Measurement Error Studies at the National Center for Education Statistics

This report focuses on illustrating an important part of NCES' commitment to the evaluation of the quality of its survey data through systematic, ongoing efforts to monitor the components of error in its data products, making after-the-fact corrections as necessary, and constantly improving the survey process designs to eliminate errors before they occur. It reviews a sample of past and current measurement error studies conducted by NCES and summarizes the results of each study, drawing upon relevant NCES publications.

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