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  • Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99

    Metadata Updated: November 10, 2020

    The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K), is part of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS) program; program data is available since 1998-99 at . ECLS-K (https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/kindergarten.asp) is a longitudinal study that collected information about children's early learning and development, transition into kindergarten, and progress through school. A nationally representative sample of kindergartners in the 1998-99 school year was selected and followed over time. The study was conducted using direct assessments of children in their schools, telephone interviews with parents, and self-administered questionnaires for teachers and school administrator. Key information available in ECLS-K includes information on children's cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development, children's home environment, home educational activities, school environment, classroom environment, classroom curriculum, teacher qualifications, and before- and after-school care.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons CCZero

    Downloads & Resources

    References

    https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/data/ECLSK_K8_Manual_part1.pdf
    https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/data/ECLSK_K8_Manual_part2.pdf
    https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/data/README.pdf
    https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/kinderinstruments.asp
    https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/kinderfaq.asp?faq=1

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 10, 2020

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Education JSON

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 10, 2020
    Publisher National Center for Education Statistics
    Maintainer
    Identifier NCES_2009005
    Data First Published 2000-02-17
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2009-07-17
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 018:50
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    Metadata Catalog ID https://www2.ed.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Quality True
    Harvest Object Id b732ea38-b17c-4f3e-acce-723f048364bf
    Harvest Source Id 2a5c4dd8-eda9-4f03-abc3-fff8cfb80fc6
    Harvest Source Title Education JSON
    Homepage URL https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/kindergarten.asp
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    Program Code 018:000
    Publisher Hierarchy U.S. Government > U.S. Department of Education > Institute of Education Sciences > National Center for Education Statistics
    Related Documents https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/data/ECLSK_K8_Manual_part1.pdf, https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/data/ECLSK_K8_Manual_part2.pdf, https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/data/README.pdf, https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/kinderinstruments.asp, https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/kinderfaq.asp?faq=1
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 9d70bac2e1ba6deac21fbd8334b0ff00e9a35491
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial United States
    System of Records https://www2.ed.gov/notices/pai/pai-18-13-01.pdf
    Temporal 1998/2007

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