Public Policy

Provides national education statistical data. Includes information on elementary and secondary school education, college and advanced degree programs.

Nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas. Assessments are conducted periodically in mathematics, reading, science, writing, the arts, civics, economics, geography, and U.S. history.

An integrated collection of the indicators and analyses published in The Condition of Education 2000–2009. Some indicators may have been updated since they appeared in print.

Database of more than 1.1 million education-related citations going back to 1966. This database also includes more than 107,000 full-text non-journal documents (issued 1993-2004). Open to all users.

Education Abstracts covers every age and sector of the educational community from preschool through college. This is a bibliographic database that includes many publications covering education policy. UM users only.

Find state education laws. UM users only.

NCSL provides research, technical assistance and opportunities for policymakers to exchange ideas on the most pressing state issues.

Available online as well as in print. UM users only.