OERI DIRECTORY OF COMPUTER DATA FILES Compiled by: Imelda H. Smallwood Information Technology Branch U.S. Department of Education Lamar Alexander, Secretary Office of Educational Research and Improvement Bruno V. Manno, Acting Assistant Secretary National Center for Education Statistics Emerson J. Elliott, Acting Commissioner National Center for Education Statistics "The purpose of the Center shall be collect, and analyze, and disseminate statistics and other data related to education in the United States and in other nations." --Section 406(b) of the General Education Provisions Act, as amended (20 U.S.C. 1221e-1). TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Data File Availability and Ordering Assistance Survey Technique Information Data File Technical Information PRICE AND ORDERING INFORMATION USING THE DIRECTORY AVAILABLE DATA FILES Elementary and Secondary Education Postsecondary Education Vocational and Adult Education Libraries Longitudinal Studies COMPUTER DATA FILE PRICE LIST DATA FILE(S) ORDER FORM INTRODUCTION This Directory is published by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI). OERI supports and conducts research on education, collects and analyzes education statistics, administers grant and contract programs to improve libraries and library education, and disseminates information to parents, students, teachers, school administrators, policymakers, researchers, the media, and others. A major function of OERI is to distribute computerized data tape files from the library of survey data which OERI's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has been collecting for over 20 years. The entire OERI library of computer tape survey files is available for public sales distribution. This Directory is designed to give a brief, nontechnical synopsis of the major files available. DATA FILE AVAILABILITY AND ORDERING ASSISTANCE In addition to supplying copies of data files, special tabulations, diskettes, and mailing labels, mailing label software packages are also provided. Capabilities range from straightforward listings to complicated statistical analyses. General inquiries regarding the availability, content, and specifications of any of these files should be addressed to: U.S. Department of Education OERI/PID/Education Information Branch 555 New Jersey Avenue NW Washington, DC 20208-5641 1 (800) 424-1616 SURVEY TECHNIQUE INFORMATION Questions regarding indepth information about the surveys, their processing, sampling techniques, data quality testing, and the like, should be addressed to the appropriate subject-matter specialists. The following phone numbers are in the (202) area code: Elementary and Secondary Education 219-1614 Higher Education 219-1352 Adult Education 219-1352 Libraries College and University 219-1354 Public 219-1354 Elementary and Secondary School 219-1354 Longitudinal Studies 219-1642 Vocational Education 219-1352 DATA FILE TECHNICAL INFORMATION Technical questions regarding the computer processing of the data can be answered by calling the Data Systems Branch at (202) 219-1522 or 219-1847. PRICE AND ORDERING INFORMATION Tape Prices Each survey is sold as a unique data file. The basic price for a data file is $175. Additional files ordered at the same time are $75 each. At this price, the files will be stacked on as few reels as possible. Some large files have separate pricing. These prices are referred to in the file descriptions. Each annual collection for a multiyear survey is counted as a separate file. All necessary documentation is included with each file. This includes: file layout, block size, number of records, explanatory narratives, survey forms, and related studies. Tape Technical Specifications Standard copying procedures for these files produce 9-track tapes in 1600 or 6250 BPI using extended binary coded decimal interchange code (EBCDIC) or American standard code for information interchange (ASCII), with IBM Standard Labels (SL) or unlabeled. We can also copy files to produce 3480 tape cartridges. OERI has Statistical Analysis System (SAS) files available for most files produced since 1976. To Order Files To order files, complete the order form included in this directory. Please supply the appropriate customer information, tape specifications, and file names ("Survey Area" plus available academic year). For example: File Name Year Cost (basic) Earned Degrees Conferred 77-78 $175 Earned Degrees Conferred 81-82 75 Public School Universe 81-82 75 Private School Universe 76-80 75 Total $400 Check or money order for the full amount, payable to the U.S. Department of Education, must accompany the order. You may also use a credit card (MasterCard or Visa) for payment. (Please see the order form.) Mail the order to: U.S. Department of Education OERI/EIRD/Data Systems Branch Room 214 555 New Jersey Avenue NW Washington, DC 20208-5725 Most orders are mailed within 10 working days of receipt. USING THE DIRECTORY Column Headings: "Survey Area" is the name of the survey data file. The names in this column are used for ordering files. "Years Available" refers to the academic year which extends from the fall of the calendar year through the summer of the next year. "Description" contains the number of respondents, major variables and, in many cases, a brief description of the survey itself. Abbreviations: CCD - Common Core of Data (Elementary and Secondary Data) ED - Department of Education FTE - Full-Time Equivalent FY - Fiscal Year HEGIS - Higher Education General Information System IPEDS - Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (replaces HEGIS) LEA - Local Education Agency (School District) NAEP - National Assessment of Educational Progress NCES - National Center for Education Statistics NELS - National Education Longitudinal Study NPSAS - National Postsecondary Student Aid Study RCG - Recent College Graduates SAS - Statistical Analysis System SASS - Schools and Staffing Survey SMSA - Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 1. Survey Area: Public School Districts Years Available: 1968-69 through 1989-90 (except '74-75 and '84-85) Description: This file includes name, mailing address, telephone number, county, grade span, number of schools, and fall enrollment for approximately 17,000 public school districts. Counts for high school graduates and other completers are also provided. Some variables on this file are available on diskettes. 