As 2019 comes to an end, we’re taking stock of NCES’s most downloaded reports, most viewed indicators, Fast Facts, and blog posts, and most engaging tweets over the past year. As you reflect on 2019 and kick off 2020, we encourage you to take a few minutes to explore the wide range of education data NCES produces.
Top Five Reports, by PDF downloads
Top Five indicators from the Condition of Education, by number of web sessions
1. Children and Youth With Disabilities (86,084)
2. Public High School Graduation Rates (68,977)
3. Undergraduate Enrollment (58,494)
4. English Language Learners in Public Schools (50,789)
5. Education Expenditures by Country (43,474)
Top Five Fast Facts, by number of web sessions
1. Back to School Statistics (227,510)
2. College Graduate Rates (109,617)
3. Tuition Costs of Colleges and Universities (107,895)
4. College Endowments (71,056)
5. High School Dropout Rates (67,408)
Top Five Blog Posts, by number of web sessions
1. Free or Reduced Price Lunch: A Proxy for Poverty? (5,522)
2. Explore Data on Mental Health Services in K–12 Public Schools for Mental Health Awareness Month (4,311)
3. Educational Attainment Differences by Students’ Socioeconomic Status (3,903)
4. Education and Training Opportunities in America’s Prisons (3,877)
5. Measuring Student Safety: Bullying Rates at School (3,706)
Top Five Tweets, by number of impressions
1. Condition of Education (45,408 impressions)
2. School Choice in the United States (44,097 impressions)
3. NAEP Music and Visual Arts Assessment (32,440 impressions)
4. International Education Week (29,997 impressions)
5. Pop Quiz (25,188 impressions)
Be sure to check our blog site and the NCES website in 2020 to keep up-to-date with NCES’s latest activities and releases. You can also follow NCES on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn for daily updates and content.
By Thomas Snyder