**The  following are links to various datasets and websites to find area specific  information and resources. Click on the title to be directed to the  platforms.**

### DATA COLLECTIONS AND STATE TABLES

**Data.gov.** This website  provides information on some of the U.S. Department of Education's new  discretionary grant programs. It also provides links to various Department of  Education data tools and includes a catalogue of raw data sets.

**Civil Rights Data  Collection.** Here you will find a data tool for exploring  the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), which collects data on key education  and civil rights issues in our nation's public schools for use by the U.S.  Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR), other Department of  Education offices, and other policymakers and researchers. This data collection  provides information about students in public elementary and secondary schools  on a variety of indicators, including enrollment, access to educational programs  or services, and academic proficiency results, "disaggregated" or  broken out, by factors including race, ethnicity, sex, and disability.

**Common Core of  Data.** The Common Core of Data (CCD) is an annual collection of fiscal and non-fiscal  data about all public elementary and secondary schools, public school districts  and state education agencies in the United States collected by the National  Center for Education Statistics. The data include information that describes  schools and school districts including name, address, and phone number;  descriptive information about students and staff, including demographics; and  fiscal data, including revenues and current expenditures. From this website,  users can also link to the Build a Table tool, which allows users to explore  CCD data. This site also provides links to the complete documentation of the  data set.

**Integrated  Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).**The primary source for  data on colleges, universities, and technical and vocational postsecondary  institutions in the United States.

**United  States Education Dashboard.** The Dashboard presents indicators in 4  areas that are critical to improving educational results and achieving the  President's 2020 college attainment goal.

**State by State Budget Tables.**The below link will  give you access to the Department's Congressional Budget Justifications, and  state by state budget tables.

### PK-HIGHER ED

**StudentAid.ed.gov.**New  streamlined Federal Student Aid website is making it easier for students and  families to navigate the financial aid process and make informed decisions  about paying for college and is the initial step in a multi-phase project to  offer a "one-stop shop" where consumers can access federal student  aid information, apply for federal aid, repay student loans, and navigate the  college decision-making process. Also includes the FSA data center where  individuals can obtain information on Title IV loans and grants, broken down by  state and Institution of Higher Education default rates.

**College  Affordability and Transparency Center.**This new tool helps  provide the public with information about the relative costs of postsecondary  education by identifying the highest and lowest cost institutions in the  country in terms of tuition and fees, net price, and change in price.

**Financial Awareness Counseling Tool.**New web tool to  provide information to help consumers understand financial aid and assist in  managing finances.

**College Completion Toolkit.**Here you will find ED's  tool kit for low-cost or no-cost strategies that states can use to boost  college completion.

**CFPB&ED Joint Report on Private Student Loans.**Check  out the new joint report by the Department and the Consumer Financial  Protection Bureau (CFPB) regarding consumer protection issues with private  student loans and recommendations to improve the student loan  marketplace.

**New  College Cost Shopping Sheet.**The  Department partnered with the CFPB to develop the Shopping Sheet to promote  transparency in student aid financial disclosures. The Shopping Sheet makes  student costs clear up front—before students have enrolled—by outlining total  estimated annual costs; how much grant money students will receive, and how  much they may have to take out in the form of student loans; the institution's  graduation and default rates; and an estimate of monthly loan payments after  graduation. While the Shopping Sheet is not mandatory, its format should be  considered a best practice in helping students to compare costs across  different institutions.

**Blueprint to Transform Career and Technical Education.**This  is the Administration's proposal to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and  Technical Education Act of 2006.

**NCLB  Flexibility.**Here you will find a number of resources on the  Department's NCLB Flexibility package for states.

**National Conversations about Teaching: The RESPECT Project.**This  page is designed for educators who are interested in participating in a  National Conversation about the Teaching Profession and giving the Department  their feedback to inform future policy and programs, including a possible  competition to transform teaching, which we are calling the RESPECT  project.

### GRANTS

**Find  ED Programs.** Here you will find information about each ED  program: its purpose, who is eligible to apply, and more. You can search  by office, title, subject, CFDA #, type of eligibility, and assistance  type.

**FY 2012 Discretionary Grant Application Packages.**This  link will show you which application packages are available for grant  competitions that are currently open.

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