Use Domain Searching in Google
Search for information from a government or organization by using Google domain search. Enter your keywords and then add site:[url of website]
This can be useful also when looking for information from the military (.mil) or a state (Michigan is .michigan.gov) or a city (Detroit is .detroit.mi.gov)
Education Statistics
- Sage Data This link opens in a new windowCreate tables, charts and maps with wide range of variables using data from governments and private organizations. Subjects include health, crime, population, finance, industry, and marketing.
- National Center for Education StatisticsProvides national education statistical data. Includes information on elementary and secondary school education, college and advanced degree programs.
- National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP)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.
- Condition of EducationAn 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.
Resources on US Education Policy
- ERIC: Education Resources Information CenterDatabase 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 (with Full Text)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.
- Nexis UniFind state's bills and laws back to the early 1990s. UM users only.