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OERI DIRECTORY OF COMPUTER DATA FILES
Compiled by: Imelda H. Smallwood
Information Technology Branch
U.S. Department of Education
Lamar Alexander, Secretary
Office of Educational Research and Improvement
Bruno V. Manno, Acting Assistant Secretary
National Center for Education Statistics
Emerson J. Elliott, Acting Commissioner
National Center for Education Statistics
"The purpose of the Center shall be collect, and analyze, and
disseminate statistics and other data related to education in the
United States and in other nations." --Section 406(b) of the
General Education Provisions Act, as amended (20 U.S.C. 1221e-1).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Data File Availability and Ordering Assistance
Survey Technique Information
Data File Technical Information
PRICE AND ORDERING INFORMATION
USING THE DIRECTORY
AVAILABLE DATA FILES
Elementary and Secondary Education
Postsecondary Education
Vocational and Adult Education
Libraries
Longitudinal Studies
COMPUTER DATA FILE PRICE LIST
DATA FILE(S) ORDER FORM
INTRODUCTION
This Directory is published by the Office of Educational Research
and Improvement (OERI). OERI supports and conducts research on
education, collects and analyzes education statistics,
administers grant and contract programs to improve libraries and
library education, and disseminates information to parents,
students, teachers, school administrators, policymakers,
researchers, the media, and others.
A major function of OERI is to distribute computerized data tape
files from the library of survey data which OERI's National
Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has been collecting for
over 20 years. The entire OERI library of computer tape survey
files is available for public sales distribution. This Directory
is designed to give a brief, nontechnical synopsis of the
major files available.
DATA FILE AVAILABILITY AND ORDERING ASSISTANCE
In addition to supplying copies of data files, special
tabulations, diskettes, and mailing labels, mailing label
software packages are also provided. Capabilities range from
straightforward listings to complicated statistical analyses.
General inquiries regarding the availability, content, and
specifications of any of these files should be addressed to:
U.S. Department of Education
OERI/PID/Education Information Branch
555 New Jersey Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20208-5641
1 (800) 424-1616
SURVEY TECHNIQUE INFORMATION
Questions regarding indepth information about the surveys, their
processing, sampling techniques, data quality testing, and the
like, should be addressed to the appropriate subject-matter
specialists. The following phone numbers are in the (202) area
code:
Elementary and Secondary Education 219-1614
Higher Education 219-1352
Adult Education 219-1352
Libraries
College and University 219-1354
Public 219-1354
Elementary and Secondary School 219-1354
Longitudinal Studies 219-1642
Vocational Education 219-1352
DATA FILE TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Technical questions regarding the computer processing of the data
can be answered by calling the Data Systems Branch at (202)
219-1522 or 219-1847.
PRICE AND ORDERING INFORMATION
Tape Prices
Each survey is sold as a unique data file. The basic price for a
data file is $175. Additional files ordered at the same time are
$75 each. At this price, the files will be stacked on as few
reels as possible. Some large files have separate pricing.
These prices are referred to in the file descriptions. Each
annual collection for a multiyear survey is counted as a separate
file.
All necessary documentation is included with each file. This
includes: file layout, block size, number of records,
explanatory narratives, survey forms, and related studies.
Tape Technical Specifications
Standard copying procedures for these files produce 9-track tapes
in 1600 or 6250 BPI using extended binary coded decimal
interchange code (EBCDIC) or American standard code for
information interchange (ASCII), with IBM Standard Labels (SL) or
unlabeled. We can also copy files to produce 3480 tape
cartridges.
OERI has Statistical Analysis System (SAS) files available for
most files produced since 1976.
To Order Files
To order files, complete the order form included in this
directory. Please supply the appropriate customer information,
tape specifications, and file names ("Survey Area" plus available
academic year). For example:
File Name Year Cost
(basic)
Earned Degrees Conferred 77-78 $175
Earned Degrees Conferred 81-82 75
Public School Universe 81-82 75
Private School Universe 76-80 75
Total $400
Check or money order for the full amount, payable to the U.S.
Department of Education, must accompany the order. You may also
use a credit card (MasterCard or Visa) for payment. (Please see
the order form.) Mail the order to:
U.S.
Department of Education
OERI/EIRD/Data Systems Branch
Room 214
555 New Jersey Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20208-5725
Most orders are mailed within 10 working days of receipt.
USING THE DIRECTORY
Column Headings:
"Survey Area" is the name of the survey data file. The names in
this column are used for ordering files.
"Years Available" refers to the academic year which extends from
the fall of the calendar year through the summer of the next
year.
"Description" contains the number of respondents, major variables
and, in many cases, a brief description of the survey itself.
Abbreviations:
CCD - Common Core of Data (Elementary and Secondary
Data)
ED - Department of Education
FTE - Full-Time Equivalent
FY - Fiscal Year
HEGIS - Higher Education General Information System
IPEDS - Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
(replaces HEGIS)
LEA - Local Education Agency (School District)
NAEP - National Assessment of Educational Progress
NCES - National Center for Education Statistics
NELS - National Education Longitudinal Study
NPSAS - National Postsecondary Student Aid Study
RCG - Recent College Graduates
SAS - Statistical Analysis System
SASS - Schools and Staffing Survey
SMSA - Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
1. Survey Area: Public School Districts
Years Available: 1968-69 through 1989-90
(except '74-75 and '84-85)
Description: This file includes name, mailing
address, telephone number, county,
grade span, number of schools, and
fall enrollment for approximately
17,000 public school districts.
Counts for high school graduates
and other completers are also
provided. Some variables on this
file are available on diskettes.