2. Survey Area: Public School Universe Years Available: 1969-72 (4-yr summary) 1977-78 through 1989-90 (except '79- 80, '81-82 and '85-86) Description: This file includes name, address, telephone number, district, high grade, low grade, school type, number of teachers, and pupils enrolled in over 85,000 public schools. The number of students eligible for the free-lunch program and membership, by grade and racial/ethnic categories, are also provided. Most survey years lack some elements which were not submitted by certain states. Some variables on this file are available on diskettes. 3. Survey Area: Private School Universe Years Available: 1970-71, 1976-77, 1976-80 (4-yr summary) Description: This file includes name, mailing address, school district, type, affiliation, enrollment, graduates, and classroom teachers for approximately 21,000 private schools. Some variables on this file are available on diskettes. 4. Survey Area: School District Non-Fiscal Data Years Available: 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85 Description: This file includes school district name, the number of schools, as well as the number of students enrolled, teachers, instructional aides, and administrative support staff (in FTE), as assigned for approximately 17,000 school districts. 5. Survey Area: State Summary of School District Finance Years Available: 1982-88, 1989 Description: This file includes state summary information for aggregate public school revenues, current expenditures, average daily attendance, and fixed charges as reported by LEAs. The file contains data from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas for FYs 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1988. The FY 1989 data is contained in a single file and is also available on diskette. 6. Survey Area: State Summary of Non-Fiscal Data Years Available: 1984-90 Description: This file contains state summary nonfiscal data for 7 years for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the outlying areas. Data include enrollment, by grade level; number of teaching, administrative, and support staff; and the number of graduates in the previous year. These data are also available on diskette. 7. Survey Area: Private Schools and Teachers Survey Years Available: 1985-86 Description: These data were collected from a nationally representative sample of 1,174 private schools and 5,295 private school teachers in winter and spring of 1986. School data, collected from the school administrators associated with the sample school, include information on tuition, enrollment, minority enrollment, staffing, advanced placement programs, graduates applying to college, and use of aides and volunteers. Teacher data include information on training, experience, subjects being taught, assistance of aides and volunteers, teaching salary, working hours, additional employment, teachers' opinions, age, sex, and race/ethnicity. The tape permits linkage of teachers to the schools in which they teach. 8. Survey Area: Public Schools and Teachers Survey Years Available: 1984-85 Description: This file contains data from a national sample of 2,801 schools and 10,650 teachers. School data include information on enrollment, minority enrollment, staffing, advanced placement programs, graduates applying to college, use of aides and volunteers, use of computers, and incentive programs for teachers. Data collected from teachers include information on training, experience, subjects being taught, incentives, certification and endorsement, assistance of aides and volunteers, salaries, working hours, additional employment, age, sex, and racial/ethnic affiliation. The files permit linkage of teachers to the schools in which they teach. 9. Survey Area: Teacher Demand and Shortage Years Available: 1983-84 Description: This file contains data provided by the administrators of 809 private schools and 2,263 local and intermediate public education agency respondents. Data items include headcount figures for position openings; positions unfilled; new and continuing certified and uncertified teachers employed; FTE figures for employed teachers who were certified or uncertified within assignment field and candidate shortages, by subject area and instructional level; and information on the use of merit pay plans and special incentives to recruit or retain teachers in critical areas. The file contains 3,540 records, including non-respondents. Records are weighted to permit national estimates. 10. Survey Area: Census of Population and Housing 1980: File 1F Years Available: 1980 Description: Data for all school districts in the country (approximately 17,000), including county components of school districts, are contained in this file. It has complete count data on population and housing characteristics. (The cost of this file is $275 for 1600 BPI.) 11. Survey Area: Census of Population and Housing 1980: File 3F Years Available: 1980 Description: Data for all school districts in the country (approximately 17,000), including county components of school districts, are contained in this file. The data are based on sample estimates covering population, income, employment, education attainment, and housing characteristics. (The cost of this file is $675 for 1600 BPI, and $275 for 6250 BPI.) 12. Survey Area: Master Area Reference File, (MARF) 3 Years Available: 1980 Description: This file identifies each block group and enumeration district used for tabulating 1980 Census data, along with the school district in which it is located. Also included are selected population and housing counts. There are approximately 400,000 block-group and enumeration district records. (The cost of this file is $375 for 1600 BPI.) 13. Survey Area: Master Area Reference File, (MARF) 4 Years Available: 1980 Description: This file identifies each city block and enumeration district used for tabulating 1980 Census data with the school district in which it is located. It also contains selected population and housing counts. Approximately 2.5 million city blocks and enumeration district records are included. (The cost of this file is $575 for 6250 BPI. It is not available at 1600 BPI.) 14. Survey Area: Schools and Staffing Survey (Public and Private School Questionnaires) * Years Available: 1987-88 Description: This file collects data from a sample of 3,513 private schools and 9,317 public schools. The private schools were drawn from a list frame of 24,186 private schools and an area frame sample of approximately 75 counties or groups of counties that included 996 private schools that were not on the list frame. The public schools were drawn from a sampling frame of 80,384. Variables on these files include school enrollment, number of teachers, staff size, community type, school type, religious affiliation, length of school year and school day, percent of nonwhite students and teachers, support services, tuition, admission requirements, number of students graduated, years experience of teaching staff, number of teachers with advanced degrees, use of volunteers, number of new teachers, and number of teachers who have left. These data were collected by the U. S. Bureau of the Census via mailed questionnaire. 