The TIMSS 2007 U.S. Technical Report and User Guide provides an overview of the design and implementation of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2007 in the United States, along with information designed to facilitate access to the U.S. TIMSS 2007 data.

High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 2007 – provides estimates for 2007 and trend data for 1972-2007.

Projections of Education Statistics to 2018 – includes statistics on enrollment, graduates, teachers, and expenditures in elementary and secondary schools, and enrollment and earned degrees conferred expenditures of degree-granting institutions.

The PRI Library has received announcement of  the Using the NHES Database for Research and Policy Analyses seminar to be held in Washington, DC from August 10-12, 2009.

NCES Report: “Basic Reading Skills and the Literacy of the America’s Least Literate Adults: Results from the 2003 NAAL Supplemental Studies,” by Justin Baer, Mark Kutner, and John Sabatini.

The PRI Library has received announcement of the 2009  National Forum on Educational Statistics and NCES  Summer Data Conference to be held July 27-31, 2009 in Bethesda, MD.

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) staff will conduct mini-courses at the American Educational Research Association (AERA)  Conference to be held in San Diego, California from April 12-16, 2009.

The PRI Library has received announcement of the using NAEP for research and policy analysis seminar on July 7-10, 2009 in Washington, DC.

The PRI Library has received announcement of the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) High School Transcript Study (HSTS) training seminar to be held July 22-24, 2009 in Washington, DC.

The PRI Library has received announcement of an upcoming NCES conference to be held May 20-22, 2009 in Washington, D.C.

Educational Attainment in the United States: 2007 (PDF, from the Census Bureau’s Current Population Reports) uses data from the American Community Survey and the Current Population Survey.

Among the findings:

• A larger proportion of women than men had completed high school or more education. A larger proportion of men had received at least a bachelor’s degree.
• Differences in educational attainment by race and Hispanic origin existed. Attainment for non-Hispanic Whites and Asians was higher than attainment for Blacks and Hispanics. (Hispanics may be any race.)
• Educational attainment varied by nativity. About 88 percent of the native-born population had at least a high school diploma, compared to 68 percent of the foreign-born population. More native-born than foreign-born adults reported completing at least a bachelor’s degree (28 percent and 27 percent, respectively), while more foreign-born than nativeborn adults reported having an advanced degree (11 percent and 10 percent, respectively).
• Educational attainment of foreign-born Hispanics was lower than all other groups. The percentage of foreign-born Hispanics who had completed at least high school was 49 percent, which is the same as the percentage of foreign-born Asians who had completed college or more education.