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- 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)
- 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)
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
2. USES OF DATA
The IPEDS surveys provide a wealth of national‑, state‑, and institution‑level data for analyzing the condition of postsecondary education institutions. For example, the data can be used (with the earlier HEGIS data) to describe long‑term trends in higher education. NCES uses the IPEDS data in annual reports to Congress on the condition of postsecondary education, statistical digests, profiles of higher education in the states, and other publications. In addition, many requests for information based on the IPEDS surveys are received each year from Congress, federal agencies and officials, state agencies and officials, education associations, individual institutions, the media, and the general public. Federal program staffers use the IPEDS data to address various policy issues. State policymakers use the IPEDS data for planning purposes and comparative analysis. Institutional staffers use the data for peer analysis.
The IPEDS data respond to a wide range of specific educational issues and public concerns. Policymakers and researchers can analyze the types and numbers of postsecondary institutions; the number of students, graduates, first‑time students, and graduate and professional students by race/ethnicity and gender; the status of postsecondary vocational education programs; the number of individuals trained in certain occupational and vocational fields by race/ethnicity, gender, and level; the resources generated by postsecondary institutions; patterns of expenditures and revenues of institutions; changes in tuition and fees charged and student financial aid received; completions by type of program, level of award, race/ethnicity, and gender; faculty composition and salaries; and many other topics of interest.
The IPEDS universe also provides the institutional sampling frame used in all NCES postsecondary surveys. For example, the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) uses the IPEDS institutional universe for its first‑stage sample and relies on IPEDS data to weight its second‑stage sample.
