Digest of Education Statistics, 2009. NCES 2010-013
Author: Snyder, Thomas D.
Date: 2010-04-00
Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data
Subjects: Elementary Secondary Education,Postsecondary Education,Federal Programs,Outcomes of Education,School Statistics,Educational Attainment,Population Trends,Libraries,Federal Aid,Educational Finance,Educational Attitudes,Educational Technology,Foreign Countries,Comparative Analysis,Enrollment,Family Characteristics,Parent Participation,Parent School Relationship,Expenditures,Private Schools,Elementary School Teachers,Secondary School Teachers,Public Schools,School Districts,High School Graduates,Dropouts,Reading Achievement,Mathematics Achievement,Science Achievement,State Regulation,Student Behavior,Income,College Faculty,Academic Degrees,Student Financial Aid,Adult Education,Vocational Education,Labor Force,College Graduates,Foreign Students,Computer Uses in Education,College Students,Disabilities,Federal Legislation,Educational Legislation,Elementary School Students,Secondary School Students,Student Characteristics,Public Colleges,Private Colleges

The 2009 edition of the &quot;Digest of Education Statistics&quot; is the 45th 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: All Levels of Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Federal Programs for Education and Related Activities, Outcomes of Education, International Comparisons of Education, and Libraries and Educational Technology. Preceding these 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 &quot;Digest&quot; concludes with three appendixes. Appendices include: (1) Guide to Sources; (2) Definitions; and (3) Index of Table Numbers. (Contains 29 figures and 442 tables.) [For the companion report, &quot;Mini-Digest of Education Statistics, 2009&quot;, see ED509884. For the &quot;Digest of Education Statistics, 2008&quot;, see ED504502.]