The University of British Columbia

Statistical information is gathered by governments and large research projects, listed on the right as "Statistical Sources." Some information is directly related to education - for example, the School Achievement Indicators Program. Other information is relevant to educational research, but not directly about education. For example, information about family income is available at the Statistical Profile of Canadian Communities (Statistics Canada).

Statistical information is often available in reports and other published materials at UBC Library. From the library homepage at www.library.ubc.ca, choose Find. Do a keyword search which includes your topic and the term "statistics", for example, special education and statistics

Standard subject headings follow this pattern:

Adult education -- North America -- Statistics
Literacy -- Canada -- Statistics
Child welfare -- British Columbia -- Statistics

For books about statistics and research methodology, use these subject headings: Education - Research - Methodology

For more statistics, see the Statistical Sources for British Columbia

British Columbia Higher Education Accountability Dataset
URL: www.bcheadset.ca/

Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) - student performance for grades 4, 7 & 10 at the provincial, district and school levels.

Provincial Ministry of Education Reports
The Ministry of Education reports student achievement and demographics in the B.C. K to 12 education system. Each report provides five years of data with the exception of the Class Size and Foundation Skills Assessment reports.
URL: www.bced.gov.bc.ca/reporting/

For more statistics, see the Statistical Sources for Canada

Canadian Association for Graduate Studies Statistical Reports

Enrollment in elementary and secondary schools - 1990/91-1998/99 (discontinued)

Second Language enrollment by province - 1994/95-1998/99 (discontinued)

Secondary school graduates - 1995-1999 (discontinued) (from StatsCan Education)

E-STAT - tables on educators, institutions, students, etc.

For more statistics, see the International Statistical Sources.

Progress in International Reading Literacy Study

Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study

Program for International Student Assessment - 15 yr. olds in comparison

UBC

UBC Library Numeric Data Services
Raw electronic data for research in social sciences and more.

Edudata and Edudata Reports
Raw electronic data relevant to research in Education from a variety of resources.

BC

BC Ministry of Education
Click on search and do an advanced search that must contain statistics in the title.

Canada

2006 CENSUS MAPS
The Atlas of Canada, produced by Natural Resources Canada, in partnership with Statistics Canada, presents a series of maps and accompanying analysis of national and regional data results from the 2006 Census. The third and last release focuses on educational attainment, location of study, the Aboriginal population, income, as well as age and marital status by gender. The maps are now available on the Atlas of Canada website

E-Stat

Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada Community Profile Page

Statistics Canada Education Page

Council of Ministers of Education

Government Education Research Network

Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (PCAP)/School Achievement Indicators Program (SAIP)

PISA Canada

United States

National Center for Education Statistics

US Department of Education Research and Statistics

ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)

International

International Archive of Education Data

OECD Education Statistics

OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)

SurfStat Australia

UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Global and internationally comparable statistics on education, science, technology, culture and communication

American Statistical Association
Excellent Related Links

International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement

National Council on Measurement in Education

Statistical Society of Canada/Société statistique du Canada