Education Research Newsletter Relaunched
Read Education Research News, the relaunched IES newsletter that highlights new initiatives from the IES Director, as well as other activities and accomplishments of IES and its Centers. Includes staff news, training opportunities and other upcoming events, and the latest on web research tools.
Publications Emerging From Research Funded through the National Center for Education Research
Interested in learning more about findings from research supported by NCER? A comprehensive list of publications from research grants funded since 2002 is now available.
Between 1985 and 2008, public school enrollment rose 26 percent, from 39.4 million to 49.8 million. (Read more)
In 2007, the nationwide Black-White achievement gaps at grade 4 in both mathematics and reading were narrower than in the first assessment given in either subject. (Read more)
Data Snapshot
![69% of eighth-graders indentified the side with the same length in congruent figures.<br />
[<em>The Nation's Report Card: Mathematics 2009</em>]](/images/11_2_2009.gif)
69% of eighth-graders indentified the side with the same length in congruent figures.
[The Nation's Report Card: Mathematics 2009]
![75% of fourth-graders made a pictograph of given information.<br />[<em>The Nation's Report Card: Mathematics 2009</em>]](/images/10_26_2009.gif)
75% of fourth-graders made a pictograph of given information.
[The Nation's Report Card: Mathematics 2009]
