The National Center for Education Statistics: Who We Are

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class="block block-system block-system-main-block block-default"> <div class="block__content"> <article class="node node--type-drupal-basic-page node--view-mode-full ies-basic-page ies-basic-page--full ies-basic-page--jump_link" data-pagetype="drupal-basic-page"> <div class="node__content"> <div class="row"> <div class="ies-basic-page__content col-xs-12 col-md-10 col-lg-12"> <section class="ies-basic-page__body"> <div class="field field--name-field-basic-page-body-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--header paragraph--view-mode--default ies-header-component" id=""> <h2>About NCES</h2> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-component paragraph--view-mode--default ies-text-component" id=""> <div class="field field--name-field-text-component-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary statistical agency of the <a href="https://www.ed.gov/">U.S. Department of Education</a>. It is one of thirteen principal federal statistical agencies<sup>1</sup> whose activities are predominantly focused on the collection, compilation, processing, or analysis of information for statistical purposes.</p><p>NCES is located within the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES). NCES has a Congressional mandate to collect, collate, analyze, and report complete statistics on the condition of American education; conduct and publish reports; and review and report on education activities internationally.</p><p><sup>1</sup>The thirteen principal federal statistical agencies are also referred to as “Recognized Statistical Agencies.”</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--submission-steps paragraph--view-mode--default ies-submission-steps"> <ol class="ies-submission-steps__list" role="list"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--submission-step paragraph--view-mode--default ies-submission-step"> <h3 class="ies-submission-step__heading"> Collect and analyze education information and statistics in a manner that meets the highest methodological standards </h3> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--submission-step paragraph--view-mode--default ies-submission-step"> <h3 class="ies-submission-step__heading"> Report education information and statistics in a timely manner </h3> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--submission-step paragraph--view-mode--default ies-submission-step"> <h3 class="ies-submission-step__heading"> Collect, analyze, and report education information and statistics in a manner that is objective, secular, neutral, and nonideological and is free of partisan political influence and racial, cultural, gender, or regional bias </h3> </div> </ol> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-component paragraph--view-mode--default ies-text-component" id=""> <div class="field field--name-field-text-component-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>As the leader in the national educational data ecosystem, NCES must continually evolve to meet the growing and changing demands of educators, policymakers, researchers, and others who need data and statistical analyses that support evidence-based decision-making and thereby improve educational outcomes. NCES also supports the U.S. Department of Education by serving as a model for privacy in educational data, and for states and districts in enhancing their own data systems.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--header paragraph--view-mode--default ies-header-component" id=""> <h2>Staff</h2> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--people-individual-component paragraph--view-mode--default ies-people-individual-component ies-people-individual-component--grey ies-people-individual-component--right ies-people-individual-component--image"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-image col-xs-12 col-md-4 col-lg-4"> <div class="ies-person__image "> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/nces/image/2024/10/Peggy%20carr_0.jpg?itok=y7G5UIud" width="512" height="512" alt="Peggy G. Carr" loading="lazy" /> </div> </div> <div class="col-content col-xs-12 col-md-8 col-lg-8"> <div class="ies-person__content"> <h3 class="ies-person__title"> Meet the Commissioner </h3> <h2 class="ies-person__label"> Peggy G. Carr </h2> <div class="ies-person__summary"> Ph.D., serves as Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Dr. Carr formerly served as Associate Commissioner of the Assessment Division for NCES, a role she held for nearly 20 years. In that role, she was responsible for national and international large-scale assessments, and most notably, managed the administration of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). </div> <div class="ies-person__more"> <a class="ies-person__link ies-callout-link" href="https://nces.ed.gov/about/directory/peggy-g-carr"> Learn more </a> </div> <div class="ies-person__background-grey"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--manual-people-group-component paragraph--view-mode--default ies-manual-people-group-component"> <div class="ies-manual-people-group-component__people ies-manual-people-group-component__people--no-images"> <div class="ies-person ies-person--teaser"> <div class="ies-person__info"> <h3 class="ies-person__name"> <a class="ies-person__link" href="https://nces.ed.gov/about/directory/daniel-mcgrath"> Daniel McGrath </a> </h3> <div class="ies-person__title"> Associate Commissioner of the Assessment Division </div> </div> </div> <div class="ies-person ies-person--teaser"> <div class="ies-person__info"> <h3 class="ies-person__name"> <a class="ies-person__link" href="https://nces.ed.gov/about/directory/chris-chapman"> Chris Chapman </a> </h3> <div class="ies-person__title"> Associate Commissioner of the Sample Surveys Division </div> </div> </div> <div class="ies-person ies-person--teaser"> <div