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ERIC Digests
"short reports (1,000 - 1,500 words) on topics of prime current interest in education"

Publications and Products

• The Student Guide (English or Spanish)
  Financial Aid from the U.S. Department of Education
  "Guide is the most comprehensive resource on student financial aid from the U.S. Department of Education. It covers the Department's major aid programs, including Pell Grants, Stafford Loans, and PLUS Loans. You can apply for these programs online using FAFSA on the Web at www.fafsa.ed.gov."

America Counts

• Before It's Too Late: A Report to the Nation from The National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century

Education Resource Organizations Directory (EROD)

FAFSA on the Web
"...opens the door to the federal aid process. Every step you can take gets you closer to achieving your education goals. Find out what you can expect from beginning to end."
Section includes: FAFSA Alerts ; Before Beginning a FAFSA ; Filling Out a FAFSA ; FAFSA Follow-up ; FSA Electronic Services ; Student Guide.

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

• Encyclopedia of ED Stats
  "...brings together data from several NCES sources including: The Condition of Education, The Digest of Education Statistics, and Projections of Education Statistics. You will be able to find information in these compendiums by searching documents through their table of contents, by subject area, and through full text and table title word searches."
• The Condition of Education
  "This website is an integrated collection of the indicators and analyses published in The Condition of Education."
• Academic Libraries: 2004 (November 2006)
• Computer and Internet Use by Students in 2003 (September 2006)
• K12 Practitioners' Circle
  "This site is designed to make your search for National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and selected U.S. Department of Education (ED) K-12 resources fast, easy, and productive. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), in the U.S. Department of Education, is the primary federal resource for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations."
• Search for Schools, Colleges, and Libraries
• Survey and Program Areas
  • International Comparisons in Education
    Includes projects by topic area
• The Annual Reports Program
• Education Finance Statistics Center (EDFIN)
• National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

National Education Goals Panel

No Child Left Behind
"The goal of No Child Left Behind, is to create the best educational opportunities for our nation's children and to ensure that they have every opportunity to succeed. Click below to start learning more about this new law and how it will help improve your child's education and schools across the country."

• No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
  Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education
  "It redefines the federal role in K-12 education and will help close the achievement gap between disadvantaged and minority students and their peers. It is based on four basic principles: stronger accountability for results, increased flexibility and local control, expanded options for parents, and an emphasis on teaching methods that have been proven to work."

Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students (OELA)

Office of Management

• Family Policy Compliance Office
  • Family Education Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA) Regulations (34 CFR Part 99)

Office of Postsecondary Education

• Agenda Project Report: Learning Without Limits (November 2000)
• Campus Security Statistics Search Page - (dead link)

The Student Guide 2004-2005 (English or Spanish)
Financial Aid from the U.S. Department of Education
"Guide is the most comprehensive resource on student financial aid from the U.S. Department of Education. It covers the Department's major aid programs, including Pell Grants, Stafford Loans, and PLUS Loans. You can apply for these programs online using FAFSA on the Web at www.fafsa.ed.gov."

Web-Based Education Commission (WBEC)

• The Power of the Internet for Learning:
  Final Report of Web-Based Education Commission (December 2000)