Education Statistics

Working through the Education Statistics Services Institute-Statistics (ESSI-Stat) and NAEP Education Statistics Services Institute (NESSI), NISS has convened a series of task forces to bring nationwide expertise to bear on problems of importance to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Previous topics include review of NCES Statistical Standards (2002), High School Graduation, Completion and Dropout Indicators (2004), US Participation in International Assessments (2004), Title IX Compliance (2004), Data Confidentiality (2006), Effect Sizes (2006), Computerized Adaptive Testing (2007), Non-Response Bias Analysis (2008), Full Population Estimates for NAEP (2009), Configuration and Data Integration for Longitudinal Studies (2009). Current topics include Maps and Graphics, Postsecondary Access and Choice, Projections and Tracing School Principals without Social Security Numbers.

NISS has published several technical reports on NAEP:

NISS/NESSI Task Force on Full Population Estimates for NAEP - Revised July 22, 2009 (90K PDF)

Exploring Statistical Adjustment of Results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (1999) (448K PDF)

Accounting for Missing Data in Educational Surveys: A Workshop Report (1999) (1.89M PDF)

Perspectives on Statistics for Educational Research: Proceedings of a Workshop (1995) (4.13M PDF)

Projecting to the NAEP Scale: Results from the North Carolina End-of-Grade Testing Program (1995) (1.96M PDF)

Controlling Error in Multiple Comparisons, with Special Attention to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (1994) (3.67M PDF)

In addition, three NISS employees work on site at NAEP NESSI's Division of Assessment as part of a center-wide review team.