Reports and Fact Sheets
Achievement
Condition
of Education 2008
Report with 43 educational
indicators and numerous supplemental tables.
National
Center
for Education
Statistics,
U.S.
Department of Education
Diplomas Count
2008: School to College: Can State P-16 Councils Ease the Transition?
Report examining states' efforts to forge stronger connections between
precollegiate and postsecondary education. Includes the latest analysis of
graduation rates, which found that an estimated 30% of the class of 2008 will
fail to graduate with their peers.
Education Week
Has Student Achievement Increased Since 2002? State Test Score Trends Through 2006-07
Report with trends in student achievement in all 50 states since 2002.
Center on Education Policy
The Nation’s Report Card
National reports on
academic achievement in reading, mathematics, and science.
National Assessment of
Education Progress (NAEP),
National
Center for Education
Statistics
Quality Counts 2008:
Tapping Into Teaching: Unlocking the Key to Student Success
Individualized
state-by-state reports, with findings on key indicators and progress over time.
Education Week
Child and Family Statistics
2008 Kids Count Data Book: State Profiles of Child Well-Being
A national and state-by-state profile of the well-being of America’s children, including data on the economic, health, education, and social conditions of America’s children and families. This year, it also includes the essay A Road Map for Juvenile Justice Reform, which looks at the nearly 100,000 children confined to juvenile facilities on any given night in the United States.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
America’s Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2008
Provides indicators on the family, health care, safety, behavior, education, health, and more.
Forum on Child and Family Statistics
America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being,
2007
Includes data on birth rates, poverty,
health insurance, education, and more.
Forum on Child and Family Statistics
Cost–Benefit
Analyses
Benefits and Costs of
Prevention and Early Intervention Programs for Youth
Report with cost–benefit information on more than 50 programs.
Washington State Institute for Public Policy
Crisis and Emergency Management
Emergency Management: Most School Districts Have Developed Emergency
Management Plans, but Would Benefit from Additional Federal Guidance
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Disabilities
National Longitudinal
Transition Study-2 (NLTS2): Fact Sheets
National
Center for
Special Education
Research,
U.S.
Department
of Education
Discipline
Are Zero Tolerance
Policies Effective in the Schools? An Evidentiary Review and Recommendations
Zero Tolerance Task Force, American Psychological Association
Dropout and Graduation
Cities in Crisis: A Special Analytic Report on High School Graduation
America’s Promise Alliance
Diplomas Count
2008: School to College: Can State P-16 Councils Ease the Transition?
Report examining states' efforts to forge stronger connections between
precollegiate and postsecondary education. Includes the latest analysis of
graduation rates, which found that an estimated 30% of the class of 2008 will
fail to graduate with their peers.
Education Week
Dropout Rates in the
United States: 2002-2003
National Center for Education
Statistics,
U.S.
Department
of Education
Drug Abuse
Evaluation of the Office of National Drug Control
Policy (ONDCP) National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign
Westat, Inc.
Monitoring the Future National Results on Adolescent
Drug Use: Overview of Key Findings 2005
National Institute on Drug
Abuse
2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (formerly the National
Household Survey)
Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
National Expenditures for Mental Health Services and
Substance Abuse Treatment, 1993-2003
Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
Economic Conditions
The Impact of the Mortgage Crisis on Children
First Focus
Education Statistics
Condition
of Education 2008
Report with 43 educational
indicators and numerous supplemental tables.
National
Center
for Education
Statistics,
U.S.
Department of Education
Fast Facts
National
Center for
Education
Statistics,
U.S.
Department of Education
Trends Among High School Seniors, 1972-2004
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
Emotional or Behavioral Difficulties
U.S.
Children
4-17 Years of Age Who Received Services for Emotional or Behavioral
Difficulties: Preliminary Data from the 2005 National Health Inventory Survey
National
Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
Financing Services for
Children and Youth
Children's Budget 2008
Provides the raw data on federal funding trends for all budgetary programs related to children.
First Focus
Kids' Share 2008: How Children Fare in the Federal Budget
The Urban Institute and the New America Foundation
Public Financing of
Home and Community Services for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbances:
Selected State Strategies
2006 report of mental health
services financing strategies in 12 states.
Mathematica Policy
Research, Inc.
IDEA
Twenty-Seventh Annual Report to Congress on the
Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Parts B and
C
U.S.
Department of Education
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Youth Under Age 18 in
the Adult Criminal Justice System
National Council on Crime and Delinquency
Blueprint for Change: A Comprehensive Model for the
Identification and Treatment of Youth with Mental Health Needs in Contact with
the Juvenile Justice System
National
Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
Tools for Promoting Educational Success and Reducing Delinquency
Mental Health Services
Mental
Health,
United States,
2004
Center for Mental Health
Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
National Expenditures for Mental Health Services and
Substance Abuse Treatment, 1993-2003
Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
Minority Populations
Minority Population Growth: 1995-2050
Minority Business Development Agency,
U.S.