2. Survey Area: Public School Universe
Years Available: 1969-72 (4-yr summary)
1977-78 through 1989-90
(except '79- 80, '81-82
and '85-86)
Description: This file includes name, address,
telephone number, district, high
grade, low grade, school type,
number of teachers, and pupils
enrolled in over 85,000 public
schools. The number of students
eligible for the free-lunch
program and membership, by grade
and racial/ethnic categories, are
also provided. Most survey years
lack some elements which were not
submitted by certain states. Some
variables on this file are
available on diskettes.
3. Survey Area: Private School Universe
Years Available: 1970-71, 1976-77, 1976-80
(4-yr summary)
Description: This file includes name, mailing
address, school district, type,
affiliation, enrollment, graduates,
and classroom teachers for
approximately 21,000 private
schools. Some variables on this
file are available on diskettes.
4. Survey Area: School District Non-Fiscal Data
Years Available: 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85
Description: This file includes school district
name, the number of schools, as
well as the number of students
enrolled, teachers, instructional
aides, and administrative support
staff (in FTE), as assigned for
approximately 17,000 school
districts.
5. Survey Area: State Summary of School District
Finance
Years Available: 1982-88, 1989
Description: This file includes state summary
information for aggregate public
school revenues, current
expenditures, average daily
attendance, and fixed charges as
reported by LEAs. The file
contains data from all 50 states,
the District of Columbia, and
outlying areas for FYs 1982, 1983,
1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1988.
The FY 1989 data is contained in a
single file and is also available
on diskette.
6. Survey Area: State Summary of Non-Fiscal Data
Years Available: 1984-90
Description: This file contains state summary
nonfiscal data for 7 years for all
50 states, the District of
Columbia, and the outlying areas.
Data include enrollment, by grade
level; number of teaching,
administrative, and support staff;
and the number of graduates in the
previous year. These data are also
available on diskette.
7. Survey Area: Private Schools and Teachers Survey
Years Available: 1985-86
Description: These data were collected from a
nationally representative sample of
1,174 private schools and 5,295
private school teachers in winter
and spring of 1986. School data,
collected from the school
administrators associated with the
sample school, include information
on tuition, enrollment, minority
enrollment, staffing, advanced
placement programs, graduates
applying to college, and use of
aides and volunteers. Teacher data
include information on training,
experience, subjects being taught,
assistance of aides and volunteers,
teaching salary, working hours,
additional employment, teachers'
opinions, age, sex, and
race/ethnicity. The tape permits
linkage of teachers to the schools
in which they teach.
8. Survey Area: Public Schools and Teachers Survey
Years Available: 1984-85
Description: This file contains data from a
national sample of 2,801 schools
and 10,650 teachers. School data
include information on enrollment,
minority enrollment, staffing,
advanced placement programs,
graduates applying to college, use
of aides and volunteers, use of
computers, and incentive programs
for teachers. Data collected from
teachers include information on
training, experience, subjects
being taught, incentives,
certification and endorsement,
assistance of aides and volunteers,
salaries, working hours, additional
employment, age, sex, and
racial/ethnic affiliation. The
files permit linkage of teachers to
the schools in which they teach.
9. Survey Area: Teacher Demand and Shortage
Years Available: 1983-84
Description: This file contains data provided by
the administrators of 809 private
schools and 2,263 local and
intermediate public education
agency respondents. Data items
include headcount figures for
position openings; positions
unfilled; new and continuing
certified and uncertified teachers
employed; FTE figures for employed
teachers who were certified or
uncertified within assignment field
and candidate shortages, by subject
area and instructional level; and
information on the use of merit pay
plans and special incentives to
recruit or retain teachers in
critical areas. The file contains
3,540 records, including
non-respondents. Records are
weighted to permit national
estimates.
10. Survey Area: Census of Population and Housing
1980: File 1F
Years Available: 1980
Description: Data for all school districts in
the country (approximately 17,000),
including county components of
school districts, are contained in
this file. It has complete count
data on population and housing
characteristics. (The cost of this
file is $275 for 1600 BPI.)
11. Survey Area: Census of Population and Housing
1980: File 3F
Years Available: 1980
Description: Data for all school districts in
the country (approximately 17,000),
including county components of
school districts, are contained in
this file. The data are based on
sample estimates covering
population, income, employment,
education attainment, and housing
characteristics. (The cost of this
file is $675 for 1600 BPI, and $275
for 6250 BPI.)
12. Survey Area: Master Area Reference File, (MARF)
3
Years Available: 1980
Description: This file identifies each block
group and enumeration district used
for tabulating 1980 Census data,
along with the school district in
which it is located. Also included
are selected population and housing
counts. There are approximately
400,000 block-group and enumeration
district records. (The cost of
this file is $375 for 1600 BPI.)
13. Survey Area: Master Area Reference File, (MARF)
4
Years Available: 1980
Description: This file identifies each city
block and enumeration district used
for tabulating 1980 Census data
with the school district in which
it is located. It also contains
selected population and housing
counts. Approximately 2.5 million
city blocks and enumeration
district records are included.
