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  • National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988

    Metadata Updated: November 10, 2020

    The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) is a study that is part of the Longitudinal Studies Branch (LSB) program; program data is available since 1988 at . NELS:88 (https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/nels88/) is a longitudinal study that is designed to provide trend data about critical transitions experienced by students as they leave middle or junior high school, and progress through high school and into postsecondary institutions or the work force. A nationally representative sample of eighth-graders were first surveyed in the spring of 1988. A sample of these respondents were then resurveyed through four follow-ups in 1990, 1992, 1994, and 2000. Overall weighted response rate was unavailable as of December 2014. Key statistics produced from NELS:88 data can be used for policy-relevant research about educational processes and outcomes, for example: student learning; early and late predictors of dropping out; and school effects on students' access to programs and equal opportunity to learn.

    Access & Use Information

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

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    References

    https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2000193

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 10, 2020
    Data Update Frequency irregular

    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_1990458
    Data First Published 1996-03-12
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2002-08-23
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency irregular
    Bureau Code 018:50
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    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 be0b8db6-a32e-44e1-8bd8-d2c8d7b32c67
    Harvest Source Id 2a5c4dd8-eda9-4f03-abc3-fff8cfb80fc6
    Harvest Source Title Education JSON
    Homepage URL https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/nels88/
    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/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2000193
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 608f55215b891b03aedc9f8efd8db63c5830f8ce
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial United States
    Temporal 1987/2001

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