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Statistics

This section is used to post reports that focus on statistical data from entities such as

Additional reports and articles are posted at the Articles and Reports page of the TEDNA web site. Reports linked below are organized by agency:

The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development:

American Indians on Reservations: A Databook of Socioeconomic Change Between the 1990 and 2000 Censuses by Jonathan B. Taylor and Joseph P. Kalt (January 2005)

National Center for Education Statistics:

The National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences has released the report: "Status and Trends in the Education of American Indians and Alaska Natives: 2008."

This report examines both the educational progress of American Indian/Alaska Native children and adults and challenges in their education. It shows that over time more American Indian/Alaska Native students have gone on to college and that their attainment expectations have increased. Despite these gains, progress has been uneven and differences persist between American Indian/Alaska Native students and students of other racial/ethnic groups on key indicators of educational performance. To view, download and print the report as a PDF file, please click here.

Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Minorities

NCES (which is within the U.S. Department of Education) is the primary federal entity for collecting, analyzing and reporting education data in the United States. Its major statistical compilations cover many areas. Recent specific reports include:

Overview of Public Elementary and Secondary Students, Staff, Schools, School Districts, Revenues, and Expenditures, November, 2006. "The report presents data about the students enrolled in public education, including the number of students by grade and the number receiving special education, migrant, or English language learner services" [from the web site]

The Condition of Education 2006. The Condition of Education 2006 summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report presents 50 indicators on the status and condition of education and a special analysis on international assessments. The indicators represent a consensus of professional judgment on the most significant national measures of the condition and progress of education for which accurate data are available. The 2006 print edition includes 50 indicators in five main areas: (1) participation in education; (2) learner outcomes; (3) student effort and educational progress; (4) the contexts of elementary and secondary education; and (5) the contexts of postsecondary education.

National Indian Education Study: Part II: The Educational Experiences of Fourth- and Eighth-Grade American Indian and Alaska Native Students -- "with particular emphasis on the integration of native language and culture into school and classroom activities" [from the web site].

National Indian Education Study: Part I: The Performance of American Indian and Alaska Native Fourth- and Eighth-Grade Students on NAEP 2005 Reading and Mathematics Assessments.

NCES Studies on American Indian and Alaska Native Education, The Executive Order on American Indian and Alaska Native Education is designed to assist American Indian and Alaska Native students in meeting the challenging student academic standards of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110) in a manner that is consistent with tribal traditions, languages, and cultures. This order builds on the innovations, reforms, and high standards of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, including the following: stronger accountability for results; greater flexibility in the use of federal funds; more choices for parents; and an emphasis on research-based instruction that works. Section 3 of the Order states that the Secretary of Education, in coordination with the Working Group, shall conduct a multiyear study of American Indian and Alaska Native education in relation to the challenging student academic standards of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. This publication introduces some of those studies that have data and that can be used to examine the education of American Indian and Alaska Native students.

Digest of Education Statistics, New tables from Digest of Education Statistics, 2005 provide a wide array of data covering prekindergarten through graduate school. Topics include: numbers of institutions; teachers; enrollments; graduates; educational attainment; finances; federal funds for education; employment and income of graduates; libraries; and international comparisons. The National Indian Education Study, 2005

Characteristics of Schools, Districts, Teachers, Principals, and School Libraries in the United States (March 23, 2006)

Nation's Report Card: Reading 2005. National Assessment of Educational Progress. For results by race-ethnicity, open the PDF document that is linked at this site, and click on "Results by Race/Ethnicity" in the bookmarks area of the PDF file.

Nation’s Report Card: Mathematics 2005. National Assessment of Educational Progress. For results by race-ethnicity, open the PDF document that is linked at this site, and click on "Results by Race/Ethnicity" in the bookmarks area of the PDF file.

Table 7: SAT Score Gains — Especially in Math — for Most Racial/Ethnic Groups Between 1995 and 2005. Part of 2005 College-Bound Seniors Tables and Related Items.

American Indian and Alaska Native Children: Findings From the Base Year of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) (August 2005) (link for document and press release, available in PDF format, and ordering information)

Status and Trends in the Education of American Indians and Alaska Natives (August 2005) (link for document in one or two parts, available in PDF format, and ordering information)

Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2004 (November 2004) (PDF format - use bookmarks to navigate to applicable sections of the document)

Overview of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools and Districts: School Year 2001-02 (includes BIA funded schools) (PDF format - use bookmarks to navigate to applicable sections of the document)

Public School Student, Staff and Graduate Counts, by State: School Year 2001-02 (includes BIA funded schools) (PDF format - use bookmarks to navigate to applicable sections of the document)

Schools and Staffing Survey, 1999-2000 - Overview of the Data for Public, Private, Public Charter, and Bureau of Indian Affairs Elementary and Secondary Schools (PDF format - use bookmarks to navigate to applicable sections of the document)

State Profiles: The Nation's Report Card (circa 2001-2002)

Census Bureau:
Several web pages at the U.S. Census Bureau are dedicated to providing links to information about Native peoples in the United States:

We the People:American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States, Census 2000 Special Reports (February 2006)

American Indian and Alaska Native Populations

American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Data and Links

Specific reports include:

The Urban Institute - Education Policy Center:
The Urban Institute is a non-partisan economic and social policy research organization. Its Education Policy Center evaluates major national programs and conducts research on education reform. Recent specific reports include:

Who Graduates? Who Doesn't - A Statistical Portrait of Public High School Graduation, Class of 2001 (includes specific American Indian/Alaska Native data by regions and states)

Center for Civic Innovation at the Manhattan Institute: About the Center for Civic Innovation

Public High School Graduation and College Readiness Rates in the United States (September, 2003)

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