(The cost of this file is $575 for
6250 BPI. It is not available at
1600 BPI.)
14. Survey Area: Schools and Staffing Survey
(Public and Private School
Questionnaires) *
Years Available: 1987-88
Description: This file collects data from a
sample of 3,513 private schools and
9,317 public schools. The private
schools were drawn from a list
frame of 24,186 private schools and
an area frame sample of
approximately 75 counties or groups
of counties that included 996
private schools that were not on
the list frame. The public schools
were drawn from a sampling frame of
80,384. Variables on these files
include school enrollment, number
of teachers, staff size, community
type, school type, religious
affiliation, length of school year
and school day, percent of nonwhite
students and teachers, support
services, tuition, admission
requirements, number of students
graduated, years experience of
teaching staff, number of teachers
with advanced degrees, use of
volunteers, number of new teachers,
and number of teachers who have
left. These data were collected by
the U. S. Bureau of the Census via
mailed questionnaire.
15. Survey Area: Schools and Staffing Survey (Public
and Private School Administrator
Questionnaires) **
Years Available: 1987-88
Description: This file collects data from a
sample of 3,513 private school
heads and 9,317 public school
principals. These were the same
3,513 schools and 9,317 schools
that received the School
Questionnaires. The private
schools were sampled from a list
frame of 24,186 private schools and
an area frame sample of
approximately 75 counties or groups
of counties that included 996
private schools that were not on
the list frame. The public schools
were drawn from a sample of 80,384
public schools. These files
contain information on the
principal's/head's demographic
characteristics, educational
background, previous work
experience, and perception of
school climate. These data were
collected by the U. S. Bureau of
the Census via mailed
questionnaire.
16. Survey Area: Schools and Staffing Survey
(Public and Private School Teacher
Questionnaires) **
Years Available: 1987-88
Description: This file consists of information
collected from a sample of 11,529
teachers in 3,513 private schools
and 56,242 teachers in 9,317 public
schools. These were the same 3,513
private schools and 9,317 public
schools that received the School
Questionnaires. These files
contain data on the teacher's
teaching assignment, years of
experience, educational background,
previous work experience,
certification, perceptions of
school climate and the teacher's
job, teaching load, salary, and
demographic characteristics. These
data were collected by the U. S.
Bureau of the Census via mailed
questionnaire.
17. Survey Area: Schools and Staffing Survey
(Public and Private School Teacher
Demand and Shortage
Questionnaires) **
Years Available: 1987-88
Description: This file has data from a sample of
3,513 private schools and 5,594
public school districts. These
were the same private schools that
received the School and
Administrator Questionnaires. The
3,513 private schools were sampled
from a list frame of 24,186 private
schools and an area frame sample of
approximately 75 counties or groups
of counties that included 996
private schools that were not on
the list frame. Of the 5,594 public
school districts, 5,586 are the
districts associated with a
nationally representative sample of
9,317 public schools and 8 are
districts that hire teachers but do
not operate schools. The samples
of schools and districts were
obtained from a sampling frame of
80,384 public schools and 16,962
public school districts. These
files contain information on number
of students, number of teachers,
number of vacancies, number of new
hires, salary schedules, and
information on hiring practices and
retirement policies. These data
were collected by the U. S. Bureau
of the Census via mailed
questionnaire.
** NOTE NCES sponsored the 1987-88 Schools and Staffing Survey
(SASS) conducted by the U.S. Bureau of the Census. to update data
on teachers, school administrators, schools, and local education
agencies. Data from previous surveys have been used by Congress,
state education departments, federal agencies, private school
associations, and educational research organizations.
The SASS is an integrated set of surveys that were conducted by
NCES independently in the past. These include the Private School
Surveys of 1983-84 and 1985-86, the Public School Survey of 1984-
85 and the Teacher Demand and Shortage Survey of 1983-84. The
SASS include several types of respondents: school district (LEA)
personnel officers, public school principals, private school
heads, public school teachers, and private school teachers.
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION *
1. Survey Area: Opening Fall Enrollment
Years Available: 1967 through 1989-90
Description: This file covers full-time,
part-time, and full-time equivalent
enrollment data, by sex, for
undergraduate, graduate,
unclassified, first-professional
degree students and first-time
freshmen for over 5,000 schools.
Since 1976, surveys taken in even
years contain racial/ethnic
enrollment data, by major field of
study. (Racial/ethnic data for
1982 by summary only.) Beginning
with 1987, the survey was expanded
in odd years to collect student
enrollment data by 11 age cohorts.
(The costs of the 1988-89 and the
1989-90 files involve special
pricing. Please call for details.)
2. Survey Area: Financial Statistics
Years Available: 1965-66 through 1988-89
Description: This file presents current fund
revenues, by source; expenditures,
by function; physical plant assets,
by type and value; scholarship and
fellowship expenditures;
indebtedness on physical plant;
endowment assets; and changes in
fund balances for about 5,653
institutions. The data for FY 89
is unimputed.
3. Survey Area: Residence and Migration
Years Available: 1972, 1975, 1979, 1981,
1984, 1986, 1988
Description: This file covers first-time and new
transfer student enrollment
classifications, by residence
status, home state, and sex for
approximately 4,582 institutions.
4. Survey Area: Faculty Salaries
Years Available: 1971-72 through 1989-90
(No 1983-84, 1986-87 or
1988-89)
Description: This file contains data on salary,
tenure, and fringe benefits of
full-time instructional faculty, by
sex, rank, length of contract, and
type of institutional unit for
about 4,416 institutions. The
1972-73 and 1976-77 surveys also
collected the number of part-time,
full-time, and non-faculty
employees, by manpower resource
category. The Privacy Act of 1974
forbids public dissemination of
data on salary and fringe benefits
for individuals and/or
administrators. A suppression
algorithm was used on data cells
with fewer than three persons to
create a public-use tape.
