Digest of Education Statistics 2015, 51st Edition. NCES 2016-014
Author: Snyder, Thomas D.
Date: 2016-12-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: Elementary Secondary Education,Postsecondary Education,Federal Aid,Educational Finance,Outcomes of Education,Comparative Analysis,Libraries,Internet,Foreign Countries,Enrollment,Elementary School Teachers,Secondary School Teachers,Academic Achievement,High School Graduates,Dropouts,College Faculty,Academic Degrees,Student Costs,Undergraduate Study,Educational Attainment,Adult Literacy,Numeracy,Expenditures,Private Schools,Home Schooling,School Choice,Parent Participation,Teacher Student Ratio,Teacher Characteristics,Class Size,Teacher Attitudes,Faculty Mobility,Teacher Salaries,Principals,School Personnel,School District Size,Educational Facilities,Technology Uses in Education,Young Children,Skills,National Competency Tests,Course Selection (Students),Grades (Scholastic),Grade Repetition,College Entrance Examinations,Homework,Attendance,Victims of Crime,Activities,Crime,Educational Environment,Violence,Weapons,Drinking,Drug Abuse,Smoking,Discipline,School Safety,School Security,Juvenile Justice,State Regulation,Income,College Admission,Place of Residence,Migration,Study Abroad,Foreign Students,Institutional Characteristics,Black Colleges,Graduation Rate,Student Financial Aid

The 2015 edition of the &quot;Digest of Education Statistics&quot; is the 51st in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The &quot;Digest&quot; has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school. The &quot;Digest&quot; includes a selection of data from many sources, both government and private, and draws especially on the results of surveys and activities carried out by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). To qualify for inclusion in the &quot;Digest,&quot; material must be nationwide in scope and of current interest and value. The publication contains information on a variety of subjects in the field of education statistics, including the number of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, and graduates, in addition to data on educational attainment, finances, federal funds for education, libraries, and international comparisons. Supplemental information on population trends, attitudes on education, education characteristics of the labor force, government finances, and economic trends provides background for evaluating education data. Although the &quot;Digest&quot; contains important information on federal education funding, more detailed information on federal activities is available from federal education program offices. The &quot;Digest&quot; contains seven chapters: (1) All Levels of Education; (2) Elementary and Secondary Education; (3) Postsecondary Education; (4) Federal Funds for Education and Related Activities; (5) Outcomes of Education; (6) International Comparisons of Education; and (7) and Libraries and Internet Use. Each chapter is divided into a number of topical subsections. Preceding the seven chapters is an Introduction that provides a brief overview of current trends in American education, which supplements the tabular materials in chapters 1 through 7. The Digest concludes with three appendices. The first appendix, Guide to Sources, provides a brief synopsis of the surveys used to generate the Digest tables; the second, Definitions, is included to help readers understand terms used in the Digest; and the third, Index of Table Numbers, allows readers to quickly locate tables on specific topics. [For the 2014 edition, &quot;Digest of Education Statistics 2014, 50th Edition. NCES 2016-006,&quot; see ED565675.]