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Thanks to the persistence and expertise of researchers like Elise and Sean, we have a clearer view of how early high school students’ aspirations for a bachelor’s degree have declined over time - and what’s at stake if we fail to act.

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October 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Agora Associate Elise Christopher discusses the loss of NCES longitudinal studies, including High School and Beyond, which won't be collected next spring as planned.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Oct 7
The federal government has long surveyed high schoolers to help track how their academic choices may have influenced the course of their lives. The Trump administration put an end to that effort.
The government has long researched high school experiences. Then DOGE cut the effort
The federal government has long surveyed high schoolers to help track how their academic choices may have influenced the course of their lives. The Trump administration put an end to that effort.
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October 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Extreme weather is increasingly disrupting the educational progress of students. Longitudinal education studies can account for extreme weather events by incorporating administrative data from public sources, but these solutions require support.

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Natural Disasters in Longitudinal Education Data
Without longitudinal education data, it may be harder for researchers to determine the immediate or long-term impacts many of these natural events will have on the persistence and attainment of U.S. p...
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September 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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The cancellation of ECLS-K:2024 leaves educators and families without the data they need - especially in supporting children who were toddlers during the pandemic (and we know had unique early experiences!).

This blog explores what we’ve lost and why it matters: tinyurl.com/48c2kckj #NCES
September 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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This morning, a complaint was filed by lawyers at the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) on behalf of NCME and the National Academy of Education (NAEd) to protect measurement data and research.

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NCME and NAEd sue to protect measurement data and research
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April 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM