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U.S. Department of Education
Richard W. Riley
Secretary

Office of Educational Research and Improvement
Marshall S. Smith
Acting Assistant Secretary

Pascal D. Forgione, Jr.
Commissioner

The (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data related to education in the United States and other nations. It fulfills a congressional mandate to collect, collate, analyze, and report full and complete statistics on the condition of education in the United States; conduct and publish reports and specialized analyses of the meaning and significance of such statistics; assist state and local education agencies in improving their statistical systems; and review and report on education activities in foreign countries.

NCES activities are designed to address high priority education data needs; provide consistent, reliable, complete, and accurate indicators of education status and trends; and report timely, useful, and high quality data to the U.S. Department of Education, the Congress, the states, other education policymakers, practitioners, data users, and the general public.

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Suggested Citation for the print version
U.S. Department of Education. . Selected Papers in School Finance, 1995, NCES 97-536, by Fowler, William J. Jr., Washington, DC: 1997.

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March, 1997

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