Digest of Education Statistics 2014, 50th Edition. NCES 2016-006
Author: Snyder, Thomas D.
Date: 2016-04-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: Elementary Secondary Education,Postsecondary Education,Higher Education,Dropouts,Educational Finance,Federal Aid,Early Childhood Education,Educational Attainment,Expenditures,Educational Legislation,Federal Legislation,Disabilities,Equal Education,Educational Quality,Access to Education,Educational Facilities,Vocational Education,Educational Environment,Veterans Education,Outcomes of Education,Comparative Analysis,Libraries,Technology Uses in Education,Foreign Countries,Internet,Racial Differences,Enrollment Trends,Income,Teacher Student Ratio,Unemployment,Employment Level,Graduation Rate,Geographic Location,Economic Factors,Public Schools,Private Schools,Eligibility,Student Financial Aid,Family Characteristics,Age Differences,Poverty,Child Care,Home Schooling,School Choice,Parent Participation,Institutional Characteristics,Tables (Data),Teacher Characteristics,Student Characteristics,English (Second Language),Academic Degrees,Majors (Students),Occupations,Safety,Violence,Salaries,National Competency Tests,Academic Achievement,Crime

The 2014 edition of the &quot;Digest of Education Statistics&quot; is the 50th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The Digest 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 Digest 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 Digest, 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 Digest contains important information on federal education funding, more detailed information on federal activities is available from federal education program offices. The Digest contains seven chapters: All Levels of Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Federal Funds for Education and Related Activities, Outcomes of Education, International Comparisons of Education, and Libraries and Technology. 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 appendixes. The first appendix, &quot;Guide to Sources,&quot; provides a brief synopsis of the surveys used to generate the Digest tables; the second, &quot;Definitions,&quot; is included to help readers understand terms used in the Digest; and the third, &quot;Index of Table Numbers,&quot; allows readers to quickly locate tables on specific topics. [For the 49th 2013 edition, see ED556349.]