15. Survey Area: Schools and Staffing Survey (Public and Private School Administrator Questionnaires) ** Years Available: 1987-88 Description: This file collects data from a sample of 3,513 private school heads and 9,317 public school principals. These were the same 3,513 schools and 9,317 schools that received the School Questionnaires. The private schools were sampled from a list frame of 24,186 private schools and an area frame sample of approximately 75 counties or groups of counties that included 996 private schools that were not on the list frame. The public schools were drawn from a sample of 80,384 public schools. These files contain information on the principal's/head's demographic characteristics, educational background, previous work experience, and perception of school climate. These data were collected by the U. S. Bureau of the Census via mailed questionnaire. 16. Survey Area: Schools and Staffing Survey (Public and Private School Teacher Questionnaires) ** Years Available: 1987-88 Description: This file consists of information collected from a sample of 11,529 teachers in 3,513 private schools and 56,242 teachers in 9,317 public schools. These were the same 3,513 private schools and 9,317 public schools that received the School Questionnaires. These files contain data on the teacher's teaching assignment, years of experience, educational background, previous work experience, certification, perceptions of school climate and the teacher's job, teaching load, salary, and demographic characteristics. These data were collected by the U. S. Bureau of the Census via mailed questionnaire. 17. Survey Area: Schools and Staffing Survey (Public and Private School Teacher Demand and Shortage Questionnaires) ** Years Available: 1987-88 Description: This file has data from a sample of 3,513 private schools and 5,594 public school districts. These were the same private schools that received the School and Administrator Questionnaires. The 3,513 private schools were sampled from a list frame of 24,186 private schools and an area frame sample of approximately 75 counties or groups of counties that included 996 private schools that were not on the list frame. Of the 5,594 public school districts, 5,586 are the districts associated with a nationally representative sample of 9,317 public schools and 8 are districts that hire teachers but do not operate schools. The samples of schools and districts were obtained from a sampling frame of 80,384 public schools and 16,962 public school districts. These files contain information on number of students, number of teachers, number of vacancies, number of new hires, salary schedules, and information on hiring practices and retirement policies. These data were collected by the U. S. Bureau of the Census via mailed questionnaire. ** NOTE NCES sponsored the 1987-88 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) conducted by the U.S. Bureau of the Census. to update data on teachers, school administrators, schools, and local education agencies. Data from previous surveys have been used by Congress, state education departments, federal agencies, private school associations, and educational research organizations. The SASS is an integrated set of surveys that were conducted by NCES independently in the past. These include the Private School Surveys of 1983-84 and 1985-86, the Public School Survey of 1984- 85 and the Teacher Demand and Shortage Survey of 1983-84. The SASS include several types of respondents: school district (LEA) personnel officers, public school principals, private school heads, public school teachers, and private school teachers. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION * 1. Survey Area: Opening Fall Enrollment Years Available: 1967 through 1989-90 Description: This file covers full-time, part-time, and full-time equivalent enrollment data, by sex, for undergraduate, graduate, unclassified, first-professional degree students and first-time freshmen for over 5,000 schools. Since 1976, surveys taken in even years contain racial/ethnic enrollment data, by major field of study. (Racial/ethnic data for 1982 by summary only.) Beginning with 1987, the survey was expanded in odd years to collect student enrollment data by 11 age cohorts. (The costs of the 1988-89 and the 1989-90 files involve special pricing. Please call for details.) 2. Survey Area: Financial Statistics Years Available: 1965-66 through 1988-89 Description: This file presents current fund revenues, by source; expenditures, by function; physical plant assets, by type and value; scholarship and fellowship expenditures; indebtedness on physical plant; endowment assets; and changes in fund balances for about 5,653 institutions. The data for FY 89 is unimputed. 3. Survey Area: Residence and Migration Years Available: 1972, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1988 Description: This file covers first-time and new transfer student enrollment classifications, by residence status, home state, and sex for approximately 4,582 institutions. 4. Survey Area: Faculty Salaries Years Available: 1971-72 through 1989-90 (No 1983-84, 1986-87 or 1988-89) Description: This file contains data on salary, tenure, and fringe benefits of full-time instructional faculty, by sex, rank, length of contract, and type of institutional unit for about 4,416 institutions. The 1972-73 and 1976-77 surveys also collected the number of part-time, full-time, and non-faculty employees, by manpower resource category. The Privacy Act of 1974 forbids public dissemination of data on salary and fringe benefits for individuals and/or administrators. A suppression algorithm was used on data cells with fewer than three persons to create a public-use tape. 5. Survey Area: Earned Degrees (Completions) Years Available: 1968-69 through 1988-89 Description: This file covers bachelor's, master's, doctor's, and first- professional degrees received in major disciplines and subfields for approximately 5,000 institutions. It also includes degrees and certificates awarded for programs beyond high school of less than 4 years' duration, by sex. The 1976-77, 1978-79, 1980- 81, 1982-83, 1984-85, 1986-87, and 1988-89 surveys contain racial/ethnic data within major disciplines. The number of subject fields was greatly increased starting with the 1982-83 survey. (The cost of the 1988- 89 file involves special pricing. Please call for details.) 