May 27, 2010 – On Thursday, May 27, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education, released Condition of Education 2010. NCES is mandated to report to Congress and the President on the condition of education by June 1 of each year. The 2010 report presents 49 indicators on the status and condition of education in the U.S. (more than 100 indicators are available online). This year’s report includes indicators in six main areas: special section on high-poverty schools; participation in education; learner outcomes; student effort and educational progress; the contexts of elementary and secondary education; and the contexts of postsecondary education. Stuart Kerachsky, NCES Deputy Commissioner, highlighted key findings of the report and responded to audience questions at a public briefing hosted by the Department of Education this morning.
The full text of the report is available on the NCES website.
