Home |

Browse by... Author State Topic

|

| Contact Us |

State Afterschool Profiles provide a snapshot of the "state of afterschool" in every state as well as an opportunity to compare afterschool activities across the country. Profiles highlight key data and descriptions of the afterschool landscape. Profiles are searchable by state or type of initiative -- including professional development, financing, and other topics -- across states.

http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/afterschool/statep.html

The National Profile provides a picture of afterschool programs across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It includes information about promising state and local initiatives as well as information on the largest federal funding sources.

http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/afterschool/nationalprofile.html

State-by-State Comparison Tables highlight important characteristics about the school-age population, including school age settings, provider reimbursement rates, and other indicators of how the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) supports afterschool across the states.

http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/afterschool/sbscomp.html

The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) has developed a 50-state policy database featuring fact sheets, publications, and other resources on each state, as well as 20 local communities. Resources focus on five core issues: Child Care and Early Education, Child Welfare, Poverty & Opportunity, Temporary Assistance, and Youth.

http://www.clasp.org/in_the_states/

Cornell University created this database to provide an overview of all current, national sources of comparative data on the early care and education sector including: child care economic data, demographic data, and early care and education program (policy) data.

http://government.cce.cornell.edu/doc/reports/childcare/50state.asp

Children's Defense Fund has created a series of state fact sheets on early childhood development that highlight the current structure of early childhood care in each state.

http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/PageServer?pagename=earlychildhood_statefacts_default

The Early Childhood Atlas, developed by the National Center for Rural Early Childhood Learning Initiatives at the Early Childhood Institute of Mississippi State University and the Rural Policy Research Institute, offers a set of easy-to-use online tools to access early childhood data across the 50 states, and counties and municipalities within states. This is one initiative of the Early Childhood Institute, which provides training, technical assistance, and applied research for improved quality and accessibility of early care and education. The Early Childhood Atlas consists of an Early Childhood Status Report, Map Archive, and Map Maker.

http://www.earlychildhood.msstate.edu/atlas/

The Education Commission of the States (ECS) is an interstate compact created in 1965 to improve public education by facilitating the exchange of information, ideas and experiences among state policymakers and education leaders. The site features several 50-state databases, including on early learning, K-12, and postsecondary.

http://www.ecs.org/ecsmain.asp?page=/html/statesTerritories/state_map.htm

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Extension Cares Initiative provides access to Child Care County Profiles for early care and education, school-age care, and teen programs. The tool enables you to compare state to national averages, view all counties in the state, or access information for a particular county in any of the 50 states. The profiles provide information on the general population and child populations, general economic and education information, and family characteristics and work patterns.

http://eci.ext.msstate.edu/cgi-bin/county_profile.cgi

The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics (the Forum) is a collection of 20 Federal government agencies involved in research and activities related to children and families. The Forum sponsors Childstats.gov, a web site that offers easy access to statistics and reports on children and families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education.

http://www.childstats.gov/index.asp

KIDS COUNT offers several interactive online databases that allow visitors to create free, customized data reports. The report choices vary by system, but include the ability to generate custom profiles, line graphs, maps, and rankings, and download raw data.

http://www.aecf.org/MajorInitiatives/KIDSCOUNT.aspx

1. Common Core of Data

   The Common Core of Data (CCD) is made up of a set of five surveys sent to state education departments. Statistical information is collected annually from public elementary and secondary schools (approximately 94,000) public school districts (approximately 17,000) and the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Department of Defense Schools, and the outlying areas.

   http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/

2. Build a Table

   The CCD Build a Table (BAT) tool allows users access to multi-year Common Core of Data (CCD), elementary/secondary public school information. Data tables can be created for schools, school districts, counties, and states for school years 1986-87 through 2002-2003.

   http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/bat/

3. State Profiles

   NCES State Profiles allow easy access to statewide information in elementary/secondary education characteristics and finance, postsecondary education, and selected demographics for all states in the U.S.

   http://nces.ed.gov/programs/stateprofiles/

This database provides information on child care in U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, in the general categories of:

• Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)
• Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
• State Demographics
• Child Care Licensing
• Program Enrollment and Participation
• Professional Development

http://www.nccic.org/categories/index.cfm?categoryId=2

SchoolMatters.com provides searchable information about public schools, school districts, and state education systems throughout the nation, including student achievement data, financial information, demographic breakdowns, tax base details, and more.

http://www.schoolmatters.com/

State Preschool Standards Database

NIEER's State Standards Database categorizes the language of state early childhood education standards and presents them in a common format. Data for twenty-two states, Washington DC, and the federal Head Start program are presented.

http://nieer.org/standards/

This web site provides public access to the most recent data about children with disabilities served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). These data are collected annually by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs in accordance with Section 619 of IDEA. They are provided in the form of tables produced for the Annual Reports to Congress.

http://www.ideadata.org/

NECTAC has collected state data on special education programs for over a decade. Data from the twelfth edition of the Section 619 Profile (2003) supplements data available through www.ideadata.org.

http://www.nectac.org/sec619/sec619.asp#619profile