Sources for English Learner (EL) Data

Consolidated State Performance Reports

The Consolidated State Performance Report (CSPR) is the required annual reporting tool for of each state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, as authorized under Section 9303 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended.

Data.ed.gov

Data.ed.gov is a website developed by the Department of Education to share data about its grant programs and is part of the Obama Administration’s Open Government Initiative. The Department will use data.ed.gov to publish data sets about its grant programs and performance and other data that it collects on an ongoing basis.

ED Data Express

ED Data Express is a website designed to improve the public's ability to access and explore high-value state-level education data collected by the U.S. Department of Education. The site is designed to be interactive and to present the data in a clear, easy-to-use manner, with options to download information into Excel or manipulate the data within the website. The site currently includes data from EDFacts, Consolidated State Performance Reports (CSPRs), State Accountability Workbooks, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), the College Board, and the Department's Budget Service office.

ED Data Inventory

The goal of the ED Data Inventory is to describe all data reported to the U.S. Department of Education, with the exception of personnel and administrative data. It includes data collected as part of grant activities, along with statistical data collected to allow publication of valuable statistics about the state of education in this country. The ED Data Inventory includes descriptive information about each data collection, along with information on the specific data elements in individual collections.

Civil Rights Data Collection

The Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) collects data on key education and civil rights issues in our nation's public schools for use by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR), other Department of Education offices, and other policymakers and researchers. This data collection provides information about students in public elementary and secondary schools on a variety of indicators, including enrollment, access to educational programs or services, and academic proficiency results, "disaggregated" (or broken out) by factors including race, ethnicity, sex, and disability.

National Center for Educational Statistics

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education. Access a variety of tools for working with this data at the NCES Data Tools page.

NAEP Data Explorer

With the NAEP Data Explorer (NDE) you can create statistical tables, charts, and maps to help you find answers. Explore the results of decades of assessment of students' academic performance, as well as information about factors that may be related to their learning.

Childstats.gov: Forum on Child and Family Statistics

Childstats.gov is the website of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics (the Forum), a collection of 22 federal government agencies involved in research and activities related to children and families. The Forum's annual report, America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, provides the nation with a summary of national indicators of child well-being and monitors changes in these indicators over time.

Child Trends Data Bank

Resource for the latest national trends and research on over 100 key indicators of child and youth well-being. Information compiled by the non-profit organization Child Trends.

Migration Policy Institute Data Hub

The Data Hub showcases the most current national and state-level demographic, social, and economic facts about immigrants to the US; as well as stock, flow, citizenship, net migration, and historical data for countries in Europe, North America, and Oceania. Track historical immigration trends, see which global cities have the largest immigrant populations, and learn more about refugee and asylum patterns.

U.S. Census Bureau

Authorized under Title 13 and Title 26 of the U.S. Code, the mission of the US Census Bureau is to serve as the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy.

U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey

The American Community Survey (ACS) is an ongoing survey that provides data every year—giving communities the current information they need to plan investments and services. Among the many questions in the survey are questions about languages spoken at home and English speaking ability for each household member.