6. Survey Area: Institutional Characteristics Years Available: 1969-70 through 1989-90 Description: This file includes institution name, address, telephone number, congressional district, type of control, level of offerings, type of programs, accreditation, and previous year's enrollment for 10,919 IPEDS schools. Data are comparable with those found in the 1989-90 Directory of Postsecondary Institutions: Volume 1, 4-year and 2-year (stock number 065-000-00428-3, $28) and 1989-90 Directory of Postsecondary Institutions: Volume 2, Less-than- 2-years (stock number 065-000- 00429-1, $20), available from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402-9325. Some variables on this file are available on diskettes. 7. Survey Area: College and University Libraries Years Available: 1968-69, 1971-72, 1973-74, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1979-80, 1982-83, 1985-86, 1988-89 Description: This file includes resources, library operating expenditures, salaries and wages, number of employees, library collections, library loan transactions, and library service per typical week for about 4,300 college libraries. Salary data cells for fewer than three persons are suppressed. The 1988-89 file is also available on a high density diskette (5 1/4", 1.2mb, DOS format, ASCII, $75). 8. Survey Area: Recent College Graduates (RCG) Years Available: 1974-75, 1976-77, 1979-80, 1983-84, 1985-86 Description: This file includes data from a national sample of approximately 16,000 bachelor's and 2,000 master's degree recipients one year after graduation. The sample was augmented by nursing majors and bilingual education majors. The emphasis is on the education and employment of all graduates and especially those newly qualified to teach. A major new component of the 1985-86 survey is an examination of the courses taken and grades received during the graduate's entire postsecondary education prior to award of the bachelor's degree, as reflected in his/her postsecondary academic transcript(s). 9. Survey Area: Recent College Graduates (RCG) (Transcript File) Years Available: 1985-86 Description: This file contains data from student transcripts of bachelor's degree recipients in the RCG national sample. The file details courses taken by the approximately 20,000 undergraduates, the credits they earned, their grade point averages, and major field of study. 10. Survey Area: Total Institutional Activity Years Available: 1986-87, 1987-88 Description: This file contains data collected on the number of credit/contact hours and the unduplicated count of students enrolled in postsecondary institutions. The final universe sample was 6,606 institutions. This survey is conducted every year. 11. Survey Area: National Survey of Postsecondary Faculty (Institutional Survey Data File) Years Available: 1987-88 Description: This file contains data from institutional level respondents on such issues as faculty composition, turnover, recruitment, retention, and tenure policies. A stratified random sample of institutions was selected from the 1987 IPEDS file and consists of 480 colleges and universities. This survey is conducted every 4 years. The next cycle of the study will be in the 1992-93 academic year. 12. Survey Area: National Survey of Postsecondary Faculty (Departmental Chairs Data File) Years Available: 1987-88 Description: This file collects data from department chairpersons (or equivalent) on such issues as faculty composition, turnover, recruitment, retention, and tenure policies. A stratified random sample of 3,029 eligible department chairs was selected from 424 participating institutions. This survey may be conducted again in the 1992-93 academic year. 13. Survey Area: Fall Enrollment in Occupationally Specific Programs Years Available: 1987, 1989 Description: This file has data on the number of students enrolled in vocational education programs of less than 4 years for over 4,000 institutions. The file collects program enrollments, by sex and race/ethnicity of student. This survey is conducted biennially. 14. Survey Area: National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (Student Survey Data File) ** Years Available: 1986-87 Description: This file (in-school component) provides data, collected from 43,176 students, that includes financial aid award amounts, student characteristics, educational activities, and other data. It also includes financial aid data and data abstracted from the registrar's records for the 1,074 postsecondary institutions participating in the sample. The 1989-90 data is expected to be available in September of 1991. 15. Survey Area: National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (Parent Survey Supplement Data File) ** Years Available: 1986-87 Description: This file (in-school component) samples 13,423 parents. This survey was designed primarily to be a supplemental data source for family financial information for selected types of NPSAS students, such as dependent, non-aided students. The 1989-90 data is expected to be available in 1992. 16. Survey Area: National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (Student Loan Recipient Survey) ** Years Available: 1987 Description: This file (out-of-school component) provides data collected from former postsecondary students who received a Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) to attend a postsecondary institution. Data on education, loan, and employment history are included along with background characteristics for each of the respondents. The survey sample consisted of 11,847 former GSL recipients who left school between 1976 and 1985. 17. Survey Area: National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (Student Loan Recipient Transcript Survey) ** Years Available: 1987 Description: This file contains postsecondary school transcripts of GSL recipients who are no longer enrolled. This out-of-school component provides the means to analyze such basic policy issues as the relationships between educational activities and the ability to cope with indebtedness or the patterns of student loan repayment on default. 