Author: Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

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

Teachers play a critical role in the success of their students, both academically and in regard to long term outcomes such as higher education part...

A high-quality preschool education can foster critical development and learning that promotes joyful, affirming, and enriching learning opportuniti...

Between 1980 and mid-2023, 232 billion-dollar disasters occurred in the U.S. Gulf Coast region, with the number of disasters doubling annually sinc...

Many studies during the past few decades have sought to determine whether the death penalty has any deterrent effect on homicide rates. Researchers...

Does the public trust science? Scientists? Scientific organizations? What roles do trust and the lack of trust play in public debates about how sci...

Bullying has long been tolerated as a rite of passage among children and adolescents. There is an implication that individuals who are bullied must...

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

Over the past several decades, fertility rates have fallen substantially in low- and middle-income countries, and efforts to limit fertility, prima...

The United States prides itself on being a nation of immigrants, and the country has a long history of successfully absorbing people from across th...

Instructional materials are a key means to achieving the goals of science education—an enterprise that yields unique and worthwhile benefits to ind...

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...

Proactive policing, as a strategic approach used by police agencies to prevent crime, is a relatively new phenomenon in the United States. It devel...

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professionals generate a stream of scientific discoveries and technological innovations tha...

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...

Computing in some form touches nearly every aspect of day to day life and is reflected in the ubiquitous use of cell phones, the expansion of autom...

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...