The Condition of Education 2018. NCES 2018-144
Author: McFarland, Joel
Date: 2018-05-00
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: Educational Indicators,Elementary Secondary Education,Postsecondary Education,Kindergarten,Outcomes of Education,Comparative Education,Early Childhood Education,Costs,Teacher Characteristics,Alternative Teacher Certification,Student Financial Aid,Student Loan Programs,Debt (Financial),College Students,Comparative Analysis,Access to Education,Family Characteristics,Public School Teachers,Graduate Students,Preschool Children,Enrollment,Preschool Education,Public Schools,Private Schools,Charter Schools,English Language Learners,Disabilities,Institutional Characteristics,Lunch Programs,Crime,School Safety,Statistical Distributions,Educational Assessment,Student Evaluation,Reading Achievement,Mathematics Achievement,High School Graduates,Graduation Rate,Educational Attainment,Dropout Rate,Educational Finance,Taxes,Expenditures,Enrollment Rate,Student Characteristics,College Faculty,Undergraduate Study,Graduate Study,Academic Degrees,STEM Education,School Holding Power,Educational Certificates,Paying for College,Young Adults,Income,Employment Patterns,Unemployment,Scores,Benchmarking,Scientific Literacy,Literacy,Numeracy,Internet,Educational Legislation,Equal Education,Federal Legislation,National Competency Tests,Racial Differences,Cohort Analysis,Achievement Tests,Foreign Countries,Grade 4,International Assessment,Reading Tests,Tables (Data)

&quot;The Condition of Education 2018&quot; is a congressionally mandated annual report summarizing the latest data on education in the United States. This report is designed to help policymakers and the public monitor educational progress. This report contains indicators on the state of education in the United States, from prekindergarten through postsecondary education, as well as labor force outcomes and international comparisons. This year's report includes 47 indicators on topics ranging from prekindergarten through postsecondary education, as well as labor force outcomes and international comparisons. In addition to the regularly updated annual indicators, this year's spotlight indicators highlight new findings from recent the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) surveys: (1) The first spotlight indicator examines the choices and costs that families face as they select early childhood care arrangements; (2) The second spotlight describes the characteristics of teachers who entered the teaching profession through an alternative route to certification program; and (3) The third spotlight presents data on average student loan balances for students completing graduate degrees. &quot;The Condition&quot; includes an &quot;At a Glance section,&quot; which allows readers to quickly make comparisons within and across indicators, and a &quot;Highlights&quot; section, which captures key findings from each indicator. The report contains a &quot;Reader's Guide,&quot; a &quot;Glossary,&quot; and a &quot;Guide to Sources&quot; that provide additional background information. Each indicator provides links to the source &quot;data tables&quot; used to produce the analyses. As new data are released throughout the year, indicators will be updated and made available on &quot;The Condition of Education&quot; website. [For the 2017 report, &quot;The Condition of Education 2017. NCES 2017-144,&quot; see ED574257.]