Spotlight Archive

This section of the Condition of Education features spotlight indicators on selected issues of current policy interest.

The spotlight indicators from the 2005 to 2021 editions of the Condition of Education are listed below. For spotlights from the 2000 to 2004 editions, refer to the specific edition on the Annual Reports Publication & Products page.

2022

• Homeschooled Children and Reasons for Homeschooling
• Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Fall Plans for Postsecondary Education

2021

• Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on the Elementary and Secondary Education System
• Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Fall Plans for Postsecondary Education

2019

• Young Adult Educational and Employment Outcomes by Family Socioeconomic Status
• Postsecondary Outcomes for Nontraditional Undergraduate Students

2018

• Early Childhood Care Arrangements: Choices and Costs
• Characteristics of Public School Teachers Who Completed Alternative Route to Certification Programs
• Trends in Student Loan Debt for Graduate School Completers

2017

• Risk Factors and Academic Outcomes in Kindergarten Through Third Grade
• Homeless Children and Youth in Public Schools
• First-Time Postsecondary Students' Persistence After 3 Years
• Disability Rates and Employment Status by Educational Attainment

2016

• Kindergartners' Approaches to Learning, Family Socioeconomic Status, and Early Academic Gains
• Differences in Postsecondary Enrollment Among Recent High School Completers
• Post-Bachelor's Employment Outcomes by Sex and Race/Ethnicity

2015

• Kindergartners' Approaches to Learning Behaviors and Academic Outcomes
• Disparities in Educational Outcomes Among Male Youth
• Postsecondary Attainment: Differences by Socioeconomic Status

2013

• Trends in Employment Rates by Educational Attainment
• Kindergarten Entry Status: On-Time, Delayed-Entry, and Repeating Kindergartners
• The Status of Rural Education
• Financing Postsecondary Education in the United States

2012

• A Closer Look at High School Students in the United States Over the Last 20 Years

2011

• A Closer Look at Postsecondary Education by Institution Level and Control

2010

• High-Poverty Public Schools

2009

• U.S. Performance Across International Assessments of Student Achievement

2008

• Community Colleges

2007

• High School Coursetaking

2006

• U.S. Student and Adult Performance on International Assessments of Educational Achievement

2005

• Mobility in the Teacher Workforce