5. Survey Area: Earned Degrees (Completions)
Years Available: 1968-69 through 1988-89
Description: This file covers bachelor's,
master's, doctor's, and first-
professional degrees received in
major disciplines and subfields for
approximately 5,000 institutions.
It also includes degrees and
certificates awarded for programs
beyond high school of less than 4
years' duration, by sex. The
1976-77, 1978-79, 1980- 81,
1982-83, 1984-85, 1986-87, and
1988-89 surveys contain
racial/ethnic data within major
disciplines. The number of subject
fields was greatly increased
starting with the 1982-83 survey.
(The cost of the 1988- 89 file
involves special pricing. Please
call for details.)
6. Survey Area: Institutional Characteristics
Years Available: 1969-70 through 1989-90
Description: This file includes institution
name, address, telephone number,
congressional district, type of
control, level of offerings, type
of programs, accreditation, and
previous year's enrollment for
10,919 IPEDS schools. Data are
comparable with those found in the
1989-90 Directory of Postsecondary
Institutions: Volume 1, 4-year and
2-year (stock number
065-000-00428-3, $28) and 1989-90
Directory of Postsecondary
Institutions: Volume 2, Less-than-
2-years (stock number 065-000-
00429-1, $20), available from the
Superintendent of Documents,
Government Printing Office,
Washington, DC 20402-9325. Some
variables on this file are
available on diskettes.
7. Survey Area: College and University Libraries
Years Available: 1968-69, 1971-72, 1973-74,
1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78,
1979-80, 1982-83, 1985-86,
1988-89
Description: This file includes resources,
library operating expenditures,
salaries and wages, number of
employees, library collections,
library loan transactions, and
library service per typical week
for about 4,300 college libraries.
Salary data cells for fewer than
three persons are suppressed. The
1988-89 file is also available on a
high density diskette (5 1/4",
1.2mb, DOS format, ASCII, $75).
8. Survey Area: Recent College Graduates (RCG)
Years Available: 1974-75, 1976-77, 1979-80,
1983-84, 1985-86
Description: This file includes data from a
national sample of approximately
16,000 bachelor's and 2,000
master's degree recipients one year
after graduation. The sample was
augmented by nursing majors and
bilingual education majors. The
emphasis is on the education and
employment of all graduates and
especially those newly qualified to
teach. A major new component of
the 1985-86 survey is an
examination of the courses taken
and grades received during the
graduate's entire postsecondary
education prior to award of the
bachelor's degree, as reflected in
his/her postsecondary academic
transcript(s).
9. Survey Area: Recent College Graduates (RCG)
(Transcript File)
Years Available: 1985-86
Description: This file contains data from
student transcripts of bachelor's
degree recipients in the RCG
national sample. The file details
courses taken by the approximately
20,000 undergraduates, the credits
they earned, their grade point
averages, and major field of study.
10. Survey Area: Total Institutional Activity
Years Available: 1986-87, 1987-88
Description: This file contains data collected
on the number of credit/contact
hours and the unduplicated count of
students enrolled in postsecondary
institutions. The final universe
sample was 6,606 institutions.
This survey is conducted every
year.
11. Survey Area: National Survey of Postsecondary
Faculty (Institutional Survey Data
File)
Years Available: 1987-88
Description: This file contains data from
institutional level respondents on
such issues as faculty composition,
turnover, recruitment, retention,
and tenure policies. A stratified
random sample of institutions was
selected from the 1987 IPEDS file
and consists of 480 colleges and
universities. This survey is
conducted every 4 years. The next
cycle of the study will be in the
1992-93 academic year.
12. Survey Area: National Survey of Postsecondary
Faculty (Departmental Chairs Data
File)
Years Available: 1987-88
Description: This file collects data from
department chairpersons (or
equivalent) on such issues as
faculty composition, turnover,
recruitment, retention, and tenure
policies. A stratified random
sample of 3,029 eligible department
chairs was selected from 424
participating institutions. This
survey may be conducted again in
the 1992-93 academic year.
13. Survey Area: Fall Enrollment in Occupationally
Specific Programs
Years Available: 1987, 1989
Description: This file has data on the number of
students enrolled in vocational
education programs of less than 4
years for over 4,000 institutions.
The file collects program
enrollments, by sex and
race/ethnicity of student. This
survey is conducted biennially.
14. Survey Area: National Postsecondary Student Aid
Study (Student Survey Data File) **
Years Available: 1986-87
Description: This file (in-school component)
provides data, collected from
43,176 students, that includes
financial aid award amounts,
student characteristics,
educational activities, and other
data. It also includes financial
aid data and data abstracted from
the registrar's records for the
1,074 postsecondary institutions
participating in the sample. The
1989-90 data is expected to be
available in September of 1991.
15. Survey Area: National Postsecondary Student Aid
Study (Parent Survey Supplement
Data File) **
Years Available: 1986-87
Description: This file (in-school component)
samples 13,423 parents. This
survey was designed primarily to be
a supplemental data source for
family financial information for
selected types of NPSAS students,
such as dependent, non-aided
students. The 1989-90 data is
expected to be available in 1992.
16. Survey Area: National Postsecondary Student Aid
Study (Student Loan Recipient
Survey) **
Years Available: 1987
Description: This file (out-of-school component)
provides data collected from former
postsecondary students who received
a Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) to
attend a postsecondary institution.
Data on education, loan, and
employment history are included
along with background
characteristics for each of the
respondents. The survey sample
consisted of 11,847 former GSL
recipients who left school between
1976 and 1985.
