Author: Committee on National Statistics

Widely available, trustworthy government statistics are essential for policy makers and program administrators at all levels of government, for pri...

Disparities in educational attainment among population groups have characterized the United States throughout its history. Education is sometimes c...

The strengths and abilities children develop from infancy through adolescence are crucial for their physical, emotional, and cognitive growth, whic...

Every year roughly 100,000 fatal and injury crashes occur in the United States involving large trucks and buses. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety A...

Patterns of food consumption and nutritional intake strongly affect the population's health and well-being. The Food Economics Division of USDA's E...

America's farms and farmers are integral to the U.S. economy and, more broadly, to the nation's social and cultural fabric. A healthy agricultural ...

The education landscape in the United States has been changing rapidly in recent decades: student populations have become more diverse; there has b...

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), in partnership with other agencies and divisions of the United States Dep...

The effective use of data science - the science and technology of extracting value from data - improves, enhances, and strengthens acquisition deci...

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is housed within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and offers insurance policies that are ...

Developing credible short-term and long-term projections of Medicare health care costs is critical for public- and private-sector policy planning, ...

To derive statistics about crime to estimate its levels and trends, assess its costs to and impacts on society, and inform law enforcement approac...

The Workshop on Integrating New Measures of Trauma into the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Data Collection Pr...

This report summarizes the proceedings of a workshop convened in June 2010 to critically examine the various databases that could provide national ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (USDA/ERS) maintains four highly related but distinct geographic classification system...

Since 1969, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has been providing policymakers, educators, and the public with reports on acade...

Publicly available statistics from government agencies that are credible, relevant, accurate, and timely are essential for policy makers, individua...

The education system in the United States is continually challenged to adapt and improve, in part because its mission has become far more ambitious...

Higher education is a linchpin of the American economy and society: teaching and research at colleges and universities contribute significantly to ...

The workshop summarized in this report was organized as part of a study sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ...

Section 141 of The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 20101 provides funding for a research program on the causes and consequences of childhood hunge...

The U.S. Census Bureau maintains an important portfolio of economic statistics programs, including quinquennial economic censuses, annual economic ...

Since its origin 23 years ago as a pilot test conducted in four U.S. counties, the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) has been th...

The Committee on National Statistics of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a 2-day public workshop from Decembe...

Retail trade has experienced dramatic changes over the past several decades in the United States, with changes in the types of outlets where goods ...

This Proceedings of a Workshop summarizes the presentations and discussions at the Workshop on the Implications of Convergence for How the National...

The National Science Foundation's National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), one of the nation's principal statistical agencie...

The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is the primary statistical data collection agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (US...

The environment for obtaining information and providing statistical data for policy makers and the public has changed significantly in the past dec...

The Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) measures the rates at which Americans are victims of crimes, inc...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI), produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), is the most widely used measure of inflation in the U.S. It is us...

To derive statistics about crime to estimate its levels and trends, assess its costs to and impacts on society, and inform law enforcement approac...

The past century has witnessed remarkable advances in life expectancy in the United States and throughout the world. In 2010, however, progress in ...

Human trafficking has many names and can take many forms - pimp control, commercial sex, exploitation, forced labor, modern slavery, child labor, a...

This Proceedings of a Workshop summarizes the presentations and discussions at the Workshop on Improving Consent and Response in Longitudinal Studi...

Experiencing poverty during childhood can lead to lasting harmful effects that compromise not only children's health and welfare but can also hinde...

The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) is one of the U.S. Census Bureau's major surveys with features making it a uniquely valuable ...