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NAEP High School Transcript Study 2009 Restricted-Use Data File
NCES Number: 2011490    Release Date: July 19, 2011  

High school & Beyond Sophomore Cohort: 1980-92 Postsecondary Education Transcripts Supplement
NCES Number: 2000194   Release Date: March 17, 2011  

NAEP High School Transcript Study 2005 Restricted-Use Data File
NCES Number: 2008483   Release Date: August 19, 2008  

Education Longitudinal Study of 2002/06: Restricted Use Second Follow-up Data Files, Data File Documentation, and Electronic Codebook System
NCES Number: 2008346   Release Date: October 16, 2007  

Education Longitudinal Study: 2002/2004 Restricted-Use Base-Year, First Follow-up, and High School Transcript Data Files and Electronic Codebook System
NCES Number: 2006351   Release Date: December 8, 2006  

2000 High School Transcript Study Restricted-Use Data File
NCES Number: 2004547   Release Date: November 5, 2004  

CD-Rom: Postsecondary Education Transcript Study
NCES Number: 2004401   Release Date: February 1, 2004  

NLS-72 National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972
NCES Number: 1994487rev   Release Date: March 18, 1994  

Open  Reports

Condition of Education 2023
NCES Number: 2023144REV   Release Date: May 24, 2023  

Digest of Education Statistics, 2021
NCES Number: 2023009   Release Date: March 8, 2023  

Condition of Education 2022
NCES Number: 2022144   Release Date: May 31, 2022  

Digest of Education Statistics, 2020
NCES Number: 2022009   Release Date: February 10, 2022  

Digest of Education Statistics, 2019
NCES Number: 2021009   Release Date: February 25, 2021  

Digest of Education Statistics, 2018
NCES Number: 2020009   Release Date: December 24, 2019  

Digest of Education Statistics, 2017
NCES Number: 2018070   Release Date: January 30, 2019  

Digest of Education Statistics, 2016
NCES Number: 2017094   Release Date: February 20, 2018  

Digest of Education Statistics, 2015
NCES Number: 2016014   Release Date: December 8, 2016  

Digest of Education Statistics, 2014
NCES Number: 2016006   Release Date: April 28, 2016  

Digest of Education Statistics, 2013
NCES Number: 2015011   Release Date: May 7, 2015  

Digest of Education Statistics, 2012
NCES Number: 2014015   Release Date: December 31, 2013  

Algebra I and Geometry Curricula: Results from the 2005 High School Transcript Mathematics Curriculum Study
NCES Number: 2013451   Release Date: March 12, 2013  

Digest of Education Statistics, 2011
NCES Number: 2012001   Release Date: June 13, 2012  

America’s High School Graduates: Results of the 2009 NAEP High School Transcript Study
NCES Number: 2011462    Release Date: April 13, 2011  

Digest of Education Statistics, 2010
NCES Number: 2011015   Release Date: April 5, 2011  

Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Groups
NCES Number: 2010015   Release Date: July 14, 2010  

Digest of Education Statistics, 2009
NCES Number: 2010013   Release Date: April 7, 2010  

Digest of Education Statistics, 2008
NCES Number: 2009020   Release Date: March 18, 2009  

Trends Among High School Seniors, 1972-2004
NCES Number: 2008320   Release Date: June 24, 2008  

Digest of Education Statistics, 2007
NCES Number: 2008022   Release Date: March 25, 2008  

Mathematics Coursetaking and Achievement at the End of High School: Evidence from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)
NCES Number: 2008319   Release Date: January 8, 2008  

Interpreting 12th-Graders’ NAEP-Scaled Mathematics Performance Using High School Predictors and Postsecondary Outcomes From the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88)
NCES Number: 2007328   Release Date: September 18, 2007  

Advanced Mathematics and Science Coursetaking in the Spring High School Senior Classes of 1982, 1992, and 2004
NCES Number: 2007312   Release Date: August 9, 2007  

Digest of Education Statistics, 2006
NCES Number: 2007017   Release Date: July 26, 2007  

The 2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations: Comparative Data on Credits Earned and Demographics for 2000, 1998, 1994, 1990, 1987, and 1982 High School Graduates.
NCES Number: 2007463   Release Date: July 16, 2007  

Findings from the Condition of Education 2007: High School Coursetaking
NCES Number: 2007065   Release Date: May 31, 2007  

America’s High School Graduates: Results from the 2005 NAEP High School Transcript Study
NCES Number: 2007467   Release Date: February 22, 2007  

Digest of Education Statistics, 2005
NCES Number: 2006030   Release Date: August 10, 2006  

Digest of Education Statistics, 2004
NCES Number: 2006005   Release Date: October 12, 2005  

First Generation Students in Postsecondary Education: A Look at their College Transcripts
NCES Number: 2005171   Release Date: August 9, 2005  

