General Websites
- American Fact Finder, 2010, U.S. Census
- County and City Data Book: UVA
- Data.Gov: Education
- Educational Testing Service: Find research reports on this site
- FedStats: Gateway to Federal Statistics and Information
- National Center for Education Statistics: The primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
- National Coalition for Literacy
- National Reporting System: Fast Facts
- OVAE (Office of Vocational and Adult Education): Facts and Figures
- ProLiteracy America: Organization for community based literacy organizations; includes yearly reports on the State of Literacy
- Reading, Literacy, and Education Statistics
- Social Statistics Briefing Room: White House
- State and Local Government on the Net
- STAT USA: single point of access to authoritative business, trade, and economic information from across the Federal Government.
- U.S. Department of Labor
- Virginia Statistics: Scroll down sidebar on right
Reports
- American Communities Survey, U.S. Census, 2006
- America’s Perfect Storm: Three Forces Changing Our Nation’s Future, 2007, PDF
- A Nation Still At Risk, Hoover Institution, 1998
- Investing Wisely in Adult Learning is the Key to State Prosperity, 2005, SREB
- Literacy in Everyday Life: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy, PDF
- Reach Higher, America: Overcoming Crisis in the U.S. Workforce, 2008
- State of Adult Literacy, 2006, ProLiteracy, PDF
- State of Adult Literacy, 2005, ProLiteracy, PDF
- The Number of Functionally Illiterate Adults in U.S. is Growing, 2003 ProLiteracy Report
- The Condition of Education, 2000-2008
Research
- American Institutes for Research (AIR)
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Brookings Institution
- EdWeek Research
- Educational Testing Service: Research
- Manhattan Institute for Policy Research: Education and Reform
- The Urban Institute
School Performance
- Fast Fact Archive from MDRC
- U.S. High School Graduation Rates: Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Updated 2002 PDF Document
- Virginia High School Graduation Rates
- Virginia High School Drop Out Rates
- Class of 2004 Graduation Rates, Trends and Remedial Initiatives: Prepared by the Commonwealth Educational Policy Institute
Articles
- A First Look at the Literacy of America’s Adults in the 21st Century, NCES, 2006
- America’s Most Literate Cities, 2007
- One in Ten Schools are Drop Out Factories, 2007
Books
- Closing the Achievement Gap: Chapter 2, Education Accountability in Virginia, 2004
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