- Introduction
- Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey (ALL)
- Academic Libraries Survey (ALS)
- Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B) Longitudinal Study
- Beginning Postsecondary Students (BPS) Longitudinal Study
- Beginning Teacher Longitudinal Study(BTLS)
- Common Core of Data (CCD)
- Current Population Survey (CPS)
- Overview
- Uses of Data
- Key Concepts
- Survey Design
- Data Quality and Comparability
- Contact Information
- Methodology and Evaluation Reports
- CPS Website
- Download PDF
- Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B)
- Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998‑99 (ECLS‑K)
- Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010–11 (ECLS‑K:2011)
- Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS 2002)
- Quick Response Information System (FRSS/PEQIS)
- High School and Beyond (HS&B) Longitudinal Study
- High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09)
- High School Transcript Studies (HSTS)
- International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS)
- Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
- Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017– 18 (MGLS:2017)
- National Assessment of Adulty Literacy (NAAL)
- National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
- National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS)
- National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS 88)
- National Household Education Survey Program (NHES)
- National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1982 (NLS 72)
- National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS)
- National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF)
- National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS)
- Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)
- Progress In International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)
- Program For International Student Assessment (PISA)
- Private School Universe Survey (PSS)
- School and Staffing Survey (SASS)
- SASS Principal Follow-Up Survey (PFS)
- SASS School Library Media Center Survey (SLS)
- SASS Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS)
- Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED)
- Crime and Safety Surveys (SCS & SSOCS)
- Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS)
- Trends In International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
Current Population Survey (CPS) – October Supplement
7. Methodology and evaluation Reports
General
Glander, M., and Dam, T. (2006). Households' Use of Public and Other Types of Libraries: 2002 (NCES 2007–327). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2007/2007327.pdf
Kominski, R. (1987). School Enrollment–Social and Economic Characteristics of Students. Current Population Reports, P20–413. U.S. Department of Commerce. Washington, DC: Bureau of the Census.
Laird, J., Lew, S., DeBell, M., and Chapman, C. (2006). Dropout Rates in the United States: 2002 and 2003 (NCES 2006–062). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/2006062.pdf
Steinberg, J., Jabine, T.B., and Pritzker, L. (1963). The Current Population Survey: A Report on Methodology, Technical Paper 7. U.S. Department of Commerce. Washington, DC: Bureau of the Census.
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. (1998). School Enrollment—Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 1996 (Update). Detailed Tables and Documentation for P20-500. U.S. Department of Commerce. Washington, DC: Bureau of the Census.
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. (2005). The Current Population Survey October 2005: School Enrollment Supplement Technical Documentation. U.S. Department of Commerce. Washington, DC: Bureau of the Census.
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. (2006). The Current Population Survey October 2006: School Enrollment Supplement Technical Documentation. U.S. Department of Commerce. Washington, DC: Bureau of the Census.
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, and U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. (1976). Concepts and Methods Used in Labor Force Statistics Derived From the Current Population Survey, Current Population Reports, Special Studies Series P23, No. 62. Washington, DC: Author.
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. (1997). BLS Handbook of Methods. Washington, DC: Author.
Survey Design
Frankel, L.R., and Stock, J.S. (1942). On the Sample Survey of Unemployment. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 37: 77–80.
Hansen, M.H., and Hurwitz, W.N. (1943). On the Theory of Sampling From Finite Populations. Annals of Mathematical Statistics, XIV: 333–362.
Seastrom, M., Chapman, C., Stillwell, R., McGrath, D., Peltola, P., Dinkes, R., and Xu, Z. (2006). User's Guide to Computing High School Graduation Rates, Volume 1: Review of Current and Proposed Graduation Indicators (NCES 2006–604). U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/2006604.pdf
Seastrom, M., Chapman, C., Stillwell, R., McGrath, D., Peltola, P., Dinkes, R., and Xu, Z. (2006). User's Guide to Computing High School Graduation Rates, Volume 2: Technical Evaluation of Proxy Graduation Indicators (NCES 2006-605). U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/2006605.pdf
Shiskin, J., Young, A.H., and Musgrave, J.C. (1965). The X11 Variant of the Census Method I Seasonal Adjustment Program, Technical Paper 15. U.S. Department of Commerce. Washington, DC: Bureau of the Census.
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. (2002). The Current Population Survey: Design and Methodology, Technical Paper 63RV. Washington, DC: Author.
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. (2006). The Current Population Survey: Design and Methodology, Technical Paper 66. Washington, DC: Author.
U.S. Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics. (2000). Issues Related to Estimating the Home-Schooled Population in the United States With National Household Survey Data, NCES 2000–311, by Robin R. Henke and Phillip Kaufman. Project Officers: Stephen P. Broughman and Kathryn Chandler. Washington, DC: 2000. https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2000/2000311.pdf
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2004). National Institute of Statistical Sciences/Education Statistics Services Institute Task Force on Graduation, Completion, and Dropout Indicators (NCES 2005-105). Washington DC: Author.
Data Quality and Comparability
Drews, T. (1994). School District Data Book Reference Manual (NCES 95–705). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
Hansen, M.H., Hurwitz, W.N., and Madow, W.G. (1953). Sample Survey Methods and Theory Vol. I, Methods and Applications. New York: John Wiley.
Hansen, M.H., Hurwitz, W.N., Nisselson, H., and Steinberg, J. (1955). The Redesign of the Census Current Population Survey. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 50: 701–719.
U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards. (1978). An Error Profile: Employment as Measured by the Current Population Survey, Statistical Policy Working Paper 3. Washington, DC: Author.
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. (1978). The Current Population Survey: Design and Methodology, Technical Paper 40. Washington, DC: Author.