Research Guides: Special Education: Data Sources

Education Data Sources

Florida Department of Education Data & Reports
Links to data on K-12 and postsecondary education in Florida.
Florida K-12 Assessments
Information on assessment measures for K-12 in Florida.
School Accountability Reports
Provides grades, school improvement, adequate yearly progress, and report card for Florida K-12 schools, school districts, and the state as a whole.
National & international Assessments
National and international assessments provide us with data to evaluate how well Florida’s students are doing in a variety of subjects at different ages and grade levels in comparison with students across the nation and in other countries.

National Center for Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
Center on Standards and Assessment Implementation

Data.gov
Main site for accessing all U.S. open data. Includes tools to use in data research, analysis, and visualization.
Federal Data Guide

State Education Departments and Boards
Directory of state education web sites
State Education Data Profiles (NCES)
Statewide education information covering elementary/secondary education characteristics and finance, postsecondary education, public libraries, assessments, and selected demographics for all states provided by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Common Core of Data (NCES)
NCES program that annually collects fiscal and non-fiscal data about all public schools, public school districts and state education agencies in the U.S.
ED Data Express
Interactive site of state-level education data collected by the U.S. Department of Education.
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Data sources include: EDFacts, Consolidated State Performance Reports (CSPR), State Accountability Workbooks, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), the College Board, and the Department's Budget Service office.
Consolidated State Performance Reports (CSPR)
Required annual report on K-12 performance for all states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
NAEP State Profiles (NCES)
key data about each state's performance in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in mathematics, reading, writing, and science for grades 4 and 8