NCES Early Childhood Longitudinal Studies (ECLS) Program 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-ecls-tables-2025-07 07/08/2025 02:12:PM

Project Citation: 

United States Department of Education. Institute of Education Sciences. National Center for Education Statistics. NCES Early Childhood Longitudinal Studies (ECLS) Program Tables Library. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-07-09. https://doi.org/10.3886/E235430V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title NCES Early Childhood Longitudinal Studies (ECLS) Program Tables Library
Summary:  View help for Summary

Information about ECLS

The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS) program provides important information about children's knowledge, skills, and development from birth through elementary school. For more than 20 years, the ECLS program has helped educators, families, researchers, and policymakers improve children's educational experiences.

The ECLS program includes four longitudinal studies that examine child development, school readiness, and early school experiences. However, the tables library only covers two of these studies. The kindergarten class of 1998–99 cohort is a sample of children followed from kindergarten through the eighth grade (ECLS-K). The kindergarten class of 2010–11 cohort is a sample of children followed from kindergarten through the fifth grade (ECLS-K:2011).

Data Organization

Each table has an associated excel file, which is 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) user manuals for ECLS-K and ECLS-K:2011 from the NCES resource library, (2) questionnaires for ECLS-K and ECLS-K:2011 downloaded from the study website and (3) other reports and documentation related to the two studies from the NCES resource library.
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/tables.asp

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms early childhood education; early life conditions; elementary school students; elementary education; elementary schools; teachers; school personnel
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1998 – 2016
Universe:  View help for Universe A nationally representative sample of the kindergarten class of 1998-99 and 2010-2011, along with their parents, teachers, schools and child care providers.
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) survey data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes Data downloaded 2025-07-03


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