18. Survey Area: Fall Staff Years Available: 1987-88 Description: This file, the first under the new IPEDS, collects data that describe the distribution of full-time and part-time faculty and staff in postsecondary institutions, by occupational category. The data, collected in cooperation with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), came from a final universe of 6,875 institutions. This survey is conducted biennially. * NOTE: The Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), which had been in place for 20 years, was replaced by the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) in 1986. IPEDS provides comprehensive and consistent data representing all postsecondary institutions in the United States and its outlying areas. IPEDS covers all 11,586 postsecondary education institution. HEGIS included only those institutions which were accredited by an agency recognized by the Secretary of Education. The switch from HEGIS to IPEDS resulted in some differences in both data elements and file structures. ** NOTE: NPSAS is designed to establish a student-based postsecondary financial aid data system that will assist policymakers in assessing federal student aid programs by providing information on how aid is targeted, received, and used. It includes students who received no financial aid as well as those who have. The "in-school" component of NPSAS involves three major surveys (institution registrar and financial aid records; students; and parents). All types of postsecondary institutions are surveyed by NPSAS, including public, private nonprofit, and private for-profit, 2-year and 4-year institutions and schools offering only occupational programs of less than 2 years. The "out-of-school" component of the NPSAS data collection effort targeted former student recipients of Guaranteed Student Loans. VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION 1. Survey Area: Postsecondary Career School Survey Years Available: 1973-74, 1975-76, 1977-78, 1979-80 1981-82 Description: This file includes name and address of the parent institution for 9,300 active schools; type of control; enrollment, by attendance status and sex; vocational programs and occupational fields; accreditation status; and federal program eligibility. The data compare with what is found in the Directory of Postsecondary Schools with Occupational Programs. 2. Survey Area: Programs and Enrollments in Noncollegiate Postsecondary Schools Years Available: 1980 Description: This file contains data collected from three postsecondary education survey forms. It covers (a) schools from the Postsecondary Career School Survey; (b) a sample of approximately 5,300 schools surveyed for program enrollment, tuition and fees, length and outcomes, student racial/ethnic origins, student age and sex, and staff, by sex and assignments; and (c) data for 62 correspondence schools. 3. Survey Area: Characteristics of Students in Noncollegiate Postsecondary Schools Years Available: 1977, 1979, 1981 Description: This is a sample file of approximately 6,800 students drawn from the Postsecondary Career School universe of schools. It includes their age, sex, race/ethnicity, military status, previous vocational training plans, previous and current work experience, and future work plans. 4. Survey Area: Participation in Adult Education Years Available: 1969, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1984 Description: This file is a national sample of 58,000 households conducted for NCES by the Bureau of the Census as part of the Current Population Survey. It includes data on adult education participants, the courses they took, the providers, and means of financing. 5. Survey Area: Classification System for Postsecondary Education Courses Years Available: 1986 Description: This classification system is developed in conjunction with the NCES Longitudinal Studies Program. It is based on course listings in college catalogues from a sample of 60 postsecondary undergraduate and noncollegiate institutions. It expands upon the Classification of Instructional Programs, which divided courses into 50 major categories. This system uses an 8-digit code to differentiate between similar, yet unique, courses, whereas the CIP uses a 6- digit code. There are about 21,500 courses in the file. LIBRARIES 1. Survey Area: Public Libraries Universe Years Available: 1973, 1977, 1981, 1988, 1989 Description: This file covers data collected from 8,968 libraries and includes each one's name, location, population of area served, ED state code and SMSA code, number of service outlets, full-time equivalent staff, income, operational expenditures, capital outlay, library collection, public service hours per year, library services per year, and inter-library loans. The 1989 file is also available on a high density diskette (5 1/4", 1.2mb, DOS format, ASCII). 2. Survey Area: Public Libraries (LIBGIS) Years Available: FY 1974, FY 1978 Description: This file is a stratified random sample of 1,349 public libraries in the United States and outlying areas. It includes the name and location of service outlets, the population of the area served, the number of volumes of books and serials stocked, circulation figures, the number of interlibrary and bulk loans, the number of positions filled by library staff, operating receipts, and expenditures during the fiscal year. 3. Survey Area: Library Networks Years Available: 1985-86 Description: This file contains data collected from a stratified sample of 760 library networks. The data include sponsorship, types of library participants, services provided, communication systems used, areas served, staffing patterns, and funds received, by source. 4. Survey Area: Public and Private School Libraries and Media Centers Years Available: 1985-86 Description: This file contains data collected from a national sample of libraries affiliated with about 4,000 public and 1,200 private schools. The public school library data was augmented to provide estimates, by state. Media center data, collected from school librarians, include information on library staff, expenditures, collections, services, usage, technology, and facilities. Some 93 percent of public schools and 75 percent of private schools had media centers. LONGITUDINAL STUDIES NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL STUDY FILES 1. Survey Area: National Longitudinal Study (NLS) of the High School Class of 1972 Years Available: 1972 high school graduating class and four subsequent followups through October 1979 Description: Provides 3,524 variables on each of the sample's 22,652 respondents. All data are contained in one data set. A three-volume data user's guide serves as documentation and is furnished along with the tapes. The base-year segment contains student personal family background; education and work experience; postsecondary plans, aspirations, attitudes; test results of verbal and nonverbal ability; and items from student high school records. Followup data (1973, 1974, 1976, and 1979) include respondents' activity status, education and career plans, aspirations, and attitudes. (The cost of this file is $575 for 1600 BPI, and $275 for 6250 BPI.) 2. Survey Area: NLS-72 Fifth Followup Years Available: 1986 Description: This survey contains data that was collected during the spring and the summer of 1986. It involves a subsample of 14,489 members of the original sample of 22,652. The questionnaire asked the respondents to update background information and to provide new information about their work experiences, employment histories, education and other training, family status, income, and opinions on a range of topics. The fourth followup file is required if analyzing the fifth followup file in a longitudinal manner. 