class="ies-person__info"> <h3 class="ies-person__name"> <a class="ies-person__link" href="https://nces.ed.gov/about/directory/sean-simone"> Sean Simone </a> </h3> <div class="ies-person__title"> Associate Commissioner of the Administrative Records Data Division </div> </div> </div> <div class="ies-person ies-person--teaser"> <div class="ies-person__info"> <h3 class="ies-person__name"> <a class="ies-person__link" href="https://nces.ed.gov/about/directory/gail-m-mulligan"> Gail M. Mulligan </a> </h3> <div class="ies-person__title"> Chief Statistician </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--default-featured-content-compone paragraph--view-mode--default ies-default-featured-content-component" id="ies-default-featured-content-component-2521"> <div class="field field--name-field-dfcc-content field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><div> <h2> <div class="field field--name-name field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">NCES Staff</div> </h2> <div class="field field--name-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>To view all NCES staff and contact information, view the full list of IES staff here.</p><hr><p class="ies-callout-link"><a href="/about/directory/nces-staff">View staff</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--callout-component paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--38935 ies-callout-component ies-callout-component--white ies-callout-component--left"> <h2 class="ies-callout-component__title"> Commissioner’s Remarks </h2> <div class="ies-callout-component__image"> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="title sr-only">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/postcard/public/rel-mid-atlantic/image/2025/01/Teachers%20brainstorming%20and%20discussing.jpg?itok=nB5CgM0W" width="640" height="480" alt="Teachers brainstorming and engaged in discussion" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ies-callout-component__content "> <div class="ies-callout-component__summary"> <p>The NCES Commissioner's Remarks Archive features past speeches and statements from the National Center for Education Statistics, covering topics such as advancements in educational policy, statistical reports, and key educational trends in the United States.</p> </div> <a class="ies-callout-component__button ies-button mdc-button mdc-button--unelevated" href="https://nces.ed.gov/whatsnew/commissioner/remarks_archive.asp"> Commissioner’s Remarks </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--header paragraph--view-mode--default ies-header-component" id=""> <h2>History</h2> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-component paragraph--view-mode--default ies-text-component" id=""> <div class="field field--name-field-text-component-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>NCES's mission to collect and report education statistics traces back to original legislation establishing a federal agency in 1867 to collect and report information about education for the nation, which called for </p><blockquote><p>Collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems, and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the United States.<sup>2</sup></p></blockquote><p>The agency's name and status, have changed many times: the first change was to a bureau; then to an office; then to a division—initially in the U.S. Department of the Interior, then in the Federal Security Agency, and then in the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). <sup>3</sup>Its name was officially recognized in law as the “National Center for Education Statistics” in 1974, when it was a division of HEW. <sup>4 </sup>When the current U.S. Department of Education was established in 1979, NCES became part of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI).<sup> 5</sup>The Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 then placed NCES within the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).</p><p>More detailed historical information is available at: <a href="https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/AnnualReports/topical-studies/retrospective/">Retrospective Report (ed.gov).</a></p></div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-component paragraph--view-mode--default ies-text-component" id=""> <div class="field field--name-field-text-component-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>2 See the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/6/text">Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994</a> [P.L. 103–382, H.R. 6, Title IV, § 402(a)].</p><p>3 Specifically, NCES became a division in the Department of the Interior in 1869, in the Federal Security Agency in 1939, and in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in 1953. As part of the Office of Education’s reorganization in 1965, the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) was created as a staff unit within the larger agency. For more details on the history of the agency, see <a href="https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=93442"><em>120 Years of American Education: A Statistical Portrait</em></a>, pp. 1–4.</p><p><a href="https://nces.ed.gov/about/?sec=nceshistory#ref4">4</a> See <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/93rd-congress/house-bill/69/">Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments</a> (1974) [P.L. 93–380, H.R. 69, Title V, § 406(a)].</p><p>5 See <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/210">An act to establish a Department of Education, and for other purposes</a> (1979) [P.L. 96–88, S. 210, Title III, § 301(c)]. For more historical information on OERI and NCES, see <a href="https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED423317"><em>Changing Federal Strategies for Supporting Educational Research, Development, and Statistics</em></a>.