Department of Commerce
Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and
Ethnic Minorities
National
Center for
Education
Statistics,
U.S.
Department of Education
No Child Left Behind
Beyond NCLB: Fulfilling
the Promise to Our Nation’s Children
The Commission on No Child Left Behind
Rewards &
Roadblocks: How Special Education Students are Faring Under No
Child
Left
Behind
National
Center for Learning Disabilities
Prevention
Blueprints for Violence
Prevention
Links to information on 12 model
programs, 19 promising programs, and more.
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence,
University
of
Colorado at
Boulder
Promotion and
Prevention in Mental Health: Strengthening Parenting and Enhancing Child
Resilience
Center for Mental Health Service, Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration
Standards of Evidence:
Criteria for Efficacy, Effectiveness and Dissemination
Society for Prevention Research (SPR)
Prevention Science article explicating the SPR’s Standards
of Evidence
Suicide Prevention in
the
Schools
Center for School Mental Health Analysis and Action,
University of
Maryland
School of Medicine
Privacy and Confidentiality
Forum Guide to the Privacy of Student Information: A
Resource for Schools
National Forum on Education
Statistics,
U.S.
Department of Education
State Policies Affecting the Assurance of Confidential Care for Adolescents
Incenter Strategies
Private School Voucher Programs
Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts After One
Year
Institute of Education Sciences,
U.S.
Department of Education
Psychotropic Drugs
Psychotropic Drugs and
Children: A 2007
Update
Center for Health and Health Care in
Schools, The George
Washington
University
Rural Education
Status of Education in Rural
America
National
Center for
Education
Statistics,
U.S.
Department of Education
School Climate
From Teasing to
Torment: School Climate in America: A Survey of Students and Teachers
National report with links to
separate reports for Ohio, Texas, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, and New
York.
Harris Interactive, Inc.
2005
National
School
Climate Survey: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth
in Our Nation’s Schools
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
Quality Counts at 10: A
Decade of Standards-Based Education
Individualized state-by-state reports, with findings on key indicators and
progress over time.
Education Week
School Crime and Safety Statistics
Indicators of School Crime
and Safety: 2007
National
Center for Education Statistics and Bureau of Justice
Statistics
School Associated
Violent Deaths
National
School
Safety
Center
School Survey on Crime
and Safety
National
Center for
Education
Statistics,
U.S.
Department of Education
School
Violence
Resource
Center
Fact
Sheets
National
Center for Rural Law Enforcement
http://www.svrc.net/FactSheets.htm
http://www.svrc.net/Files/SchoolCrimeStatistics.pdf
School Health
School Health Policies
and Programs Study
Includes fact sheets, state-level
summaries, state report cards, and more.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
School Health Profiles:
Characteristics of Health Programs Among Secondary Schools
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
School Mental Health
Children’s Mental
Health: Facts for Policymakers
Mailman
School
of
Public Health,
Columbia
University
Children’s Mental
Health Needs, Disparities and School-Based Services: A
Fact
Sheet
Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
School-Based Mental
Health: An Empirical Guide for Decision-Makers
A brief overview providing numerous resources.
Research and
Training
Center for Children’s Mental Health, University of
South
Florida
School Mental Health
Services in the
United
States
: 2002-2003
Extensive data from a survey of
1,147 K-12 schools (60% response rate).
Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration
School Psychologists and Related Services
Personnel
Effective Pupil
Services: Research, Data, and References
Information for a wide range of related services personnel, including school
psychologists.
National Alliance of Pupil Services Organizations
Sexual Minority Youth
From Teasing to
Torment: School Climate in America: A Survey of Students and Teachers
National report with links to
separate reports for Ohio, Texas, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, and New
York.
Harris Interactive, Inc.
2005
National
School
Climate Survey: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth
in Our Nation’s Schools
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
Stigma
Mental Health America Attitudinal
Survey, Part IV: Understanding of and Attitudes Towards Mental Illness
The survey shows progress in attitudes, but reveals that understanding and
comfort with mental illnesses still lag behind other major illnesses.
Mental Health
America
Youth and Mental Health
Stigma
Results of two surveys on perceptions of mental health difficulties and
associated stigma among children and youth aged 8 to 18.
Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health at
Portland State University and Harris Interactive, Inc.
Technology
Technology
Counts: STEM: The Push to Improve Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics
Special state-focused online report assembling key findings on each state's K-12
performance on access, use, and capacity to use technology.
Education Week
Testing Accommodations
State Testing
Accommodations: A Look at Their Value and
Validity
National
Center for Learning Disabilities
Transitioning to the
Workforce
Tunnels & Cliffs: A Guide for
Workforce Development Practitioners and Policymakers Serving Youth with Mental
Health Needs
National Collaborative on
Workforce and Disability for Youth, Institute for Educational Leadership
Youth Risk Behaviors
Youth Risk Behavior
Surveillance—United States, 2005
Extensive report with 73 tables on
youth behaviors including suicide attempts, possession of weapons, sexual
activity, alcohol use, etc., from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance
System.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention