This source assists in looking for research in early education. These research papers may contain statistical analyses on their topics. Of great use are the parts of the site which suggest research and data gathering best practices.

This site provides the report and statistics from America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2020.

The DataBank includes close to 100 population-based measures, covering the domains of health and safety, child care and education, and behaviors linked to positive and negative well-being.

The Department of Education's primary database on public elementary and secondary education in the United States. CCD is a comprehensive, annual, national database of all public elementary and secondary schools and school districts. Some available data tables include school financing data and completion and dropout rates.

ED Data Express is a website designed to improve the public's ability to access and explore high-value state- and district-level education data collected by the U.S. Department of Education. The site is designed to be interactive and to present the data in a clear, easy-to-use manner, with options to download information into Excel or to explore the data within the site's dashboards. Currently includes data from EDFacts, Consolidated State Performance Reports (CSPR), and the Department's Budget Service office.

Each year, the Foundation produces a comprehensive report — the KIDS COUNT Data Book — that assesses child well-being in the United States. Data tables from the report are available. A great source for comparative state data.

The National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) is a nonprofit membership association that provides services to more than 1,900 schools and associations of schools in the United States and abroad, including more than 1,600 independent private K-12 schools in the U.S. Look under the Analyze tab to access their statistics!

NIEER conducts academic research to inform policy supporting high-quality, early education for all young children and promoting the physical, cognitive, and social development needed for children to succeed in school and later life. A yearbook is presented every year along with statistics and survey data.

The Child & Family Data Archive (CFData) is the place to discover, access, and analyze data on early care, education, and families.
It hosts datasets from research on Early Education, Head Start, and School Readiness