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Restricted Data

HS&B:80 NCES Restricted Data Users will get:

  • 1980-2021 survey data
  • Questionnaires and documentation
  • Spatial data
  • Measures derived from administrative records and physical assessments

NLS:72/25 is in the field now! NLS:72 NCES Restricted Data Users will get: 

  • 1972-2025 survey data
  • Questionnaires and documentation
  • Spatial data
  • Measures derived from administrative records and physical assessments
     

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Restricted-Use Data will be distributed to researchers affiliated with a US organization (university, research institution, company, state or local governmental agency) through the National Center for Education Statistics’ (NCES) Restricted-Use Data License.

  1. Researchers must complete an application using the Standard Application Process (SAP) Portal
    1. Application Example provides an illustration of sufficient responses to questions in the application
    2. NCES Review Criteria describes application evaluation criteria used by the National Center for Education Statistics
  2. After receiving an initial review of the online application, the Licensee is responsible for submitting hard copies of the following:
    1. Completed and signed license document
    2. Security plan form
    3. Notarized affidavits of nondisclosure for all users on the license

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Public Data

The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) distributes data from the original HS&B:80 and NLS:72 studies. Public data are available from 1980 through 1986 for HS&B:80 and from 1972 through 1986 for NLS:72. Data files include student, parent, teacher, and school survey responses, student assessment data, high school transcript information, and some college transcript information.