Data Sets

National Data Sets

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Education Data Sets

These resources allow you to review and compare data for school districts across the entire nation.

Civil Rights Data Collection
Contains "wide ranging education access and equity data collected from our nation's public schools".
Common Core of Data (CCD)
A program of the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics. Find information about schools and school districts, descriptive data about students and staff, and fiscal data including revenues and expenditures.
Education Demographic & Geographic Estimates (EDGE)
Created by the NCES. This webpage provides a new dynamic data mapping tool that provides geographic context to NCES, Census, and other education demographic datasets.
Education Finance Statistics Center (EDFIN)
Locate finance information on public elementary/secondary education, including at the school district level
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
"The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas."
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
"The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education."
National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER)
Data, reports, and other information from the Department of Education focusing on special education.
National Household Education Survey
"Collects nationally representative, descriptive data on the educational activities of children and adults in the United States." Includes survey data about homeschooling, parent involvement in schools, young children education and care before Kindergarten, adult education and training, and more.
National Teacher & Principal Survey
"A system of related questionnaires that provide descriptive data on the context of elementary and secondary education in addition to giving policymakers a variety of statistics on the condition of education in the United States."
School Survey on Crime & Safety
Primary source of school-level data on crime and safety at public elementary and secondary schools in the US.
Stanford Education Data Archive (SEDA)
"The Stanford Education Data Archive (SEDA) is an initiative aimed at harnessing data to help scholars, policymakers, educators, and parents learn how to improve educational opportunity for all children."
State Education Reforms
"Compiles and disseminates data on state-level elementary and secondary education reform efforts." Data collected from organizations other than NCES.
State Profiles
Presents key data about each state's performance in the NAEP.
U.S. Department of Education
The website to the U.S. Department of Education.

Miscellaneous Private & National Data Sets

Child Stats
Created by the Federal Interagency on Child and Family Statistics, which is a collaboration of 22 federal government agencies. Their annual report "America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being" looks at indicators of child well-being including education, health, etc.
Child Welfare
Statistics on child and family well being including health, education, income, child care and more.
Data & Statistics about the U.S.
Find data about the U.S. Includes lists of federal agencies to locate population, demographic, economic data as well as maps and other information.
Data.gov
Home of the US government's open data
Data World
Locate free data sets from around the world. NOTE: must create a free account.
DBpedia
Created by Wikipedia with the goal to share millions of pieces of data for public use.
Disability Statistics
Created by Cornell University, this resource includes major statistical data sources about disability.
Immigration Data & Statistics
Created by the Department of Homeland Security, you will find data on foreign nationals, permanent legal residents, naturalized citizens and maps with various demographic characteristics (1996-present).
IPUMS
Provides census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space.
Kids Count Data Center
The premier source for data on child and family well-being in the United States
National Center for Children in Poverty Data Tools
The data tools created and maintained by the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP), which is the nation’s leading public policy center dedicated to promoting the economic security, health, and well-being of America’s low-income families and children.
Open Data Network
Explore government related data with some visualizations built in.
Open ICPSR
Website to share and search for data that is free to use for the social and behavioral sciences.
Our World in Data
Data and data visualizations that cover a wide range of topics and disciplines. Can easily limit to Education.
Pew Research Center
Raw data sets made available from the researchers of Pew Research. Data available on a variety of topics including Education.
US Census Bureau
Explore the Census Data

Minnesota & Local Data Sets

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Education Data Sets for Minnesota

These resources allow you to review data at the state, at the district, and at the local level.

Minnesota Department of Education
Website to the Minnesota's Department of Education
MDE Data Center
Data reports and data analytics from all school districts in the state of Minnesota.
Minnesota Report Card
"This tool is designed to provide parents, educators, schools, districts and citizens with easy access to district and school information, test results, revenue and expenditure data, demographic information and other critical data in a centralized location."
Minnesota SLEDS
The Minnesota Statewide Longitudinal Education Data System (SLEDS) that matches student data from pre-kindergarten through completion of postsecondary education and into the workforce.

Miscellaneous State Open Data Sets

Minnesota Demographic Center
Access to reports, data, news, and other information collected by the Minnesota Demographic Center.
Minnesota Compass
A social indicators project, led by Wilder Research, that measures progress in Minnesota and its communities.
Open Data Minneapolis
Locate open data from the city of Minneapolis
Open Information St. Paul
Access to open data and information from the city of St. Paul

International Data Sets

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International Education Data Sets

These resources will allow you to look at data for schools around the world.

Canada Open Data
Canada's Open Data project for open data on a variety of topics, including Education.
Data
Created by the World Bank. This is the website to "free and open access to data about development in countries around the globe."
EdStats -Education Statistics Database
This webpage was created by the World Bank focusing completely on education from countries around the world.
European Union Open Data Portal
Explore raw data from the European Union. Has the ability to limit to Education.
International Data Explorer
Explorer student and adult data and performance on international assessments.
Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)
A triennial international survey aimed at evaluating the educational systems worldwide by testing the skills and knowledge of 15 year old students.
Progress in International Reading & Literacy Study (PIRLS)
Provides "an international comparative assessment that measures student learning in reading."
Teaching & Learning International Survey (TALIS)
An international survey about teachers, teaching, and learning environments.
Trends in International Mathematics & Science Study (TIMSS)
"Provides reliable and timely data on the mathematics and science achievement of U.S. students compared to that of students in other countries."
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
The primary source for cross-nationally comparable statistics for various topics including education. More than 200 countries and territories are involved.
UNICEF Data Center
Statistics and data about children and women. Arranged by topic an country.
United Nations Statistics Division
Statistical information about varying topics from countries around the world.

EDU 6190 - Using Data to Improve Learning: Data Sets

National Data Sets

Education Data Sets

Miscellaneous Private & National Data Sets

Minnesota & Local Data Sets

Education Data Sets for Minnesota

Miscellaneous State Open Data Sets

International Data Sets

International Education Data Sets