with practical information about how to prevent health and safety hazards. These steps include the importance of keeping your home pest- and contaminant-free, as well as dry, clean, well-ventilated and well-maintained.