National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES)

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NHES surveys are conducted every three to four years, on various topics. The current NHES topics are early childhood care and education, family involvement in schools, and homeschooling. These data may be used to analyze trends over time. The most recent NHES administration ended in August 2023.</p> </div> <div class="col-3"> <h2>Updates from NHES</h2> <p><a href="/pubSearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2024112">Early Childhood Program Participation: 2023 (September 2024)</a></p> <p><a href="/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2024113">Parent and Family Involvement in Education: 2023 (September 2024)</a></p> <p><a href="/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2023085">Families’ Participation in School Choice and Importance of Factors in School Choice Decisions in 2019 (September 2023)</a></p> <p><a href="/pubSearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2023101">2019 Homeschooling and Full-Time Virtual Education Rates (September 2023)</a></p> <p><a href="/pubSearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2022001">National Household Education Surveys Program of 2019: Methodological Experiments Report (June 2022)</a></p>  <p><strong>NHES:2023 data files will be available in late 2024.</strong></p> </div> </div> <div class="topicBlock topicNav"> <div class="iesRow"> <div class="col-1"> <h2>NHES Topics</h2> </div> </div> <div class="iesRow"> <div class="col-1"><div class="indexTopic"><a href="parent_involvement.asp"><img src="images/parentInvolvement.jpg" alt="A group of students running out of a school bus" /><span class="linkC"><span class="link">Parent Involvement in Education from Kindergarten to High School</a></span></span></div></div> <div class="col-1"><div class="indexTopic"><a href="homeschooling.asp"><img src="images/homeschooling.jpg" alt="Two parents working with their son on school work" /><span class="linkC"><span class="link">Homeschooling</span></span></a></div></div> <div class="col-1"><div class="indexTopic"><a href="young_children.asp"><img src="images/youngChildren.jpg" alt="A mother and son reading on the couch" /><span class="linkC"><span class="link">Young Children鈥檚 Care and Education Before Kindergarten</span></span></a></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <br />  </div> <ies-footer></ies-footer>  </body> </html>

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