All teacher candidates or those wishing to become certified in Pennsylvania must take The Praxis Series™ tests.

"This website is an integrated collection of the indicators and analyses published in The Condition of Education 2000–2010. Some indicators may have been updated since they appeared in print."

"Quality Counts is Education Week's annual report on state-level efforts to improve public education. Published in January."

"The Schott Foundation provides a state-by-state comparison of both academic proficiency (as illustrated by the percentage of students scoring at or above
proficient on the eighth grade National Assessment of Educational Progress - NAEP reading exam) and access to high-performing schools (as measured by the Schott
Foundation’s Opportunity to Learn Index, or OTLI)."

"he 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy is a nationally representative assessment of English literacy among American adults age 16 and older. Sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), NAAL is the nation's most comprehensive measure of adult literacy since the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS)."

The Nation's Report Card.

"is dedicated to conducting comparative studies in educational achievement. It serves as the International Study Center for IEA's studies in mathematics, science and reading."

"The American Diploma Project benchmarks (2004) define what students should know and be able to do by the end of high school."

"defines the knowledge and skills students need to develop and master in English language arts, mathematics and statistics, and science in order to be college and career ready."

"A national advocate and institutional voice for self-regulation of academic quality through accreditation, CHEA is an association of 3,000 degree-granting colleges and universities and recognizes 60 institutional and programmatic accrediting organizations."

Provides text of national standards developed by professional organizations and links to standards developed by each state.

"A compendium of content standards and benchmarks for K-12 education in both searchable and browsable formats."

"The Middle States Commission on Higher Education remains committed for the future to its long-standing dual mission: serving as a resource for services to our members while ensuring that they meet accreditation standards."

"hrough the process of professional accreditation of schools, colleges and departments of education, NCATE works to make a difference in the quality of teaching and teacher preparation today, tomorrow, and for the next century. NCATE’s performance-based system of accreditation fosters competent classroom teachers and other educators who work to improve the education of all P-12 students. NCATE believes every student deserves a caring, competent, and highly qualified teacher. "

"Educational technology standards are the roadmap to teaching effectively and growing professionally in an increasingly digital world...As technology dramatically changes our society, educators need to demonstrate the skills and behaviors of digital-age professionals."

"Several national and education organizations have taken on the voluntary challenge of creating educational standards or guidelines to be used on a national level." This website clearly delineates these standards.

"This website offers easy access to statistics and reports on children and families, including: family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education and health. The Forum fosters coordination, collaboration, and integration of Federal efforts to collect and report data on conditions and trends for children and families."

" consists primarily of the latest data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), the core postsecondary education data collection program for NCES – the National Center for Education Statistics."

"his website is an integrated collection of the indicators and analyses published in The Condition of Education 2000–2010. Some indicators may have been updated since they appeared in print."

A NCES website which enables you to create your own data tables. This site puts a wide range of survey data at your fingertips.

"contains information on a variety of subjects in the field of education statistics, including the number of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, and graduates, in addition to educational attainment, finances, federal funds for education, libraries, and international education. Supplemental information on population trends, attitudes on education, education characteristics of the labor force, government finances, and economic trends provides background for evaluating education data."

"Provides information on and analyses of European education systems and policies. It consists of 35 national units based in all 31 countries participating in the EU's Lifelong Learning programme."

"the primary source for data on colleges, universities, and technical and vocational postsecondary institutions in the United States."

From the Annie E. Casey Foundation, you can access interactive data tables that let you select by state, year, indicator, etc.

"The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education."

Provides data on both foreign students studying in the U.S. and U.S. students studying abroad.

"The Pennsylvania Department of Education compiles and analyzes a wide variety of information about schools, student progress, graduation rates, school districts, and other useful statistics."

"This publication provides projections for key education statistics. It includes statistics on enrollment, graduates, teachers, and expenditures in elementary and secondary schools, and enrollment and earned degrees conferred expenditures of degree-granting institutions. "

"AND researchers have policy and hands-on experience in education and training. Research includes K-12 assessment and accountability, school reform, teachers and teaching, higher education, military education and training, worker training, and substance-abuse prevention in schools."

"The School District Demographics System provides access to school district demographic and related geographic data."

"School Enrollment data are collected annually in the October Current Population Survey (CPS) for the Nation."

"a unique statistical database which allows you to research and compare a multitude of different data on US states. We have compiled information from various primary sources such as the US Census Bureau, the FBI, and the National Center for Educational Statistics. "

"presents data primarily concerning formal education as a whole, at various levels, and for public and private schools. Data shown relate to the school-age population and school enrollment, educational attainment, education personnel, and financial aspects of education. In addition, data are shown for charter schools, computer usage in schools, distance education, and adult education."

"From primary school enrolments to tertiary graduation rates, the UIS education database is the most comprehensive in the world. More than 200 countries and territories take part in the UIS annual education survey, which covers all education levels and a range of issues such as gender parity, teachers and financing."