The High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) is a nationally representative, longitudinal study of more than 23,000 9th graders in 944 schools who will be followed through their secondary and postsecondary years. The study focuses on understanding students' trajectories from the beginning of high school into postsecondary education or the workforce and beyond. What students decide to pursue when, why, and how are crucial questions for HSLS:09, especially, but not solely, in regards to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) courses, majors, and careers. This study features a new student assessment in algebraic skills, reasoning, and problem solving and includes, like past studies, surveys of students, their parents, math and science teachers, school administrators, as well as a new survey of school counselors. The first wave of data collection for HSLS:09 begins in the fall of 2009 and will produce not only a nationally representative dataset but also state representative datasets for each of ten states.
Highlights
January 2010:
Data Collection
HSLS:09 will collect questionnaire data from students, school administrators, teachers, school counselors, and parents. An algebra assessment will also be administered to each student.
Questionnaires
Because data will not be collected until the Fall of 2009, the actual questionnaires will not be loaded onto this website until January of 2010.
Spring 2011:
Publications and CDs
At this time, HSLS:09 does not have any publications or CDs. The first publications and CDs are expected in the spring of 2011.
Spring 2011:
Available Data
HSLS:09 data will not be available until the spring of 2011.
