Education Doctorate: Research Guide

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.

The National Assessment of Educational Progress is administered by the Department of Education of the U.S. Government. Explore aggregated data publications and the raw data at this website.

This Data Download site allows the user to access data from the Minnesota Department of Education. This includes data from state assessments such as MCA-II.

"This innovative tool combines data collected by the state departments of Education, Human Services, and Health into one online, interactive database. The system protects the privacy of children by not showing data for individual children; it shows population results only. It shows children’s growth and achievement in relation to their participation in a variety of educational and social programs over time." -MECLDS

Wisconsin State Department of Public Instruction data about student attainment of academic standards in Wisconsin.

U.S. Federal Government documents are more frequently available online. This guide provides basic links for U.S. Government documents. Also WSU's Krueger Library is a Federal Government Depository Library. It preserves a selection of Federal government documents. These can be searched through the Library's Catalog/OneSearch.