The Condition of Education 2009

The Condition of Education 2009 summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report presents 46 indicators on the status and condition of education. The indicators represent a consensus of professional judgment on the most significant national measures of the condition and progress of education for which accurate data are available. The 2009 print edition includes 46 indicators in five main areas: (1) participation in education; (2) learner outcomes; (3) student effort and educational progress; (4) the contexts of elementary and secondary education; and (5) the contexts of postsecondary education.

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• Download, view and print, Commissioner's Statement, Reader's Guide, Table of contents, and Section 1 on Participation in Education as a pdf file
• Download, view and print, Section 2 on Learner Outcomes and Section 3 on Student Effort and Educational Progress as a pdf file
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