David A. Richards
@davidrichardsed.bsky.social
Postsecondary Education Statistics. Agora.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidrichardsed/
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Dear peers in the education, research, and policy communities.
Now that my ten years as a statistician at the Department of Education have been abruptly ended, I'm hunting for a job. Please let me know of any opportunities for further work.
Please spread this post for visibility. Thank you!
David
Now that my ten years as a statistician at the Department of Education have been abruptly ended, I'm hunting for a job. Please let me know of any opportunities for further work.
Please spread this post for visibility. Thank you!
David
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Preliminary ≠ provisional? A look at NTPS data shows how early estimates stack up against final - and what that means for timeliness vs. accuracy in survey production.
edevaluator.org/fast-and-goo...
#DataAnalysis #SurveyResearch #EdResearch
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#DataAnalysis #SurveyResearch #EdResearch
Fast AND good? Comparing preliminary and final survey estimates
As researchers, we want data to be timely, relevant, and actionable without sacrificing quality. That is, we want data to be both fast and good. For parents, teachers, and researchers, understanding h...
edevaluator.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Preliminary ≠ provisional? A look at NTPS data shows how early estimates stack up against final - and what that means for timeliness vs. accuracy in survey production.
edevaluator.org/fast-and-goo...
#DataAnalysis #SurveyResearch #EdResearch
edevaluator.org/fast-and-goo...
#DataAnalysis #SurveyResearch #EdResearch
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Launching Data Currents - Agora's monthly newsletter for the education research community:
📊 Federal data updates
🔍 State system insights
📈 Research & policy connections
💡 Practical guidance
Subscribe here: edevaluator.org/subscribe/
#EdResearch #EducationData #SLDS
📊 Federal data updates
🔍 State system insights
📈 Research & policy connections
💡 Practical guidance
Subscribe here: edevaluator.org/subscribe/
#EdResearch #EducationData #SLDS
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Subscribe to Data Currents Get the latest updates on education data and research. Subscribe to Data Currents, Agora's monthly newsletter, and stay informed about developments in the education data wor...
edevaluator.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Launching Data Currents - Agora's monthly newsletter for the education research community:
📊 Federal data updates
🔍 State system insights
📈 Research & policy connections
💡 Practical guidance
Subscribe here: edevaluator.org/subscribe/
#EdResearch #EducationData #SLDS
📊 Federal data updates
🔍 State system insights
📈 Research & policy connections
💡 Practical guidance
Subscribe here: edevaluator.org/subscribe/
#EdResearch #EducationData #SLDS
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Despite increased tech exposure, ICILS data show a troubling decline in student digital literacy for U.S. students. Read more about international findings and implications for policy, data collection, and preparing our nation's youth:
tinyurl.com/m9dwnuaa
#DigitalLiteracy #ICILS #AIinEducation
tinyurl.com/m9dwnuaa
#DigitalLiteracy #ICILS #AIinEducation
The Importance of Measuring Student Digital Literacy
As the world continues to evolve technologically, assessing digital literacy, including AI literacy, is essential to ensure students are prepared for the future workforce and to measure the effectiven...
edevaluator.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Despite increased tech exposure, ICILS data show a troubling decline in student digital literacy for U.S. students. Read more about international findings and implications for policy, data collection, and preparing our nation's youth:
tinyurl.com/m9dwnuaa
#DigitalLiteracy #ICILS #AIinEducation
tinyurl.com/m9dwnuaa
#DigitalLiteracy #ICILS #AIinEducation
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How is the United States Doing Compared to its International Peers? How did adult literacy skills in the U.S. change between 2012 and 2023?
Read Agora's latest blog by Tom Snyder. #EducationAtAGlance #OECD #USeducation
edevaluator.org/how-is-the-u...
Read Agora's latest blog by Tom Snyder. #EducationAtAGlance #OECD #USeducation
edevaluator.org/how-is-the-u...
How is the US Doing Compared to its International Peers? OECD’s Annual Education at a Glance Reports New Findings
How did adult literacy skills in the United States change between 2012 and 2023 according to the 2023 PIAAC assessments? Read our analysis in the latest Agora blog by Tom Snyder.
edevaluator.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
How is the United States Doing Compared to its International Peers? How did adult literacy skills in the U.S. change between 2012 and 2023?
Read Agora's latest blog by Tom Snyder. #EducationAtAGlance #OECD #USeducation
edevaluator.org/how-is-the-u...
Read Agora's latest blog by Tom Snyder. #EducationAtAGlance #OECD #USeducation
edevaluator.org/how-is-the-u...
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The Pell Institute’s latest brief shows worrisome trends:
🎓 In 2002, 72% of high school students expected to earn a bachelor’s degree.
By 2022, that number dropped to 44%.
Among first-generation students, aspirations plunged from 60% to 33%.
tinyurl.com/yn4fz9jx
🎓 In 2002, 72% of high school students expected to earn a bachelor’s degree.
By 2022, that number dropped to 44%.
Among first-generation students, aspirations plunged from 60% to 33%.
tinyurl.com/yn4fz9jx
The Pell Institute Releases Research Brief Showing Sharp Decline in High School Student Aspiration for a Bachelor’s Degree - The Pell Institute
A new Pell Institute research brief reveals that the share of U.S. high school students expecting to earn a bachelor’s degree has plummeted from 72% in 2002 to just 44% in 2022—with first-generation s...
tinyurl.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The Pell Institute’s latest brief shows worrisome trends:
🎓 In 2002, 72% of high school students expected to earn a bachelor’s degree.
By 2022, that number dropped to 44%.
Among first-generation students, aspirations plunged from 60% to 33%.
tinyurl.com/yn4fz9jx
🎓 In 2002, 72% of high school students expected to earn a bachelor’s degree.
By 2022, that number dropped to 44%.
Among first-generation students, aspirations plunged from 60% to 33%.
tinyurl.com/yn4fz9jx
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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.
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.
n.pr
October 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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.
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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.
tinyurl.com/22dvdd6j
tinyurl.com/22dvdd6j
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...
tinyurl.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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.
tinyurl.com/22dvdd6j
tinyurl.com/22dvdd6j
Natural Disasters in Longitudinal Education Data – Agora Education Research edevaluator.org/natural-disa...
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...
edevaluator.org
September 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Natural Disasters in Longitudinal Education Data – Agora Education Research edevaluator.org/natural-disa...
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The end of the “hegemony” of X as the most used social media platform by researchers has been strongly shaped by political-geographical factors and Elon Musk’s intervention into US politics, according to a new study. @patrickjack.bsky.social reports
#academicsky #bluesky
#academicsky #bluesky
X’s Altmetric hegemony ‘ending’, with Bluesky ‘clear alternative’
Alternative social media platform matching engagement of Elon Musk’s X in ways that ‘would have seemed unthinkable until recently’, says study
www.timeshighereducation.com
August 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The end of the “hegemony” of X as the most used social media platform by researchers has been strongly shaped by political-geographical factors and Elon Musk’s intervention into US politics, according to a new study. @patrickjack.bsky.social reports
#academicsky #bluesky
#academicsky #bluesky
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FYI: I've updated my list of Useful Data Resources, primarily with a bunch of (20-ish?) new links to state-specific public school datasets and data repositories.
go.illinois.edu/UsefulDataRe...
Suggestions/corrections are always welcome.
go.illinois.edu/UsefulDataRe...
Suggestions/corrections are always welcome.
useful_data_resources
go.illinois.edu
July 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
FYI: I've updated my list of Useful Data Resources, primarily with a bunch of (20-ish?) new links to state-specific public school datasets and data repositories.
go.illinois.edu/UsefulDataRe...
Suggestions/corrections are always welcome.
go.illinois.edu/UsefulDataRe...
Suggestions/corrections are always welcome.
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"People take statistical agencies for granted. So they're easy to cut because there's no lobby or special interest group that's powerful enough to protect them."
- Ethan Harris, former head of global economic research at Bank of America
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
- Ethan Harris, former head of global economic research at Bank of America
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
US economic data quality a worry, authorities not acting urgently enough, experts say
Risks to the quality of official U.S. economic data - long seen as the gold standard - are worrying 89 of 100 top policy experts polled by Reuters, with most also concerned that the authorities are not addressing the issue urgently enough.
www.reuters.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"People take statistical agencies for granted. So they're easy to cut because there's no lobby or special interest group that's powerful enough to protect them."
- Ethan Harris, former head of global economic research at Bank of America
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
- Ethan Harris, former head of global economic research at Bank of America
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
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If you have been affected by the removal of federal public health data, @academyhealth.bsky.social wants to hear from you! They are suing to restore access to these data and need concrete examples for their case.
Link to submit is at the bottom of this post:
academyhealth.org/blog/2025-05...
Link to submit is at the bottom of this post:
academyhealth.org/blog/2025-05...
AcademyHealth Joins Lawsuit to Restore Public Health Data Removed from Federal Websites | AcademyHealth
academyhealth.org
July 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If you have been affected by the removal of federal public health data, @academyhealth.bsky.social wants to hear from you! They are suing to restore access to these data and need concrete examples for their case.
Link to submit is at the bottom of this post:
academyhealth.org/blog/2025-05...
Link to submit is at the bottom of this post:
academyhealth.org/blog/2025-05...
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He is a graduate of my school - Harvard Graduate School of Education
Wilmer Chavarria, a US citizen, Global Entry member, and Vermont school superintendent, was detained returning to the US from a trip abroad with his husband. CBP told him he had "no Constitutional rights," took his phone and laptop, and revoked his Global Entry.
m.sevendaysvt.com/news/winoosk...
m.sevendaysvt.com/news/winoosk...
Winooski Superintendent Detained, Questioned by Border Officials
Superintendent Wilmer Chavarria, a U.S. citizen, was questioned for hours at a Houston airport as he returned from a visit to Nicaragua with his husband.
m.sevendaysvt.com
July 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
He is a graduate of my school - Harvard Graduate School of Education
Dear peers in the education, research, and policy communities.
Now that my ten years as a statistician at the Department of Education have been abruptly ended, I'm hunting for a job. Please let me know of any opportunities for further work.
Please spread this post for visibility. Thank you!
David
Now that my ten years as a statistician at the Department of Education have been abruptly ended, I'm hunting for a job. Please let me know of any opportunities for further work.
Please spread this post for visibility. Thank you!
David
July 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Dear peers in the education, research, and policy communities.
Now that my ten years as a statistician at the Department of Education have been abruptly ended, I'm hunting for a job. Please let me know of any opportunities for further work.
Please spread this post for visibility. Thank you!
David
Now that my ten years as a statistician at the Department of Education have been abruptly ended, I'm hunting for a job. Please let me know of any opportunities for further work.
Please spread this post for visibility. Thank you!
David
Reposted by David A. Richards
Reporter: How do you feel about the Columbia settlement?
Dominique: Let me tell you about public universities in Republican-led states...
I appreciate that I get the kicker on a lot of these stories because I'm the most grim
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Dominique: Let me tell you about public universities in Republican-led states...
I appreciate that I get the kicker on a lot of these stories because I'm the most grim
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
July 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Reporter: How do you feel about the Columbia settlement?
Dominique: Let me tell you about public universities in Republican-led states...
I appreciate that I get the kicker on a lot of these stories because I'm the most grim
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Dominique: Let me tell you about public universities in Republican-led states...
I appreciate that I get the kicker on a lot of these stories because I'm the most grim
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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In the coming years, we will have less available data to draw on to re: education in the U.S. With this collection of prior articles and our upcoming special issue, we hope to highlight how impt NCES data is for understanding (and improving) American education. link.springer.com/collections/...
Call for Submissions using National Center for Education Statistics data
The journal Research in Higher Education plans to publish a collection of articles using data from the National Center for Education Statistics in the United ...
link.springer.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In the coming years, we will have less available data to draw on to re: education in the U.S. With this collection of prior articles and our upcoming special issue, we hope to highlight how impt NCES data is for understanding (and improving) American education. link.springer.com/collections/...
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Honored to be part of the first-ever LGBTQIA+ committee for the International Consultation on Sexual Medicine. We reviewed the science and developed clinical guidance on sexual (dys)function across diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, and intersex/DSD experiences. #SexualMedicine #ICSM
Sexual function and dysfunction in the LGBTQIA+ community—including before and after gender-affirming surgery: recommendations from the Fifth International Consultation on Sexual Medicine (ICSM 2024)
AbstractIntroduction. Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines focused on sexual (dys)function for the LGBTQIA+ (ie, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender
academic.oup.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Honored to be part of the first-ever LGBTQIA+ committee for the International Consultation on Sexual Medicine. We reviewed the science and developed clinical guidance on sexual (dys)function across diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, and intersex/DSD experiences. #SexualMedicine #ICSM
March 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
PIAAC U.S. 2023 Technical Note Now Available (December 10, 2024)
The Technical Note for the U.S. Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) 2023 is now available. This report provides a high-level overview of the design and implementation of...
nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaa...
The Technical Note for the U.S. Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) 2023 is now available. This report provides a high-level overview of the design and implementation of...
nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaa...
PIAAC - PIAAC Highlights of U.S. National Results - Technical Notes
The Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) — Welcome to PIAAC Results
nces.ed.gov
December 10, 2024 at 5:20 PM
PIAAC U.S. 2023 Technical Note Now Available (December 10, 2024)
The Technical Note for the U.S. Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) 2023 is now available. This report provides a high-level overview of the design and implementation of...
nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaa...