Digest of Education Statistics, 2003
NCES Number: 2005025   Release Date: December 30, 2004  

The Condition of Education in Brief 2004
NCES Number: 2004076   Release Date: June 1, 2004  

The High School Transcript Study: A Decade of Change in Curricula and Achievement, 1990-2000
NCES Number: 2004455   Release Date: March 25, 2004  

Digest of Education Statistics, 2002
NCES Number: 2003060   Release Date: June 23, 2003  

Trends in High School Vocational/Technical Coursetaking: 1982-1998
NCES Number: 2003025   Release Date: May 28, 2003  

Digest of Education Statistics, 2001
NCES Number: 2002130   Release Date: March 1, 2002  

Assessing the Best: NAEP's 1996 Assessment of Twelfth-Graders Taking Advanced Science Courses
NCES Number: 2001451   Release Date: September 14, 2001  

The 1998 High School Transcript Study Tabulations: Comparative Data on Credits Earned and Demographics for 1998, 1994, 1990, 1987, and 1982 High School Graduates
NCES Number: 2001498   Release Date: July 31, 2001  

Credits and Attainment: Returns to Postsecondary Education Ten Years After High School
NCES Number: 2001168   Release Date: March 23, 2001  

Monitoring School Quality: An Indicators Report
NCES Number: 2001030   Release Date: November 29, 2000  

Vocational Education in the United States: Toward the Year 2000
NCES Number: 2000029   Release Date: January 24, 2000  

Mapping the Road to College: First-Generation Students’ Math Track, Planning Strategies, and Context of Support
NCES Number: 2000153   Release Date: January 19, 2000  

Credit Production and Progress Toward the Bachelor's Degree: An Analysis of Postsecondary Transcripts for Beginning Students at 4-Year Institutions
NCES Number: 1999179   Release Date: February 23, 1999  

Confronting the Odds: Students At Risk and the Pipeline to Higher Education
NCES Number: 98094   Release Date: January 7, 1998  

Science Proficiency and Course Taking in High School: The Relationship of Science Course-taking Patterns to Increases in Science Proficiency Between 8th and 12th Grades
NCES Number: 97838   Release Date: April 15, 1997  

Urban Schools: The Challenge of Location and Poverty
NCES Number: 96184   Release Date: August 5, 1996  

NELS:88/94 Descriptive Summary Report With an Essay on "Access and Choice in Postsecondary Education"
NCES Number: 96175   Release Date: May 10, 1996  

Trends in Participation in Secondary Vocational Education: 1982 - 1992
NCES Number: 96004   Release Date: April 15, 1996  

NELS:88 High School Senior's Instructional Experiences in Science and Math
NCES Number: 95278   Release Date: March 15, 1996  

Trends Among High School Seniors, 1972-1992
NCES Number: 95380   Release Date: July 3, 1995  

Vocational Coursetaking and Achievement: An Analysis of High School Transcripts and 1990 NAEP Assessment Scores
NCES Number: 95006   Release Date: June 14, 1995  

The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972: Annotated Bibliography of Studies, 1980-1992.
NCES Number: 19933156   Release Date: April 12, 1993  

A Profile of American 8th Grade Mathematics and Science Instruction
NCES Number: 92486   Release Date: June 24, 1992  

Trends in Postsecondary Credit Production 1972 and 1980 High School Graduates
NCES Number: 90351   Release Date: June 26, 1990  

High School Course Grade Standards. National Center for Education Statistics Bulletin.
NCES Number: 1985206   Release Date: April 12, 1985  

Open  Shorter Publications

Science Achievement and Occupational Career/Technical Education Coursetaking in High School: The Class of 2005
NCES Number: 2010021   Release Date: May 19, 2010  

Academic Preparation for College in the High School Senior Class of 2003−04
NCES Number: 2010169   Release Date: January 20, 2010  

New Indicators of High School Career/Technical Education Coursetaking: Class of 2005
NCES Number: 2009038   Release Date: April 29, 2009  

Course Credit Accrual and Dropping Out of High School, by Student Characteristics
NCES Number: 2009035   Release Date: February 3, 2009  

Academic Pathways, Preparation, and Performance: A Descriptive Overview of the Transcripts from the High School Graduating Class of 2003-04
NCES Number: 2007316   Release Date: November 22, 2006  

The Postsecondary Educational Experiences of High School Career and Technical Education Concentrators: Selected Results From the NELS:88/2000 Postsecondary Education Transcript Study
NCES Number: 2006309   Release Date: July 20, 2006  

Postsecondary Attainment, Attendance, Curriculum, and Performance: Selected Results From the NELS:88/2000 Postsecondary Education Transcript Study (PETS), 2000
NCES Number: 2003394   Release Date: September 16, 2003  

Public High School Graduates Who Participated in Vocational/Technical Education: 1982-1998
NCES Number: 2003024   Release Date: July 3, 2003  

Changes in High School Vocational Coursetaking in a Larger Perspective
NCES Number: 2001026   Release Date: October 30, 2000  

Do Gatekeeper Courses Expand Education Options?
NCES Number: 1999303   Release Date: March 1, 1999  

Adults' Participation in Work-Related Courses: 1994-95
NCES Number: 98309   Release Date: December 17, 1998  

Who Goes to America's Highly Ranked "National" Universities?
NCES Number: 98095   Release Date: November 1, 1998  

The 1994 High School Transcript Study Tabulations: Comparative Data on Credits Earned and Demographics for 1994, 1990, 1987, and 1982 High School Graduates REVISED
NCES Number: 98532   Release Date: September 15, 1998  

NAEPFacts: Eighth-Grade Algebra Course-Taking and Mathematics Proficiency
NCES Number: 96815   Release Date: February 14, 1996  

Statistics in Brief: Who Can Play? An Examination of NCAA's Proposition 16
NCES Number: 95763   Release Date: August 30, 1995  

Statistics in Brief: Social Background Differences in High School Mathematics and Science Coursetaking and Achievement
NCES Number: 95206   Release Date: August 10, 1995  

Statistics in Brief: Mathematics Course-Taking and Gains in Mathematics Achievement
NCES Number: 95714   Release Date: June 5, 1995  

Statistics in Brief: Making the Cut: Who Meets Highly Selective College Entrance Criteria?
NCES Number: 95732   Release Date: April 24, 1995  

High School Course Grade Standards. National Center for Education Statistics Bulletin.
NCES Number: 1984221b   Release Date: April 12, 1984  

Open  Technical/Methodological

Development of the 2018 Secondary School Course Taxonomy
NCES Number: 2019046   Release Date: July 23, 2019  

The 2009 High School Transcript Study User’s Guide
NCES Number: 2011465   Release Date: September 29, 2011  

The 2005 High School Transcript Study User’s Guide and Technical Report
NCES Number: 2009480rev   Release Date: November 13, 2008  

The 2007 Revision of the Career/Technical Education Portion of the Secondary School Taxonomy
NCES Number: 2008030   Release Date: October 17, 2007  

Education Longitudinal Study of 2002: First Follow-up Transcript Component Data File Documentation (Restricted Use)
NCES Number: 2006338   Release Date: December 8, 2006  

The 2000 High School Transcript Study User's Guide and Technical Report
NCES Number: 2005483   Release Date: August 30, 2005  

Classification of Instructional Programs: 2000 Edition
NCES Number: 2002165   Release Date: May 8, 2002  

The 1998 High School Transcript Study User's Guide and Technical Report
NCES Number: 2001477   Release Date: July 31, 2001  

The 1994 High School Transcript Study Technical Report
NCES Number: 97262   Release Date: August 15, 1997  

The New College Course Map and Transcript Files: Changes in Course-Taking and Achievement, 1972-1993. Based on the Postsecondary Records from Two National Longitudinal Studies.
NCES Number: 19958001   Release Date: April 21, 1995  

USER'S MANUAL: NELS:88 Second Follow-Up: Transcript Component Data File
NCES Number: 95377   Release Date: April 11, 1995  

A Pilot Standard National Course Classification System for Secondary Education
NCES Number: 95480   Release Date: February 3, 1995  

USER'S MANUAL: 1990 High School Transcript Study
NCES Number: 93416   Release Date: May 12, 1993  

NLS-72-Postsecondary Education Transcript Files. Data User's Manual for Revised Transcript, Term, and Course Files. Supplementary Addendum.
NCES Number: 1992354   Release Date: April 22, 1992  

A College Course Map and Transcript Files: Changes in Course-Taking and Achievement, 1972-1993. Second Edition.
NCES Number: 1990527   Release Date: April 21, 1990  

Sophomore Cohort Postsecondary Education Transcript Study. High School and Beyond. Technical Report.
NCES Number: 1988675   Release Date: April 12, 1988  

Development of Classification System for Postsecondary Courses
NCES Number: 87312   Release Date: February 1, 1987  

National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. Postsecondary Education Transcript Study Data File User's Manual. Contractor Report.
NCES Number: 1986221   Release Date: April 12, 1986  

High School and Beyond Transcripts Survey (1982). Data File User's Manual. Contractor Report.
NCES Number: 1984205   Release Date: July 21, 1984  

High School and Beyond Course Offerings and Course Enrollments Survey (1982). Data File User's Manual. Contractor Report.
NCES Number: 1984206   Release Date: April 12, 1984  

A Classification of Secondary School Courses
NCES Number: IES1982218   Release Date: July 23, 1982