NCES Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 Tables Library

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) United States Department of Education. Institute of Education Sciences. National Center for Education Statistics

Version:  View help for Version V1

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  nces-els-2002-tables-2025-07 07/07/2025 02:49:PM

Project Citation: 

United States Department of Education. Institute of Education Sciences. National Center for Education Statistics. NCES Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 Tables Library. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-07-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E235351V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title NCES Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 Tables Library
Summary:  View help for Summary

About ELS

Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002) Features
  • Nationally representative, longitudinal study of 10th graders in 2002 and 12th graders in 2004
  • Students followed throughout secondary and postsecondary years
  • Surveys of students, their parents, math and English teachers, and school administrators
  • Student assessments in math (10th & 12th grades) and English (10th grade)
  • High school transcripts available for research on coursetaking
ELS:2002 Focus
  • What are students' trajectories from the beginning of high school into postsecondary education, the workforce, and beyond?
  • What are the different patterns of college access and persistence that occur in the years following high school completion

Data Organization

Each table has an associated excel and excel SE file, which are grouped together in a folder in the dataset (one folder per table).

In the root folder, there is a catalog csv that provides a crosswalk between the folder names and file names and the original table titles.

In addition to the tables, this project contains (1) codebooks for ELS generated in NCES datalabs and found in the NCES resource library, (2) questionnaires for ELS downloaded from the study website and (3) documentation and user manuals related to ELS found in the NCES resource library.
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/els2002/tables.asp

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms high school graduates; high school students; vocational education; secondary education; college students; graduation
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2002 – 2012
Universe:  View help for Universe Students who were high school sophomores in 2001-02 or high school seniors in 2003-04
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) survey data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes Downloaded 7/3/2025.


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