The International Data Explorer has just been updated with 2011 data for the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)
New NCES Snapshot From the International Data Explorer Focuses on Low-Performing Students
Does the U.S. have higher proportions of low-performing students than do our economic peers around the world?
Data Snapshot
18% of households with a high school student, 16% of households with a college student, and 17% of households with job-seekers used a public library in the past month to use a computer or the Internet in 2002.
Sources of public libraries’ operating income: FY 2000
Local: 77%
State: 13%
Federal: 1%
Other: 9%
