Directory of Public Elementary and Secondary Education Agencies, 1996-97

摘要

One of the major responsibilities of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is to report on the condition of public elementary and secondary education in the United States. In support of this mission, NCES collects from state education agencies selected data items about all the public elementary and secondary schools and education agencies in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the 5 outlying areas: American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Information is also provided by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) on its dependents schools overseas. Information on the universe of public schools and education agencies is collected annually in the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) surveys. The surveys are completed from administrative records of the state education agencies by Common Core of Data Coordinators who are designated by their chief state school officers as official state liaisons with the National Center for Education Statistics.