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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>IES What's New</title><link>http://ies.ed.gov/whatsnew/</link><description>For the latest in events, developments, and updates to the IES website, check back here often.</description><language>en-us</language><category>education</category><category>statistics</category><category>data access tools</category><category>libraries</category><category>schools</category><category>colleges</category><item><title>2007-08 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:08) Restricted-Use Data File</title><description><![CDATA[The NPSAS:08 restricted-use data file is now available to restricted-use data licensees. NPSAS:08 contains the data on a sample of about 114,000 undergraduate students and about 14,000 graduate and first-professional students who were enrolled at any time between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008 in about 1,730 postsecondary institutions.  The survey focuses on how students and their families pay for postsecondary education, and contains a wide range of demographic information about the nation's postsecondary students. ]]></description><pubDate>11/6/2009</pubDate><link>http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010171</link></item><item><title>WWC releases report on YouthBuild, a dropout prevention intervention</title><description><![CDATA[The Clearinghouse's review of the research on the effectiveness of YouthBuild found no studies that fall within the scope of the WWC Dropout Prevention review protocol that meet What Works Clearinghouse standards.  The lack of studies meeting WWC evidence standards means that, at this time, the WWC is unable to draw conclusions based on research about the effectiveness of ineffectiveness of YouthBuild.]]></description><pubDate>11/3/2009</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/reports/dropout/youthbuild/ </link></item><item><title>Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Competition Deadline Extended to December 4, 2009</title><description><![CDATA[A notice extending the deadline for the Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems competition under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has been sent to the Federal Register. The official notice will appear in the Federal Register during the week of November 2, 2009.]]></description><pubDate>10/30/2009</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/funding/</link></item><item><title>High School Longitudinal Study of 2009</title><description><![CDATA[The new High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 is a nationally representative, longitudinal study of 9th graders who will be followed through high school, postsecondary education, and early work experiences to gauge their learning in algebra and their decision-making processes about courses, college, and careers.  Information will be collected from students, school administrators, math and science teachers, school counselors, administrative records, and parents.  Data collection is underway now and will continue through December 2009.]]></description><pubDate>10/30/2009</pubDate><link>http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/hsls09/</link></item><item><title>Mapping State Proficiency Standards Onto NAEP Scales: 2005-2007</title><description><![CDATA[This study compares education proficiency standards across states by "mapping" state 4th and 8th grade percent-proficient results from math and reading assessments onto a nationally common NAEP scale.]]></description><pubDate>10/29/2009</pubDate><link>http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pubs/studies/2010456.asp</link></item><item><title>The Children Born in 2001 at Kindergarten Entry: First Findings From the Kindergarten Data Collections of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B)</title><description><![CDATA[The latest results of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) have been released. Using data from the final two rounds of the ECLS-B, a longitudinal study begun in 2001, this First Look provides a snapshot of the demographic characteristics, reading and mathematics knowledge, fine motor skills, school characteristics, and before- and after-school care arrangements of the cohort at the time they first began kindergarten.]]></description><pubDate>10/28/2009</pubDate><link>http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010005</link></item><item><title>NCEE releases WWC Intervention Report on &amp;quot;Headsprout Early Reading&amp;quot;</title><description><![CDATA[This new WWC intervention report in the topic area of early childhood education  assesses the research evidence on the effectiveness of this internet-based supplemental early literacy curriculum.]]></description><pubDate>10/27/2009</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/reports/early_ed/headsprout/ </link></item><item><title>REL Northwest releases report on &amp;#8220;Indian Education Policies in Five Northwest Region States&amp;#8221;</title><description><![CDATA[In this comprehensive effort to study Indian education policies, the report categorizes the policies of five Northwest Region states based on 13 key policies identified in the literature and describes the legal methods used to adopt them, such as statutes, regulations, and executive orders. The study found that six of the key policies had been adopted by all five states: adopting academic standards for teaching students about the history and culture of America&#8217;s indigenous peoples, involving Native Americans on advisory boards, promoting Native American languages through teacher certification, allowing students to learn their native language as part of their education program, and providing tuition assistance for college-bound Native American students.]]