3. Survey Area: NLS-72 High School and Counselor Data Years Available: 1972 Description: This data file contains 504 variables from the high school file and counselor questionnaire responses. The data from the high school file can be linked to the data for the students attending each school. The file contains approximately 1,300 records. The 1972 school questionnaire gathered information on school organization and enrollment, course offerings, special services and programs, library and other resources, time scheduling, and grading systems. Counselor variables include workloads, counseling practices and facilities, experience with student financial aid programs, age, sex, race/ethnicity, training, and counseling experience. 4. Survey Area: NLS-72 Postsecondary Institution FICE Code File Years Available: 1972-1986 Description: This file contains a distribution of 3,696 NLS-72 FICE (Federal Interagency Committee on Education) codes in a merge with HEGIS FICE codes for the period covering 1972-1986. These can be used to link institutional data between the two series. (See appendixes C.10 and C.11 in the base year through fourth followup manual and appendix B.4 in the fifth followup manual.) 5. Survey Area: NLS-72 College Entrance Examination Board Institutional Data Base Years Available: 1973-74 Description: This file contains 84 variables on 4,139 postsecondary institutions (ordered by FICE code) from four sources: the 1973-74 Higher Education Directory; the 1973-74 tripartite Application Data File; the 1972-73 HEGIS Finance Survey; and the 1972 American Council on Education institutional characteristics file. These data can be linked to NLS-72 sample members by their common FICE codes. 6. Survey Area: NLS-72 Postsecondary Transcript File Years Available: 1984 Description: This file contains data on transcripts from NLS-72 senior cohort members who reported attending a postsecondary institution after leaving high school. A total of 19,033 transcripts reflecting the postsecondary education activities of 14,759 sample members were obtained and included in this file. (Some students had transcripts from more than one institution.) The information recorded in the file includes the major and minor fields of study; periods of enrollment; specific courses taken; credits earned; grades received; and credentials earned in 2-year and 4-year public and private vocational and non-vocational, foreign, and otherwise unclassified postsecondary institutions. The transcript files consist of four hierarchically organized data files (student, transcript within student, term of attendance within transcript, and course level within term). 7. Survey Area: NLS-72 Military Personnel Records Years Available: 1984-86 Description: This file contains data extracted from personnel records for 1,750 of the 11,222 men in the NLS survey who enlisted or applied for enlistment in the Armed Forces after high school. The file includes date of entry, branch, enlistment term, entry pay grade, Armed Forces Qualifying Test score, demographic measures, and educational attainment. It also contains career data such as current pay grade, military occupation, and reenlistment or separation status. This file can be linked to the student file. 8. Survey Area: NLS-72 Fifth Followup (Teaching Supplement) Years Available: 1986 Description: This file contains 1,517 of the 14,489 respondents to the NLS-72 fifth followup sample who indicated on the questionnaire that they were either currently teaching, had formerly taught, or had been trained as a teacher but never taught. The file includes items such as their reasons for entering the teaching career, degrees and certification, actual teaching experience, allocation of time while working, pay scale, the extent of their satisfaction with the teaching characteristics of the school in which they taught, and professional activities. 9. Survey Area: School District Census Data Years Available: 1970 Description: This file contains standard census data tabulated by 3,500 school district boundaries for districts in which NLS-72 sample members attended high school. These data can be linked to the students' records by their common high school code numbers. HIGH SCHOOL AND BEYOND FILES 10. Survey Area: High School and Beyond (HS&B) Base Year Years Available: 1980 (Only) Description: This nationally representative data base contains data on sophomore and senior high school students from the class of 1980. All other HS&B data files (such as parent, school, teacher, transcript, twin, friends, offerings and enrollment, and local market indicators) can be easily merged with the student file. The base-year file contains information for 58,270 students, including personal backgrounds, education and work experience, postsecondary plans and aspirations, and verbal and non-verbal cognitive test scores. 11. Survey Area: HS&B Sophomore Class of 1980 Years Available: 1980 plus 1982, 1984, and 1986 followups Description: This file expands on the base-year file by adding 1982, 1984, and 1986 followup questionnaire data and composite variables for approximately 15,000 sophomores. (Transcript data is included in this file.) Postsecondary and work history variables are included on this merged file. (The cost of this file is $275 for 1600 BPI.) 12. Survey Area: HS&B Senior Class of 1980 Years Available: 1980 plus 1982, 1984, and 1986 followups Description: This file expands on the base-year file by adding 1982, 1984, and 1986 followup data on approximately 12,000 seniors. It is similar to the Merged Sophomore file and includes postsecondary education and work history. (The cost of this file is $275 for 1600 BPI.) 13. Survey Area: HS&B School File Years Available: 1980 plus 1982 followup Description: This file contains school questionnaire responses that were provided by administrators in 1,015 public, Catholic, and other private schools. The questionnaire focused on a number of school characteristics including type and organization, enrollment, faculty composition, instructional programs, course offerings, specialized programs, participation in federal programs, faculty characteristics, funding sources, discipline problems, teacher organizations (e.g., unions), and grading systems. This file contains the 1980 data and the 1982 update. 