This handbook contains 30 chapters. Chapters 1 to 27 each focus on one of the 27 major NCES survey programs.The first 27 chapters are organized under the following subject-matter rubrics:Early Childhood Education Survey Chapter 1: Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS)Elementary and Secondary Education Surveys Chapter 2: Common Core of Data (CCD)Chapter 3: Private School Universe Survey (PSS)Chapter 4: Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)Chapter 5: SASS Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS)Chapter 6: National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS:72)Chapter 7: High School and Beyond (HS&B) Longitudinal StudyChapter 8: National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88)Chapter 9: Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)Library SurveysChapter 10: SASS School Library Survey (SLS)Chapter 11: Academic Libraries Survey (ALS)Postsecondary and Adult Education SurveysChapter 12: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)Chapter 13: National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF)Chapter 14: National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS)Chapter 15: Beginning Postsecondary Students (BPS) Longitudinal StudyChapter 16: Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B) Longitudinal StudyChapter 17: Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED)Educational Assessment SurveysChapter 18: National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)Chapter 19: National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS)Chapter 20: National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL)Chapter 21: Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)Chapter 22: Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)Chapter 23: International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS)Chapter 24: Adult Literacy and Lifeskills (ALL)Chapter 25: Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)Household SurveysChapter 26: National Household Education Surveys (NHES) ProgramChapter 27: Current Population Survey (CPS)—October SupplementChapters 28 through 30 cover multiple surveys or survey systems. The format is similar to that for chapters 1 to 27, but is somewhat abbreviated to allow adequate coverage of multiple surveys within each chapter.Small Special-Purpose NCES SurveysChapter 28: Crime and Safety Surveys: School Crime Supplement (SCS) and School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS)Chapter 29: High School Transcript (HST) StudiesChapter 30: Quick Response Information System