17. Survey Area: National Postsecondary Student Aid
Study (Student Loan Recipient
Transcript Survey) **
Years Available: 1987
Description: This file contains postsecondary
school transcripts of GSL
recipients who are no longer
enrolled. This out-of-school
component provides the means to
analyze such basic policy issues as
the relationships between
educational activities and the
ability to cope with indebtedness
or the patterns of student loan
repayment on default.
18. Survey Area: Fall Staff
Years Available: 1987-88
Description: This file, the first under the new
IPEDS, collects data that describe
the distribution of full-time and
part-time faculty and staff in
postsecondary institutions, by
occupational category. The data,
collected in cooperation with the
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC), came from a
final universe of 6,875
institutions. This survey is
conducted biennially.
* NOTE: The Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS),
which had been in place for 20 years, was replaced by the
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) in 1986.
IPEDS provides comprehensive and consistent data representing
all postsecondary institutions in the United States and its
outlying areas. IPEDS covers all 11,586 postsecondary education
institution. HEGIS included only those institutions which were
accredited by an agency recognized by the Secretary of Education.
The switch from HEGIS to IPEDS resulted in some differences in
both data elements and file structures.
** NOTE: NPSAS is designed to establish a student-based
postsecondary financial aid data system that will assist
policymakers in assessing federal student aid programs by
providing information on how aid is targeted, received, and used.
It includes students who received no financial aid as well as
those who have. The "in-school" component of NPSAS involves
three major surveys (institution registrar and financial aid
records; students; and parents). All types of postsecondary
institutions are surveyed by NPSAS, including public, private
nonprofit, and private for-profit, 2-year and 4-year institutions
and schools offering only occupational programs of less than 2
years. The "out-of-school" component of the NPSAS data
collection effort targeted former student recipients of
Guaranteed Student Loans.
VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION
1. Survey Area: Postsecondary Career School Survey
Years Available: 1973-74, 1975-76, 1977-78, 1979-80
1981-82
Description: This file includes name and address
of the parent institution for 9,300
active schools; type of control;
enrollment, by attendance status
and sex; vocational programs and
occupational fields; accreditation
status; and federal program
eligibility. The data compare with
what is found in the Directory of
Postsecondary Schools with
Occupational Programs.
2. Survey Area: Programs and Enrollments in
Noncollegiate Postsecondary Schools
Years Available: 1980
Description: This file contains data collected
from three postsecondary education
survey forms. It covers (a)
schools from the Postsecondary
Career School Survey; (b) a sample
of approximately 5,300 schools
surveyed for program enrollment,
tuition and fees, length and
outcomes, student racial/ethnic
origins, student age and sex, and
staff, by sex and assignments; and
(c) data for 62 correspondence
schools.
3. Survey Area: Characteristics of Students in
Noncollegiate Postsecondary Schools
Years Available: 1977, 1979, 1981
Description: This is a sample file of
approximately 6,800 students drawn
from the Postsecondary Career
School universe of schools. It
includes their age, sex,
race/ethnicity, military status,
previous vocational training plans,
previous and current work
experience, and future work plans.
4. Survey Area: Participation in Adult Education
Years Available: 1969, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1984
Description: This file is a national sample of
58,000 households conducted for
NCES by the Bureau of the Census as
part of the Current Population
Survey. It includes data on adult
education participants, the courses
they took, the providers, and means
of financing.
5. Survey Area: Classification System for
Postsecondary Education Courses
Years Available: 1986
Description: This classification system is
developed in conjunction with the
NCES Longitudinal Studies Program.
It is based on course listings in
college catalogues from a sample of
60 postsecondary undergraduate and
noncollegiate institutions. It
expands upon the Classification of
Instructional Programs, which
divided courses into 50 major
categories. This system uses an
8-digit code to differentiate
between similar, yet unique,
courses, whereas the CIP uses a 6-
digit code. There are about 21,500
courses in the file.
LIBRARIES
1. Survey Area: Public Libraries Universe
Years Available: 1973, 1977, 1981, 1988, 1989
Description: This file covers data collected
from 8,968 libraries and includes
each one's name, location,
population of area served, ED state
code and SMSA code, number of
service outlets, full-time
equivalent staff, income,
operational expenditures, capital
outlay, library collection, public
service hours per year, library
services per year, and
inter-library loans. The 1989 file
is also available on a high density
diskette (5 1/4", 1.2mb, DOS
format, ASCII).
2. Survey Area: Public Libraries (LIBGIS)
Years Available: FY 1974, FY 1978
Description: This file is a stratified random
sample of 1,349 public libraries in
the United States and outlying
areas. It includes the name and
location of service outlets, the
population of the area served, the
number of volumes of books and
serials stocked, circulation
figures, the number of interlibrary
and bulk loans, the number of
positions filled by library staff,
operating receipts, and
expenditures during the fiscal
year.
3. Survey Area: Library Networks
Years Available: 1985-86
Description: This file contains data collected
from a stratified sample of 760
library networks. The data include
sponsorship, types of library
participants, services provided,
communication systems used, areas
served, staffing patterns, and
funds received, by source.
4. Survey Area: Public and Private School Libraries
and Media Centers
Years Available: 1985-86
Description: This file contains data collected
from a national sample of libraries
affiliated with about 4,000 public
and 1,200 private schools. The
public school library data was
augmented to provide estimates, by
state. Media center data,
collected from school librarians,
include information on library
staff, expenditures, collections,
services, usage, technology, and
facilities. Some 93 percent of
public schools and 75 percent of
private schools had media centers.