14. Survey Area: HS&B Language File Years Available: 1980 Description: This file contains information on each student who said he or she had experience in a language other than English. This file contains 11,303 records (sophomores and seniors combined), with 42 variables for each student. 15. Survey Area: HS&B Teacher Comments File Years Available: 1980 Description: This file contains responses from 14,103 teachers who commented on 18,291 students from 616 schools. The Senior Teacher File contains responses from 13,683 teachers who commented on 17,056 students from 611 schools. At each grade level, teachers had the opportunity to answer questions about HS&B- sampled students who had been in their classes. The typical student in the sample was rated by an average of four different teachers. Preliminary analyses by NCES indicate that the files contain approximately 76,000 teacher observations of sophomores and about 67,000 teacher observations of seniors. 16. Survey Area: HS&B Friend File Years Available: 1980 Description: This file contains identification numbers of students in the HS&B sample who were named as being friends of other HS&B sample students. Each record contains the ID numbers for sampled students and IDs of up to three friends each. Linkages among friends can be used to investigate the sociometry of friendship structures (including reciprocity of choices among students in the sample) and for tracing friendship networks. 17. Survey Area: HS&B Local Labor Market Indicator Years Available: 1980 Description: This file contains information on county, SMSA, and state indicators of labor market activity for the 1,015 high schools in the HS&B sample. 18. Survey Area: HS&B Offerings and Enrollment File Years Available: 1982 Description: This file contains information on course offerings and enrollment for most of the schools in the HS&B sample. 19. Survey Area: HS&B Sophomore Secondary School Transcript File Years Available: 1982 Description: This file contains complete high school transcript information (including specific course information, such as course name, grade received, year taken, and credits earned) for 15,941 students in the sophomore file. 20. Survey Area: HS&B Pell Grant File 1980 Years Available: 1982 Description: The file contains data for 2,916 HS&B seniors who were Pell Grant recipients between high school graduation in 1980 and the first followup survey in 1982. These data were derived from the Recipient History and Roster Master Files for school years 1980-81 and 1981-82 in the Pell Grant Information System. This is only available in Statistical Analysis System (SAS) format. 21. Survey Area: HS&B Postsecondary Education Transcript File (Senior Cohort) Years Available: 1984 Description: This file contains data on transcripts from HS&B senior cohort members who reported attending a postsecondary institution after leaving high school. A total of 9,385 transcripts reflecting the postsecondary education activities of 7,776 sample members were obtained and included in the transcript data file. (Some students had transcripts from more than one institution.) The information recorded in the file includes the major and minor fields of study, periods of enrollment, specific courses taken, credits earned, grades received, and credentials earned in 2-year and 4-year public and private vocational and nonvocational postsecondary institutions. The file also has information on otherwise unclassified postsecondary institutions. The transcript files consist of four hierarchically organized data files (student, transcript within student, term of attendance within transcript, and course within term). 22. Survey Area: HS&B Postsecondary Education Transcript File (Sophomore Cohort) Years Available: 1987 Description: This file includes detailed information about program enrollments, periods of study, fields of study pursued, specific courses taken, and credits earned. It can be used as a data resource for the analysis of educational activities and their impacts. The sample involved 7,429 transcripts of 6,098 sample members. The transcripts were requested from 2,139 institutions. 23. Survey Area: Revised HS&B Parent File Years Available: 1980 (Revised in 1984) Description: This file contains questionnaire responses from the parents of about 3,600 sophomores and 3,600 seniors who are in the Student File. Each record on the Parent File contains a total of 307 variables. Data in this file include parents' aspirations and plans for their children's postsecondary education. The revised Parent File augments the original file with the addition of 22 analytically constructed variables, half of which are new measures of income and wealth. The remaining new variables enable analysts to delete observations which are out of range for one or more reasons. This replaces the file released in 1980. 24. Survey Area: HS&B Twin and Sibling File Years Available: 1980 Description: This file contains responses from sampled twins and triplets; augmented data on twins and triplets of sample members; and responses from siblings in the sample. The file (2,718 records) includes the same variables that are in the HS&B Student Base Year File, plus two additional variables (family ID and SETTYPE-type of twin or siblings). 25. Survey Area: HS&B Administrator and Teacher File Years Available: 1984 Description: This file consists of a sample of approximately 532 schools. Items included in this survey were designed to describe staff goals, pedagogic practices, interpersonal relations of staff, work load of teachers, staff attitudes, availability and use of guidance services, planning processes, hiring practices, special programs designed to produce educational excellence, and linkages to local employers, parents, and the community. Items were selected to complement information already in the HS&B database. 