The Technical Note for the U.S. Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) 2023 is now available. This report provides a high-level overview of the design and implementation of...
nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaa...
Highlights of the 2023 U.S. PIAAC Results Now Available (December 10, 2024)
Highlights results for U.S. adults from the most recent 2023 data collection in comparison with the 2017 data collection and the combined 2012/14 data collection. Results are available for all...
nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaa...
Highlights results for U.S. adults from the most recent 2023 data collection in comparison with the 2017 data collection and the combined 2012/14 data collection. Results are available for all...
nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaa...
PIAAC - PIAAC Highlights of U.S. National Results
The Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) — Welcome to PIAAC Results
nces.ed.gov
December 10, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Highlights of the 2023 U.S. PIAAC Results Now Available (December 10, 2024)
Highlights results for U.S. adults from the most recent 2023 data collection in comparison with the 2017 data collection and the combined 2012/14 data collection. Results are available for all...
nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaa...
Highlights results for U.S. adults from the most recent 2023 data collection in comparison with the 2017 data collection and the combined 2012/14 data collection. Results are available for all...
nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaa...
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Happy IPEDS data release day! The newest year of graduation rates, admissions, and financial aid data just dropped. And, as always, go back to revise last year's file with the newly updated data.
Use The Data
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), established as the core postsecondary education data collection program for NCES, is a system of surveys designed to collect data from all p...
nces.ed.gov
December 5, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Happy IPEDS data release day! The newest year of graduation rates, admissions, and financial aid data just dropped. And, as always, go back to revise last year's file with the newly updated data.
New Data on Postsecondary Graduation Rates, Outcome Measures, Student Financial Aid, and Admissions. (December 5, 2024)
This provisional set of web tables presents fully edited and imputed data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) winter...
nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pu...
This provisional set of web tables presents fully edited and imputed data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) winter...
nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pu...
Graduation Rates for Selected Cohorts, 2015-20; Outcome Measures for Cohort Year 2015-16; Student Financial Aid, Academic Year 2022-23; and Admissions in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2023
Find information about and locate all publications and data products on education information from the National Center for Education Statistics--NCES--. In most cases you may also browse the content o...
nces.ed.gov
December 5, 2024 at 7:27 PM
New Data on Postsecondary Graduation Rates, Outcome Measures, Student Financial Aid, and Admissions. (December 5, 2024)
This provisional set of web tables presents fully edited and imputed data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) winter...
nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pu...
This provisional set of web tables presents fully edited and imputed data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) winter...
nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pu...
2023–24 Common Core of Data (CCD) Universe Data Files now available (December 5, 2024)
These files are a product of the Common Core of Data (CCD) data collection for the 2023–24 school year. Data are reported at state, district, and school levels and include staff...
nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pu...
These files are a product of the Common Core of Data (CCD) data collection for the 2023–24 school year. Data are reported at state, district, and school levels and include staff...
nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pu...
2023-24 Common Core of Data (CCD) Universe Files, Version 1a
Find information about and locate all publications and data products on education information from the National Center for Education Statistics--NCES--. In most cases you may also browse the content o...
nces.ed.gov
December 5, 2024 at 7:25 PM
2023–24 Common Core of Data (CCD) Universe Data Files now available (December 5, 2024)
These files are a product of the Common Core of Data (CCD) data collection for the 2023–24 school year. Data are reported at state, district, and school levels and include staff...
nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pu...
These files are a product of the Common Core of Data (CCD) data collection for the 2023–24 school year. Data are reported at state, district, and school levels and include staff...
nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pu...
TIMSS 2023 U.S. Highlights Web Report (December 4, 2024)
This web report provides key comparative results from the most recent cycle of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) at the 4th and 8th grades. Findings and interactive figures show...
nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pu...
This web report provides key comparative results from the most recent cycle of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) at the 4th and 8th grades. Findings and interactive figures show...
nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pu...
TIMSS 2023 U.S. Highlights Web Report
Find information about and locate all publications and data products on education information from the National Center for Education Statistics--NCES--. In most cases you may also browse the content o...
nces.ed.gov
December 5, 2024 at 7:24 PM
TIMSS 2023 U.S. Highlights Web Report (December 4, 2024)
This web report provides key comparative results from the most recent cycle of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) at the 4th and 8th grades. Findings and interactive figures show...
nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pu...
This web report provides key comparative results from the most recent cycle of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) at the 4th and 8th grades. Findings and interactive figures show...
nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pu...