Kids On Track Resource Library
Education Stats - The Condition of Education in 2005. A report by the National Center for Education Statistics covers reading and mathematics testing performance across schools by urbanicity.
Natledsurvey - National Household Education Survey Program of 2005. Contains initial results from the 2005 Early Childhood Program Participation Survey.
2006 jvprofile - A summary of the 2006 Juvenile Offenders and Victims published by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; this offers national data.
Summary of Significant Changes Across the US - This document covers key indicators which have shown a significant increase or decrease relative to the national well being of children and youth as published by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.
Children Left behind Final Report - This publication from the Harvard School o Public Health covers the inequalities facing children in Metropolitan locations in the U.S. Buffalo is featured reflecting the challenges with in our community relating to education, family composition, neighborhood conditions and other indicators.
Helpful Links
www.teenpregnancy.org
The site for the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, a non-partisan organization, offers an abundance of research and data
www.brook.edu
The site of the Brookings Institution reflects this independent organizations mission to provide research and analysis on public policy issues, including education and other issues relevant to Kids on Track.
www.emsc.nysed.gov
This site for the Office of Elementary, Middle , Secondary and Continuing, Education is part of the New York State Department of Education and offers a great start for accessing individual districts and schools. Content includes detailed data on ELA, math, and science tests, as well as racial/ ethnic composition and class size.
www.nces.ed.gov
The National Center for Education Statistics is a part of the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Educational Sciences. This site is the primary depository for data relative to education, including math and reading achievement.
www.buffaloschools.org
The site for the Buffalo Public Schools provides access to full reports on district wide performance.
www.aecf.org
The Annie E. Casey Foundation provides links to CLIKS: Community Level Information on Kids which reveals state and county trends and rankings on a variety of indicators ranging from economic security, health and education.
www.ccf.state.ny.us
The site for the New York State Council on Children and families allows you to access the NYS Touchstones / KIDSCOUNT 2005 Data Book which provides children's health, education, and well-being indicators.
www.newyorkfed.org/research/regional
This publication of the Buffalo Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York offers regional economic information. This should go under ‘general resources'
www.aecf.org/kidscount/city/bufflo.ny
This will bring you to the city profile for Buffalo which offers trend data on key indicators of well being for young people in the City of Buffalo as prepared by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
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