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P-20 Data

The College Board’s Task Force on Admissions in the 21st Century developed a data book to use as a guide to the task force’s work and as a resource for the College Board’s Commission on Access, Admissions and Success in Higher Education. A comprehensive but not exhaustive review of data on several contemporary issues in American education, the document explores 10 significant indicators of our national educational health. It includes the best national evidence we could find on each of these indicators, such as global competitiveness, children’s well-being, student achievement, and high school and college graduation rates.

Below are the salient data topics related to the 10 indicators that are discussed in greater detail in the full data book, “Selected Data on P-20 Education in America.” Download the full data book.

  1. Economic Competitiveness
  2. Educational Attainment
  3. Child Well-Being
  4. Demographics
  5. Need for Baccalaureates
  6. K-12 and College Finance
  7. The Educational Pipeline
  8. Standards
  9. Teaching
  10. STEM Needs
Learn more about College Board Advocacy Download the Task Force's Letter to the Profession

Notes from the Task Force

In the context of the task force, “being at our best” means contributing all of our experience and knowledge to a common effort for the common good. This requires leaving institutional self-interest at the door, listening fully to colleagues from very different educational settings, and being bold enough to critique the less noble aspects of admission and enrollment practices.

Philip A. Ballinger
Director of Admissions
University of Washington

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