LONGITUDINAL STUDIES
NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL STUDY FILES
1. Survey Area: National Longitudinal Study (NLS)
of the High School Class of 1972
Years Available: 1972 high school graduating class
and four subsequent followups
through October 1979
Description: Provides 3,524 variables on each of
the sample's 22,652 respondents.
All data are contained in one data
set. A three-volume data user's
guide serves as documentation and
is furnished along with the tapes.
The base-year segment contains
student personal family background;
education and work experience;
postsecondary plans, aspirations,
attitudes; test results of verbal
and nonverbal ability; and items
from student high school records.
Followup data (1973, 1974, 1976,
and 1979) include respondents'
activity status, education and
career plans, aspirations, and
attitudes. (The cost of this file
is $575 for 1600 BPI, and $275 for
6250 BPI.)
2. Survey Area: NLS-72 Fifth Followup
Years Available: 1986
Description: This survey contains data that was
collected during the spring and the
summer of 1986. It involves a
subsample of 14,489 members of the
original sample of 22,652. The
questionnaire asked the respondents
to update background information
and to provide new information
about their work experiences,
employment histories, education and
other training, family status,
income, and opinions on a range of
topics. The fourth followup file
is required if analyzing the fifth
followup file in a longitudinal
manner.
3. Survey Area: NLS-72 High School and Counselor
Data
Years Available: 1972
Description: This data file contains 504
variables from the high school file
and counselor questionnaire
responses. The data from the high
school file can be linked to the
data for the students attending
each school. The file contains
approximately 1,300 records. The
1972 school questionnaire gathered
information on school organization
and enrollment, course offerings,
special services and programs,
library and other resources, time
scheduling, and grading systems.
Counselor variables include
workloads, counseling practices and
facilities, experience with student
financial aid programs, age, sex,
race/ethnicity, training, and
counseling experience.
4. Survey Area: NLS-72 Postsecondary Institution
FICE Code File
Years Available: 1972-1986
Description: This file contains a distribution
of 3,696 NLS-72 FICE (Federal
Interagency Committee on Education)
codes in a merge with HEGIS FICE
codes for the period covering
1972-1986. These can be used to
link institutional data between the
two series. (See appendixes C.10
and C.11 in the base year through
fourth followup manual and appendix
B.4 in the fifth followup manual.)
5. Survey Area: NLS-72 College Entrance Examination
Board Institutional Data Base
Years Available: 1973-74
Description: This file contains 84 variables on
4,139 postsecondary institutions
(ordered by FICE code) from four
sources: the 1973-74 Higher
Education Directory; the 1973-74
tripartite Application Data File;
the 1972-73 HEGIS Finance Survey;
and the 1972 American Council on
Education institutional
characteristics file. These data
can be linked to NLS-72 sample
members by their common FICE codes.
6. Survey Area: NLS-72 Postsecondary Transcript
File
Years Available: 1984
Description: This file contains data on
transcripts from NLS-72 senior
cohort members who reported
attending a postsecondary
institution after leaving high
school. A total of 19,033
transcripts reflecting the
postsecondary education activities
of 14,759 sample members were
obtained and included in this file.
(Some students had transcripts from
more than one institution.) The
information recorded in the file
includes the major and minor fields
of study; periods of enrollment;
specific courses taken; credits
earned; grades received; and
credentials earned in 2-year and
4-year public and private
vocational and non-vocational,
foreign, and otherwise unclassified
postsecondary institutions. The
transcript files consist of four
hierarchically organized data files
(student, transcript within
student, term of attendance within
transcript, and course level
within term).
7. Survey Area: NLS-72 Military Personnel Records
Years Available: 1984-86
Description: This file contains data extracted
from personnel records for 1,750 of
the 11,222 men in the NLS survey
who enlisted or applied for
enlistment in the Armed Forces
after high school. The file
includes date of entry, branch,
enlistment term, entry pay grade,
Armed Forces Qualifying Test score,
demographic measures, and
educational attainment. It also
contains career data such as
current pay grade, military
occupation, and reenlistment or
separation status. This file can
be linked to the student file.
8. Survey Area: NLS-72 Fifth Followup (Teaching
Supplement)
Years Available: 1986
Description: This file contains 1,517 of the
14,489 respondents to the NLS-72
fifth followup sample who indicated
on the questionnaire that they were
either currently teaching, had
formerly taught, or had been
trained as a teacher but never
taught. The file includes items
such as their reasons for entering
the teaching career, degrees and
certification, actual teaching
experience, allocation of time
while working, pay scale, the
extent of their satisfaction with
the teaching characteristics of the
school in which they taught, and
professional activities.
9. Survey Area: School District Census Data
Years Available: 1970
Description: This file contains standard census
data tabulated by 3,500 school
district boundaries for districts
in which NLS-72 sample members
attended high school. These data
can be linked to the students'
records by their common high school
code numbers.
HIGH SCHOOL AND BEYOND FILES
10. Survey Area: High School and Beyond (HS&B) Base
Year
Years Available: 1980 (Only)
Description: This nationally representative data
base contains data on sophomore and
senior high school students from
the class of 1980. All other HS&B
data files (such as parent, school,
teacher, transcript, twin, friends,
offerings and enrollment, and local
market indicators) can be easily
merged with the student file. The
base-year file contains information
for 58,270 students, including
personal backgrounds, education and
work experience, postsecondary
plans and aspirations, and verbal
and non-verbal cognitive test
scores.
11. Survey Area: HS&B Sophomore Class of 1980
Years Available: 1980 plus 1982, 1984, and 1986
followups
Description: This file expands on the base-year
file by adding 1982, 1984, and 1986
followup questionnaire data and
composite variables for
approximately 15,000 sophomores.
