Other Resources

NCES Offers Comprehensive 2001-2002 Public School Data

The National Center for Education Statistics maintains a comprehensive, annual, national statistical database of information concerning all public elementary and secondary schools (approximately 95,000) and school districts (approximately 17,000). The Public School and District locators allow users to retrieve information on public schools and districts. Data include address information and basic information on students, staff, finance, and 2000 Census data. Additionally, the "Build a Table" tool enables users to create customized tables of public school data for states, counties, districts and schools using data from multiple years.

State School Boards Group Studies Low-Performing Schools

The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) will issue a report in October 2002 on low-performing schools across the country—Low Performing Schools: From Sanctions to Solutions.

ECS Provides Range of Resources

The Education Commission of the States School Improvement site provides information about low-performing schools and strategies that have been used to build and support capacity for improvement. ECS also provides policymakers and the public with the current status of how state policies match up with the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Additional resources include ECS publications and state plans.