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Using the NHES Database for Research and Policy Analyses (NHES Database Training)
Dates: August 10-12, 2009 Washington, DC
Sponsor: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Description: NHES is a valuable resource for understanding contemporary education issues such as adult education and lifelong learning, early childhood program participation, parent involvement in education, and after-school programs and activities. NHES has been conducted in the springs of 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2007. Extensive individual, family, and household background data are collected in each survey. These background items include questions about language background and education level, income and employment status, receipt of public assistance, and household composition.
This seminar is open to institutional researchers and planners, education practitioners, policymakers, and association members as well as faculty and advanced graduate students from colleges and universities nationwide.
Web Site: http://ies.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/?id=414&cid=2
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