></description><pubDate>10/26/2009</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/projects/project.asp?ProjectID=187</link></item><item><title>Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Local Education Agencies From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2007-08 - First Look</title><description><![CDATA[This report presents selected findings on the numbers and types of public elementary and secondary local education agencies (LEAs) in the United States and the territories in the 2007-08 school year, using data from Public Elementary/Secondary Local Education Agency Universe Survey of the Common Core of Data (CCD) survey system.]]></description><pubDate>10/22/2009</pubDate><link>http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010306</link></item><item><title>Public School Graduates and Dropouts From the Common Core of Data:  School Year 2006&amp;#8211;07</title><description><![CDATA[This First Look presents the number of high school graduates, the Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate (AFGR), and dropout data for grades 9 through 12 for public schools during the 2006-07 school year. State education agencies (SEAs) provided the data to the Common Core of Data (CCD) nonfiscal survey.]]></description><pubDate>10/21/2009</pubDate><link>http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010313</link></item><item><title>New Adolescent Literacy Intervention Report Released</title><description><![CDATA[See how the WWC rated the research on Read 180, a reading program for students whose reading achievement is below the proficient level. ]]></description><pubDate>10/20/2009</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/reports/adolescent_literacy/read180/index.asp</link></item><item><title>Career/Technical Education Statistics Website updated</title><description><![CDATA[The CTE Statistics website includes tables describing CTE at three levels: 1) secondary/high school CTE, 2) postsecondary/college career education, and 3) adult education for work. These tables are updated periodically to incorporate new topics and data from new surveys.  In this update, two sets of postsecondary CTE tables have been added.  The first provides estimates on CTE offerings and awards conferred in more than 100 fields of study, as of 2007. The second set of tables describes the enrollment, persistence, and attainment of postsecondary students who began their education in the 1995-96 school year.]]></description><pubDate>10/15/2009</pubDate><link>http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ctes/</link></item><item><title>The Nation&amp;#8217;s Report Card: Mathematics 2009</title><description><![CDATA[This report presents results of the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in mathematics at grades 4 and 8. Results for students in the nation, the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Department of Defense schools are reported as average scores and as percentages of students performing at or above three achievement levels: Basic, Proficient, and Advanced.]]></description><pubDate>10/14/2009</pubDate><link>http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010451</link></item><item><title>NAEP Mathematics 2009 State Snapshot Reports</title><description><![CDATA[Each state and jurisdiction that participated in the NAEP 2009 mathematics assessment receives a one-page snapshot report that presents key findings and trends in a condensed format. The reports in this series present bulleted text describing overall student results, bar charts showing NAEP achievement levels for each year in which the state participated, and tables displaying results by gender, race/ethnicity, and eligibility for free/reduced-price lunch. In addition, bulleted text describes the trends in average scale score gaps for gender, race/ethnicity, and eligibility for free/reduced-price lunch. A map comparing the average score in 2009 to other states/jurisdictions is also displayed.]]></description><pubDate>10/14/2009</pubDate><link>http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010454</link></item><item><title>NCEE Technical Methods Report:  Do Typical RCTs of Education Interventions Have Sufficient Statistical Power for Linking Impacts on Teacher Practice and Student Achievement Outcomes</title><description><![CDATA[<em>Reports in this series are designed for use by researchers, methodologists, and evaluation specialists to provide guidance in resolving or advancing challenges to evaluation methods.</em> For RCTs of education interventions, it is often of interest to estimate associations between student and mediating teacher practice outcomes, to examine the extent to which the study&#8217;s conceptual model is supported by the data, and to identify specific mediators that are most associated with student learning. ]]></description><pubDate>10/13/2009</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20094065.asp</link></item></channel></rss>