26. Survey Area: HS&B Financial Aid (1980 Seniors) Years Available: 1980-84 Description: These files contain data on postsecondary financial aid experiences for academic years 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, and 1983-84. Data were collected from postsecondary institutions, the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) program, and the Pell Grant program. The number of seniors listed depends on the availability of the postsecondary school name or social security number of the student. The separate files are: STUDENT SAMPLE File contains demographic and other classifying data on about 12,000 seniors. FINANCIAL AID RECORDS FILE contains data from all identifiable postsecondary schools that students reported attending. GSL RECORD DUMP EXTRACT FILE contains GSL "tapedump" records for 3 Federal fiscal years (1982-84), corresponding to 3 academic years (1981-82, 1982- 83, 1983-84). PELL GRANT DISBURSEMENT FILE contains data from Pell Grant disbursement files for fiscal years 1981-84, corresponding to academic years 1980- 81 through 1983-84. GSL GUARANTEE AGENCY DISBURSEMENT File contains GSL disbursements, by participating agencies in the 4 academic years 1980-81 through 1983-84. HS&B POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION EVENTS File contains information about periods of postsecondary attendance from HS&B files for NCES analysis. SFA (Student Financial Aid) File contains data on student financial assistance during postsecondary attendance from HS&B survey and financial aid files for NCES analysis. 27. Survey Area: HS&B Financial Aid (1980 Sophomores) Years Available: 1982-86 Description: These files contain data concerning postsecondary financial aid for approximately 9,000 1980 high school sophomores within the first 4 years after high school--1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, and 1985-86. Financial aid data were collected from the following three sources: GSL RECORD DUMP EXTRACT FILE contains federal GSL "tapedump" records for the 4 federal fiscal years 1983-86, corresponding to the 4 academic years 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, and 1985-86. PELL GRANT DISBURSEMENT FILE contains data obtained from the federal Pell Grant disbursement files for the years mentioned above. GSL GUARANTEE AGENCY DISBURSEMENT FILE contains GSL disbursement amounts reported by guarantee agencies participating in the GSL program for the years mentioned above. 28. Survey Area: High School Transcript File (NAEP) ** Years Available: 1987 Description: This file collected high school transcripts from 34,140 students attending 433 schools that had previously been sampled for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)* in 1986. Of the 34,140 students sampled, 6,583 were handicapped. The file also collected school-level information such as course lists, graduation requirements, and the definition of units of credit and grades. NATIONAL EDUCATION LONGITUDINAL STUDY FILES * 29. Survey Area: NELS:88 Student Data Years Available: 1988 Description: The file includes data from a series of tests taken by students from the eighth-grade class of 1988. These tests include reading, mathematics, science, and history/government. The sample included 24,599 students. The file also includes information on students' and parents' background, language use, perception of self, plans for future, jobs and household chores, school life, school work, and school activities. The student constitutes the basic unit of analysis in the NELS:88 study and sample design. All other data sets, including the parent, teacher, and school, are intended primarily to supplement the student data set (which includes results of both the student questionnaire and cognitive test). This survey is conducted biennially. 30. Survey Area: NELS:88 Parent Data Years Available: 1988 Description: The data in the file are based on the responses to the parent questionnaire collected from 22,651 parents of the NELS:88 Base Year sampled students. The file includes information on family background and socioeconomic characteristics; parental behaviors concerning student course selection; long-range education planning; participation in school activities; and the establishment of discipline at home. This survey will be conducted again in 1992. 31. Survey Area: NELS:88 Teacher Data Years Available: 1988 Description: The data in the file are based on the responses to the teacher questionnaire collected from 5,193 teachers of the NELS:88 Base Year sampled students. The file includes information in three areas: 1) teachers' perceptions of the sampled students' classroom performances and personal characteristics; 2) curriculum content of areas taught to the sampled students; and 3) teachers' background and activities. This survey is conducted biennially until 1992. * NOTE: The National Assessment of Educational Progress is a federally-funded, ongoing, periodic assessment of educational achievement in the various subject areas and disciplines taught in the Nation's schools. Since 1969, NEAP has gathered information about levels of educational achievement of 9-, 13-, and 17-years-olds across the country. ** NOTE: The National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS) program is a continuing long-term project and was instituted by NCES in response to the need for policy-relevant, time-series data on nationally representative samples of elementary and secondary students. The general aim of the NELS program is to study the educational, vocational, and personal development of students at various grade levels and the personal, familial, social, institutional, and cultural factors that may affect that development. Four study components constitute the base year design: surveys and tests of students; and surveys of parents, school administrators, and teachers. COMPUTER DATA FILE PRICE LIST Item Cost Data files on tape First data set on single reel $175 Additional set on first reel 75/data set (A few extra large files will have special pricing.) Diskettes - 5 1/4", 360kb, DOS format, ASCII Public High Schools and Junior High Schools $150 Per set (13 diskettes) School Districts 120 " " ( 8 diskettes) Private High Schools (1980-81 data) 60 " " ( 2 diskettes) Colleges and Universities (Institutional Characteristics) 90 " " ( 5 diskettes) Elementary and Secondary Education Revenues and Expenditures 50 " " ( 1 diskette) Elementary and Secondary Education Data 50 " " ( 1 diskette) College and Universities (Libraries) 75 " " ( 1 diskette) Public Libraries 75 " " (1 diskette) Mailing Labels Number One Set Extra Set of (at gummed rate) Labels Colleges and Universities 3,600 $ 150 $ 100 Public Libraries 8,000 160 135 Occupational Schoo 11,000 220 150 School Districts 17,000 360 300 All Public Schools 86,000 1,720 1,475 Public High Schools 17,000 360 300 All Private Schools 21,000 420 365 (1980-81 data) Private High Schools 5,000 150 100 (1980-81 data) Cheshire Plain Back: $ 15 per thousand Gum Peel-Off: 20 per thousand Minimum Order: 150 per set Subsets of the above are available. 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