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--header paragraph--view-mode--default ies-header-component" id=""> <h2>Goals and Objectives</h2> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-component paragraph--view-mode--default ies-text-component" id=""> <div class="field field--name-field-text-component-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>To fulfill our mission, NCES has prioritized the following four goals:</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--accordion-component paragraph--view-mode--default mb-accordion ies-accordion-component ies-accordion-component--grey_white"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--accordion-tab paragraph--view-mode--default mb-accordion__section ies-accordion-tab"> <div class="ies-accordion-tab__header mb-accordion__section-toggle" tabindex="0" id="ies-accordion-tab__22470" aria-controls="ies-accordion-tab__content-22470" aria-expanded="false" role="tab" > <span class="ies-accordion-tab__header-text" id="ies-accordion-tab__title-22470">Goal 1: Develop and disseminate products that align with the needs of the 21st century education data ecosystem. </span> <span class="ies-accordion-tab__header-expand"><span class="material-icons-outlined" aria-hidden="true">add</span></span> <span class="ies-accordion-tab__header-collapse"><span class="material-icons-outlined" aria-hidden="true">remove</span></span> </div> <div class="ies-accordion-tab__content mb-accordion__section-panel" aria-labelledby="ies-accordion-tab__title-22470" id="ies-accordion-tab__content-22470"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-component paragraph--view-mode--default ies-text-component" id=""> <div class="field field--name-field-text-component-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>Context</em>: Amid today's monumental educational challenges and disruptions, educators, researchers, and policymakers need valid and reliable data and insights into the condition of education to advance opportunities to learn and improve educational outcomes for all students. NCES's role and history as the nation's independent education statistical agency makes it well-positioned to bring the power of data to help the field of education, from early childhood through postsecondary, to improve the academic trajectory of all students.</p><p><strong>1.1</strong> Keep the Center's scope of work aligned with the needs of the 21st-century education data ecosystem to ensure the relevance and value of the Center's work.</p><p><strong>1.2</strong> Execute a robust and coordinated dissemination strategy for the Center's data products through a range of formats and platforms to engage and inform key audiences.</p><p><strong>1.3</strong> Monitor the use and impact of NCES products to understand how they address the nation's data needs within the U.S. data ecosystems.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--accordion-tab paragraph--view-mode--default mb-accordion__section ies-accordion-tab"> <div class="ies-accordion-tab__header mb-accordion__section-toggle" tabindex="0" id="ies-accordion-tab__22472" aria-controls="ies-accordion-tab__content-22472" aria-expanded="false" role="tab" > <span class="ies-accordion-tab__header-text" id="ies-accordion-tab__title-22472">Goal 2: Improve and innovate the Center's operations, management, and support for legislative and regulatory requirements. </span> <span class="ies-accordion-tab__header-expand"><span class="material-icons-outlined" aria-hidden="true">add</span></span> <span class="ies-accordion-tab__header-collapse"><span class="material-icons-outlined" aria-hidden="true">remove</span></span> </div> <div class="ies-accordion-tab__content mb-accordion__section-panel" aria-labelledby="ies-accordion-tab__title-22472" id="ies-accordion-tab__content-22472"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-component paragraph--view-mode--default ies-text-component" id=""> <div class="field field--name-field-text-component-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p> <em>Context:</em> NCES will expand upon its investments in dynamic systems and tools to ensure the continued excellence, relevance, efficiency, usability, and improvement of education statistics to fulfill its mission and mandates, and to support resounding improvements in opportunities and outcomes for all students.</p><p><strong>2.1</strong> Increase the application of R&D and data science to improve the efficiency, accuracy, and use of NCES data products in ever-evolving data ecosystems.</p><p><strong>2.2</strong> Apply a continuous quality improvement model to the Center's publication pipeline to improve timeliness, relevance, usage, and, ultimately, impact of NCES data products.</p><p><strong>2.3</strong> Institute a systematic approach to administration management, planning, operations, and coordination to create more flexible, nimble, and dynamic systems for meeting legislative and regulatory requirements as well as for greater efficiency and collaboration across the Center.</p><p><strong>2.4</strong> Make improvements to the Statistical Standards to better reflect current methodologies and data dissemination practices.</p><p><strong>2.5</strong> Develop Psychometric Standards to establish a common set of guidelines, criteria, and procedures across all NCES programs involving psychometric work to ensure that the programs yield data that allow reliable, valid, and fair inferences.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--accordion-tab paragraph--view-mode--default mb-accordion__section ies-accordion-tab"> <div class="ies-accordion-tab__header mb-accordion__section-toggle" tabindex="0" id="ies-accordion-tab__22474" aria-controls="ies-accordion-tab__content-22474" aria-expanded="false" role="tab" > <span class="ies-accordion-tab__header-text" id="ies-accordion-tab__title-22474">Goal 3: Foster and leverage mutually beneficial partnerships with practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and government agencies at all levels.