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    • Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99

    Metadata Updated: August 12, 2023

    The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K), is part of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS) program; program data is available since 1998-99 at . ECLS-K (https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/kindergarten.asp) is a longitudinal study that collected information about children's early learning and development, transition into kindergarten, and progress through school. A nationally representative sample of kindergartners in the 1998-99 school year was selected and followed over time. The study was conducted using direct assessments of children in their schools, telephone interviews with parents, and self-administered questionnaires for teachers and school administrator. Key information available in ECLS-K includes information on children's cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development, children's home environment, home educational activities, school environment, classroom environment, classroom curriculum, teacher qualifications, and before- and after-school care.

    Access & Use Information

    Restricted: This dataset can only be accessed or used under certain conditions. License: Creative Commons CCZero

    Downloads & Resources

    References

    https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/data/ECLSK_K8_Manual_part1.pdf
    https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/data/ECLSK_K8_Manual_part2.pdf
    https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/data/README.pdf
    https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/kinderinstruments.asp
    https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/kinderfaq.asp?faq=1

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date August 12, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date August 12, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Education JSON

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date August 12, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date August 12, 2023
    Publisher National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
    Maintainer
    Identifier 5afab3ca-57cf-4511-9411-9d516395341c
    Data First Published 2000-02-17
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2023-06-27T20:30:20.160881
    Rights IES uses Restricted-data Licenses as a mechanism for making more detailed data available to qualified researchers. Please request license to access data by submitting an application via the link in "Resources".
    Public Access Level restricted public
    Bureau Code 018:50
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.ed.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Quality True
    Harvest Object Id 4ce697f4-ab94-41c9-bf5f-3c392a7251c2
    Harvest Source Id 2a5c4dd8-eda9-4f03-abc3-fff8cfb80fc6
    Harvest Source Title Education JSON
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    Old Spatial United States
    Program Code 018:000
    Publisher Hierarchy U.S. Government > U.S. Department of Education > Office of the Secretary (OS) > Institute of Education Sciences (IES) > National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
    Related Documents https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/data/ECLSK_K8_Manual_part1.pdf, https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/data/ECLSK_K8_Manual_part2.pdf, https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/data/README.pdf, https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/kinderinstruments.asp, https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/kinderfaq.asp?faq=1
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash aa544da8e2a3b09b4ff7a1a0e9da286a0ffc94cb
    Source Schema Version 1.1
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    System of Records https://www2.ed.gov/notices/pai/pai-18-13-01.pdf
    Temporal 1998/2007

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