(Transcript data is included in
this file.) Postsecondary and work
history variables are included on
this merged file. (The cost of
this file is $275 for 1600 BPI.)
12. Survey Area: HS&B Senior Class of 1980
Years Available: 1980 plus 1982, 1984, and 1986
followups
Description: This file expands on the base-year
file by adding 1982, 1984, and 1986
followup data on approximately
12,000 seniors. It is similar to
the Merged Sophomore file and
includes postsecondary education
and work history. (The cost of
this file is $275 for 1600 BPI.)
13. Survey Area: HS&B School File
Years Available: 1980 plus 1982 followup
Description: This file contains school
questionnaire responses that were
provided by administrators in 1,015
public, Catholic, and other private
schools. The questionnaire focused
on a number of school
characteristics including type and
organization, enrollment, faculty
composition, instructional
programs, course offerings,
specialized programs, participation
in federal programs, faculty
characteristics, funding sources,
discipline problems, teacher
organizations (e.g., unions), and
grading systems. This file
contains the 1980 data and the 1982
update.
14. Survey Area: HS&B Language File
Years Available: 1980
Description: This file contains information on
each student who said he or she had
experience in a language other than
English. This file contains 11,303
records (sophomores and seniors
combined), with 42 variables for
each student.
15. Survey Area: HS&B Teacher Comments File
Years Available: 1980
Description: This file contains responses from
14,103 teachers who commented on
18,291 students from 616 schools.
The Senior Teacher File contains
responses from 13,683 teachers who
commented on 17,056 students from
611 schools. At each grade level,
teachers had the opportunity to
answer questions about HS&B-
sampled students who had been in
their classes. The typical student
in the sample was rated by an
average of four different teachers.
Preliminary analyses by NCES
indicate that the files contain
approximately 76,000 teacher
observations of sophomores and
about 67,000 teacher observations
of seniors.
16. Survey Area: HS&B Friend File
Years Available: 1980
Description: This file contains identification
numbers of students in the HS&B
sample who were named as being
friends of other HS&B sample
students. Each record contains the
ID numbers for sampled students and
IDs of up to three friends each.
Linkages among friends can be used
to investigate the sociometry of
friendship structures (including
reciprocity of choices among
students in the sample) and for
tracing friendship networks.
17. Survey Area: HS&B Local Labor Market Indicator
Years Available: 1980
Description: This file contains information on
county, SMSA, and state indicators
of labor market activity for the
1,015 high schools in the HS&B
sample.
18. Survey Area: HS&B Offerings and Enrollment File
Years Available: 1982
Description: This file contains information on
course offerings and enrollment for
most of the schools in the HS&B
sample.
19. Survey Area: HS&B Sophomore Secondary School
Transcript File
Years Available: 1982
Description: This file contains complete high
school transcript information
(including specific course
information, such as course name,
grade received, year taken, and
credits earned) for 15,941 students
in the sophomore file.
20. Survey Area: HS&B Pell Grant File 1980
Years Available: 1982
Description: The file contains data for 2,916
HS&B seniors who were Pell Grant
recipients between high school
graduation in 1980 and the first
followup survey in 1982. These
data were derived from the
Recipient History and Roster Master
Files for school years 1980-81 and
1981-82 in the Pell Grant
Information System. This is only
available in Statistical Analysis
System (SAS) format.
21. Survey Area: HS&B Postsecondary Education
Transcript File (Senior Cohort)
Years Available: 1984
Description: This file contains data on
transcripts from HS&B senior cohort
members who reported attending a
postsecondary institution after
leaving high school. A total of
9,385 transcripts reflecting the
postsecondary education activities
of 7,776 sample members were
obtained and included in the
transcript data file. (Some
students had transcripts from more
than one institution.) The
information recorded in the file
includes the major and minor fields
of study, periods of enrollment,
specific courses taken, credits
earned, grades received, and
credentials earned in 2-year and
4-year public and private
vocational and nonvocational
postsecondary institutions. The
file also has information on
otherwise unclassified
postsecondary institutions. The
transcript files consist of four
hierarchically organized data files
(student, transcript within
student, term of attendance within
transcript, and course within
term).
22. Survey Area: HS&B Postsecondary Education
Transcript File (Sophomore Cohort)
Years Available: 1987
Description: This file includes detailed
information about program
enrollments, periods of study,
fields of study pursued, specific
courses taken, and credits earned.
It can be used as a data resource
for the analysis of educational
activities and their impacts. The
sample involved 7,429 transcripts
of 6,098 sample members. The
transcripts were requested from
2,139 institutions.
23. Survey Area: Revised HS&B Parent File
Years Available: 1980 (Revised in 1984)
Description: This file contains questionnaire
responses from the parents of about
3,600 sophomores and 3,600 seniors
who are in the Student File. Each
record on the Parent File contains
a total of 307 variables. Data in
this file include parents'
aspirations and plans for their
children's postsecondary education.
The revised Parent File augments
the original file with the addition
of 22 analytically constructed
variables, half of which are new
measures of income and wealth. The
remaining new variables enable
analysts to delete observations
which are out of range for one or
more reasons. This replaces the
file released in 1980.
24. Survey Area: HS&B Twin and Sibling File
Years Available: 1980
Description: This file contains responses from
sampled twins and triplets;
augmented data on twins and
triplets of sample members; and
responses from siblings in the
sample. The file (2,718 records)
includes the same variables that
are in the HS&B Student Base Year
File, plus two additional variables
(family ID and SETTYPE-type of twin
or siblings).
