Education Statistics Quarterly, Winter 2000.

Overview & Synopsis

This publication provides a comprehensive overview of work done across all parts of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Each issue contains short publications, summaries, and descriptions that cover all NCES publications and data products released during a 3-month period. Each issue also contains a message from the NCES on a timely subject in education statistics and a featured topic with invited commentary. The focus of this issue is the Data on Vocational Education (DOVE) system, which provides detailed information on vocational education at the national level. The issue also contains reports on NCES work in: (1) elementary and secondary education; (2) postsecondary education; (3) public, state, and federal libraries; (4) international statistics; (5) crosscutting statistics; (6) methodology; and (7) data products, other publications, and funding opportunities. (Contains 10 tables and 22 figures.) (SLD)