About UsGoverning Legislation and Regulations
The following list are policies and procedures that affect the four fundamental responsibilities of NCES.
- Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002
- Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 20186
- Statistical Policy Directives
- Statistical Policy Directive No. 1, Fundamental Responsibilities of Federal Statistical Agencies and Recognized Statistical Units
- Statistical Policy Directive No. 2: Standards and Guidelines for Statistical Surveys
- Statistical Policy Directive No. 4, Release and Dissemination of Statistical Products Produced by Federal Statistical Agencies
- Statistical Policy Directive No. 7: Metropolitan Statistical Areas
- Statistical Policy Directive No. 8: North American Industry Classification System: Classification of Establishments
- Statistical Policy Directive No. 10: Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
- Statistical Policy Directive No. 15, Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity
- Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by Federal Agencies
- Final Guidance on Maintaining, Collecting, and Reporting Racial and Ethnic Data to the U.S. Department of Education
- National Center for Education Statistics' Statistical Standards
Additional Resources
- Statement of Commitment to Scientific Integrity
- Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency issued by the Committee on National Statistics of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine: Seventh Edition
- U.S. Department of Education Strategic Plans and Annual Reports
- IES Style guides
6Regulations implementing the directive, as codified by the Evidence Act, are pending. In addition to overseeing CIPSEA and Statistical Policy Directive No. 1, the role of the Statistical Official is to advise on the Department of Education on statistical policy, techniques, and procedures.