25. Survey Area: HS&B Administrator and Teacher File
Years Available: 1984
Description: This file consists of a sample of
approximately 532 schools. Items
included in this survey were
designed to describe staff goals,
pedagogic practices, interpersonal
relations of staff, work load of
teachers, staff attitudes,
availability and use of guidance
services, planning processes,
hiring practices, special programs
designed to produce educational
excellence, and linkages to local
employers, parents, and the
community. Items were selected to
complement information already in
the HS&B database.
26. Survey Area: HS&B Financial Aid (1980 Seniors)
Years Available: 1980-84
Description: These files contain data on
postsecondary financial aid
experiences for academic years
1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, and
1983-84. Data were collected from
postsecondary institutions, the
Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL)
program, and the Pell Grant
program. The number of seniors
listed depends on the availability
of the postsecondary school name or
social security number of the
student. The separate files are:
STUDENT SAMPLE File contains
demographic and other
classifying data on about
12,000 seniors.
FINANCIAL AID RECORDS FILE
contains data from all
identifiable postsecondary
schools that students reported
attending.
GSL RECORD DUMP EXTRACT FILE
contains GSL "tapedump"
records for 3 Federal fiscal
years (1982-84), corresponding
to 3 academic years (1981-82,
1982- 83, 1983-84).
PELL GRANT DISBURSEMENT FILE
contains data from Pell Grant
disbursement files for fiscal
years 1981-84, corresponding
to academic years 1980- 81
through 1983-84.
GSL GUARANTEE AGENCY
DISBURSEMENT File contains GSL
disbursements, by
participating agencies in the
4 academic years 1980-81
through 1983-84.
HS&B POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
EVENTS File contains
information about periods of
postsecondary attendance from
HS&B files for NCES analysis.
SFA (Student Financial Aid)
File contains data on student
financial assistance during
postsecondary attendance from
HS&B survey and financial aid
files for NCES analysis.
27. Survey Area: HS&B Financial Aid (1980
Sophomores)
Years Available: 1982-86
Description: These files contain data concerning
postsecondary financial aid for
approximately 9,000 1980 high
school sophomores within the first
4 years after high school--1982-83,
1983-84, 1984-85, and 1985-86.
Financial aid data were collected
from the following three sources:
GSL RECORD DUMP EXTRACT FILE
contains federal GSL
"tapedump" records for the 4
federal fiscal years 1983-86,
corresponding to the 4
academic years 1982-83,
1983-84, 1984-85, and 1985-86.
PELL GRANT DISBURSEMENT FILE
contains data obtained from
the federal Pell Grant
disbursement files for the
years mentioned above.
GSL GUARANTEE AGENCY
DISBURSEMENT FILE contains GSL
disbursement amounts reported
by guarantee agencies
participating in the GSL
program for the years
mentioned above.
28. Survey Area: High School Transcript File
(NAEP) **
Years Available: 1987
Description: This file collected high school
transcripts from 34,140 students
attending 433 schools that had
previously been sampled for the
National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP)* in 1986. Of the
34,140 students sampled, 6,583 were
handicapped. The file also
collected school-level information
such as course lists, graduation
requirements, and the definition of
units of credit and grades.
NATIONAL EDUCATION LONGITUDINAL STUDY FILES *
29. Survey Area: NELS:88 Student Data
Years Available: 1988
Description: The file includes data from a
series of tests taken by students
from the eighth-grade class of
1988. These tests include
reading, mathematics, science, and
history/government. The sample
included 24,599 students. The file
also includes information on
students' and parents' background,
language use, perception of self,
plans for future, jobs and
household chores, school life,
school work, and school activities.
The student constitutes the basic
unit of analysis in the NELS:88
study and sample design. All other
data sets, including the parent,
teacher, and school, are intended
primarily to supplement the student
data set (which includes results of
both the student questionnaire and
cognitive test). This survey is
conducted biennially.
30. Survey Area: NELS:88 Parent Data
Years Available: 1988
Description: The data in the file are based on
the responses to the parent
questionnaire collected from 22,651
parents of the NELS:88 Base Year
sampled students. The file
includes information on family
background and socioeconomic
characteristics; parental behaviors
concerning student course
selection; long-range education
planning; participation in school
activities; and the establishment
of discipline at home. This survey
will be conducted again in 1992.
31. Survey Area: NELS:88 Teacher Data
Years Available: 1988
Description: The data in the file are based on
the responses to the teacher
questionnaire collected from 5,193
teachers of the NELS:88 Base Year
sampled students. The file
includes information in three
areas: 1) teachers' perceptions of
the sampled students' classroom
performances and personal
characteristics; 2) curriculum
content of areas taught to the
sampled students; and 3) teachers'
background and activities. This
survey is conducted biennially
until 1992.
* NOTE: The National Assessment of Educational Progress is a
federally-funded, ongoing, periodic assessment of educational
achievement in the various subject areas and disciplines taught
in the Nation's schools. Since 1969, NEAP has gathered
information about levels of educational achievement of 9-, 13-,
and 17-years-olds across the country.
** NOTE: The National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS) program
is a continuing long-term project and was instituted by NCES in
response to the need for policy-relevant, time-series data on
nationally representative samples of elementary and secondary
students. The general aim of the NELS program is to study the
educational, vocational, and personal development of students at
various grade levels and the personal, familial, social,
institutional, and cultural factors that may affect that
development. Four study components constitute the base year
design: surveys and tests of students; and surveys of parents,
school administrators, and teachers.
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