</span> <span class="ies-accordion-tab__header-expand"><span class="material-icons-outlined" aria-hidden="true">add</span></span> <span class="ies-accordion-tab__header-collapse"><span class="material-icons-outlined" aria-hidden="true">remove</span></span> </div> <div class="ies-accordion-tab__content mb-accordion__section-panel" aria-labelledby="ies-accordion-tab__title-22474" id="ies-accordion-tab__content-22474"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-component paragraph--view-mode--default ies-text-component" id=""> <div class="field field--name-field-text-component-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>Context:</em> By continuously strengthening communication and collaboration among key stakeholders across policy and practice and building diverse coalitions, NCES can improve the quality, timeliness, and relevance of education statistics to support advances in the field.</p><p><strong>3.1</strong> Continue to develop and improve partnerships with states, school districts, leading education associations, and other stakeholders to increase support for participation in NCES studies and address their data needs.</p><p><strong>3.2</strong> Improve external communication and coordination to increase awareness and use of NCES data, products, and services—including collaborative data governance, linkages, and capacity-building.</p><p><strong>3.3</strong> Improve internal communications to strengthen collaboration and partnership within NCES and across IES and ED.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--accordion-tab paragraph--view-mode--default mb-accordion__section ies-accordion-tab"> <div class="ies-accordion-tab__header mb-accordion__section-toggle" tabindex="0" id="ies-accordion-tab__22476" aria-controls="ies-accordion-tab__content-22476" aria-expanded="false" role="tab" > <span class="ies-accordion-tab__header-text" id="ies-accordion-tab__title-22476">Goal 4: Embed in all aspects of the Center's work, studies, and data products those principles and practices that ensure representation of a comprehensive range of individual and institutional characteristics.</span> <span class="ies-accordion-tab__header-expand"><span class="material-icons-outlined" aria-hidden="true">add</span></span> <span class="ies-accordion-tab__header-collapse"><span class="material-icons-outlined" aria-hidden="true">remove</span></span> </div> <div class="ies-accordion-tab__content mb-accordion__section-panel" aria-labelledby="ies-accordion-tab__title-22476" id="ies-accordion-tab__content-22476"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-component paragraph--view-mode--default ies-text-component" id=""> <div class="field field--name-field-text-component-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>Context:</em> A range of data indicators collected by NCES highlight the persistent disparities in academic outcomes among students by race, ethnicity, geography, and socio-economic status. There is a critical need for NCES to continue to identify and monitor the full range of indicators that illuminate inequitable opportunities and inform solutions for helping all students reach their fullest potential. This will require intentional integration of principles and practices that ensure representation of a comprehensive range of individual and institutional characteristics important for understanding the condition of education into the collection of data and development of products, as well as an investment in the staffing and planning necessary to reflect and foster equitable outcomes.</p><p><strong>4.1</strong> Review and update as necessary NCES's Statistical Standards to ensure they promote principles and practices that result in the collection and dissemination of information representative of the diversity of the population, including a comprehensive range of individual and institutional characteristics important for understanding the condition of education.</p><p><strong>4.2</strong> Maintain and develop measures of individual and institutional characteristics important for understanding the condition of education, including race and ethnicity, income and socioeconomic status, urbanicity, and institutional sector, to ensure NCES data remain relevant for policymaking.</p><p><strong>4.3</strong> Invest in NCES's human capital to ensure staff are representative of a comprehensive range of experiences and skills and can bring diverse perspectives for understanding the condition of education.</p><p><strong>4.4</strong> Monitor NCES contractors' activities and performance to achieve representativeness and ensure NCES information is accessible to all.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--featured-asset paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--22675 ies-featured-asset ies-featured-asset--right"> <div class="ies-featured-asset__image" style="background-image: url('/sites/default/files/ies/image/2024/10/shutterstock_2271102229.jpg');"></div> <div class="ies-featured-asset__content"> <div class="ies-featured-asset__info"> Status report on NCES’s progress to advance its strategic goals and objectives: A snapshot of current plans, strategies, processes, interagency coordination and collaboration, and resources </div> <div class="ies-file__download"> <a class="ies-file__download-link ies-callout-link ies-download" href="/sites/default/files/nces/document/2025/01/NCES_Status_Report_Advancing_Strategic_Plan_Jan_2025.pdf" target="_blank"> Download </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--header paragraph--view-mode--default ies-header-component" id=""> <h2>Functions of NCES</h2> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-component paragraph--view-mode--default ies-text-component" id=""> <div class="field field--name-field-text-component-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>As a Recognized Statistical Agency, NCES has the following four fundamental responsibilities established by law (<a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2020-title44/html/USCODE-2020-title44-chap35-subchapIII-partA-sec3563.htm">44 U.S.C. 3563(a)(1)</a>):</p><ol><li>to produce and disseminate relevant and timely statistical information;</li><li>conduct credible and accurate statistical activities;</li><li>conduct objective statistical activities; and</li><li>protect the trust of information providers by ensuring the confidentiality and exclusive statistical use of their responses.