Report
Technical/Methodological Report
Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998–99 (ECLS-K), Eighth-Grade Methodology Report
NCES
Author(s):
Tourangeau, K., Lê, T., Nord, C., and Sorongon, A. G.
Publication date:
September 2009
Survey areas:
Publication number:
NCES 2009003
Summary
This methodology report provides technical information about the development, design, and conduct of the eighth grade data collection of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998–99 (ECLS-K). Detailed information on the development of the instruments, sample design, data collection methods, data preparation and editing, response rates, and weighting and variance estimation is included.