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The primary purpose of the Digest of Education Statistics is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school.

The Common Core of Data (CCD) is a program of the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics that annually collects fiscal and non-fiscal data about all public schools, public school districts and state education agencies in the United States.

The Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B) examines students’ education and work experiences after they complete a bachelor’s degree, with a special emphasis on elementary and secondary teachers. B&B looks at bachelor’s degree recipients’ workforce participation, income and debt repayment, and entry into and persistence through graduate school programs, among other indicators. B&B:08/12 can be used to examine the employment outcomes of bachelor's degree recipients approximately 4 years after they completed their 2007–08 degrees.

Nationally representative sample of 10th graders in 2002. Follow up interviews were conducted in 2004, 2006 and 2012. ELS:2002 is set up to help researchers investigate questions of high school choices and post-secondary outcomes. Contains detailed background questions, extra-curricular participation (including athletics) and an income variable in the 2012 followup (F3ERN2011).

MTF can be used to investigate trends in the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary and college students, and young adults. Beginning in 1975, with 12th graders, and later adding 8th and 10th graders, students are surveyed about demographics and attitudes regarding drugs. Other topics include: religion, roles of women, parents, etc. Follow up studies

The NHEDS monitors educational trends in U.S. education. It conducts repeated measurements of the same phenomena in different years. A few of the topics covered include: Before and After School Programs, Early Childhood Program Participation, Parent and Family Involvement in Education, School Readiness and Adult Education.