Nces data institute application
Due to NCES' confidentiality legislation, you will need to obtain (or amend) a restricted data license to access raw data from the following surveys:
Restricted-use Data Licenses
IES uses Restricted-data Licenses as a mechanism for making more detailed data available to qualified researchers.
How to Obtain or Amend a License:
IES/NCES will only accept restricted-use data License applications through its Electronic Application System. Any License application that does not come through this system will be returned to the applicant. More information about applying for a License is available in the online application system instructions and in the Restricted-Use Data Procedures Manual.
If you need to amend your license by adding a new user, deleting a user, obtaining other databases, or modifying your security plan, please see the License modification instructions.
For questions, please contact:
IES Data Security Office
Department of Education/IES/NCES
550 12 th Street, SW, Room 4055
Washington, DC 20202
- Academic Library Surveys (ALS)
- Baccalaureate & Beyond (B&B)
- Beginning Postsecondary Students (BPS)
- Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC)
- Common Core of Data (CCD)
- Early Childhood Longitudinal Studies (ECLS)
- Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)
- Fast Response Survey System (FRSS)
- High School & Beyond (HS&B)
- High School Longitudinal Study (HSLS:09)
- High School Transcript Studies (HST)
- NAEP-National Indian Education Survey (NAEP-NIES)
- National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL)
- National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
- National Education Longitudinal Survey of 1988 (NELS)
- National Household Education Survey (NHES)
- National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2)
- National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS)
- National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF)
- National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS)
- Postsecondary Education Quick Information System (PEQIS)
- Pre-Elementary Education Longitudinal Study (PEELS)
- Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research (PCER)
- Private School Universe Study (PSS)
- Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)
- Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)
- Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)
- Public Libraries Survey
- School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS)
- Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)
- Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS)
- Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
- Achievement Effects of Four Early Elementary Math Curricula: Findings for First and Second Graders
- Achievement Effects of Four Early Elementary School Math Curricula: Findings from First Graders in 39 Schools
- The Effectiveness of Mandatory Random Student Drug Testing
- Effectiveness of Reading and Mathematics Software Products: Findings from the First Student Cohort
- Effectiveness of Reading and Mathematics Software Products: Findings from Two Student Cohorts
- Effectiveness of Selected Supplemental Reading Comprehension Interventions: Findings from Two Student Cohorts
- Effectiveness of Selected Supplemental Reading Comprehension Interventions: Impacts on a First Cohort of Fifth-Grade Students
- The Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After-School Programs: Final Report
- An Evaluation of Teachers Trained Through Different Routes to Certification
- Impacts of Comprehensive Teacher Induction: Final Results from a Randomized Controlled Study
- Impacts of Comprehensive Teacher Induction: Results from the First Year of a Randomized Controlled Study
- Impacts of Comprehensive Teacher Induction: Results from the Second Year of a Randomized Controlled Study
- Impact Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Education's Student Mentoring Program
- Impact of a Reading Intervention for Low-Literate Adult ESL Learners
- Middle School Mathematics Professional Development Impact Study: findings After the First Year of Implementation
- NCES-Barron's Admissions Competitiveness Index Data Files
- Reading First Impact Study (RFIS)
- Reading First Impact Study: Interim Report
- Social and Character Development (SACD)
- Study of Classroom Literacy Interventions and Outcomes in Even Start
- When Schools Stay Open Late: The National Evaluation of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program: Final Report

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