</li></ol></div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--header paragraph--view-mode--default ies-header-component" id=""> <h2>Reports Directed by Congress</h2> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-component paragraph--view-mode--default ies-text-component" id=""> <div class="field field--name-field-text-component-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The following NCES reports respond to Congressional direction:</p><ul><li><a href="https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/">Report on the Condition of Education</a></li><li><a href="https://nces.ed.gov/statprog/CIPSEA_Report.asp">Report to OMB on the NCES Implementation of the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA)</a></li></ul></div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--link-component paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--22681 ies-link-component ies-link-component--left"> <a class="ies-link-component__link ies-callout-link ies-download" href="/sites/default/files/nces/document/2024/10/U.S.%20Department%20of%20Education%20Fiscal%20Year%202023%20Budget%20Summary.pdf" target="_blank" tabindex="0"> U.S. Department of Education Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Summary </a> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--link-list-items paragraph--view-mode--default ies-link-list-items-component ies-link-list-items-component--style_3"> <div class="ies-link-list-items__top"> <div class="ies-link-list-items__info"> <h2 class="ies-link-list-items__title"> Governing Legislation and Regulations </h2> <div class="ies-link-list-items__summary"> <p>The following list are policies and procedures that affect the four fundamental responsibilities of NCES.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ies-link-list-items__list"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--link-list-item paragraph--view-mode--default ies-link-list-item"> <div class="ies-link-list-item__info"> <a class="ies-link-list-item__title" href="/sites/default/files/nces/document/2024/10/PLAW-107publ279.pdf" target="_blank"> Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 </a> <div class="ies-link-list-item__description">Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002</div> </div> <div class="ies-link-list-item__launch"> <a class="ies-link-list-item__download ies-download" aria-label="Download more on Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002" href="/sites/default/files/nces/document/2024/10/PLAW-107publ279.pdf" target="_blank"> <span class="default-title">Download</span> </a> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--link-list-item paragraph--view-mode--default ies-link-list-item"> <div class="ies-link-list-item__info"> <a class="ies-link-list-item__title" href="/sites/default/files/nces/document/2024/10/PLAW-115publ435.pdf" target="_blank"> Title I: Federal Evidence-Building Activities </a> <div class="ies-link-list-item__description">Title I: Federal Evidence-Building Activities</div> </div> <div class="ies-link-list-item__launch"> <a class="ies-link-list-item__download ies-download" aria-label="Download more on Title I: Federal Evidence-Building Activities" href="/sites/default/files/nces/document/2024/10/PLAW-115publ435.pdf" target="_blank"> <span class="default-title">Download</span> </a> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--link-list-item paragraph--view-mode--default ies-link-list-item"> <div class="ies-link-list-item__info"> <a class="ies-link-list-item__title" href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/11/2024-23536/fundamental-responsibilities-of-recognized-statistical-agencies-and-units"> <span class="title">Fundamental Responsibilities of Recognized Statistical Agencies and Units</span> </a> </div> <div class="ies-link-list-item__launch"> <a class="ies-link-list-item__link" aria-label="Read more on Fundamental Responsibilities of Recognized Statistical Agencies and Units" href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/11/2024-23536/fundamental-responsibilities-of-recognized-statistical-agencies-and-units"> <span class="default-title external">Visit Site</span> <span class="default-title internal">Read More</span> <span class="title">Fundamental Responsibilities of Recognized Statistical Agencies and Units</span> </a> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--link-list-item paragraph--view-mode--default ies-link-list-item"> <div class="ies-link-list-item__info"> <a class="ies-link-list-item__title" href="/sites/default/files/nces/document/2024/10/standards_stat_surveys_0.pdf" target="_blank"> Statistical Policy Directive No. 1, Fundamental Responsibilities of Federal Statistical Agencies and Recognized Statistical Units </a> </div> <div class="ies-link-list-item__launch"> <a class="ies-link-list-item__download ies-download" aria-label="Download more on Statistical Policy Directive No. 1, Fundamental Responsibilities of Federal Statistical Agencies and Recognized Statistical Units" href="/sites/default/files/nces/document/2024/10/standards_stat_surveys_0.pdf" target="_blank"> <span class="default-title">Download</span> </a> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--link-list-item paragraph--view-mode--default ies-link-list-item"> <div class="ies-link-list-item__info"> <a class="ies-link-list-item__title" href="/sites/default/files/nces/document/2024/10/standards_stat_surveys.pdf" target="_blank"> 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