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What's New for October 2024

Changes in Public School Teachers' Certification Type (October 29, 2024)
A new NCES Data Point report using data from the National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS) shows that in 2020�21, some 6.9 percent of public school teachers did not hold a teaching certificate or held only provisional or emergency certificates in the state where they were teaching,

NCES Releases Private School Universe (PSS) 2017-18, 2019-20, and 2021-22 Methodological Public-Use Data Files (October 17, 2024)
These methodological public-use data files include select data from the 2017-18, 2019-20, and 2021-22 Private School Universe Survey (PSS). Researchers have increasingly expressed interest in tracking whether private schools are open or closed when a school is a non-respondent in a particular data collection. To minimize disclosure risk, these data files allow comparison of NCES IDs (PPINs) across survey years. Toward this end the data files include the NCES ID (PPIN), Interview Status Recode (ISR), Out-of-Scope Code (OOS), and School Inactive Prior to Data Collection (INACTIVE) variables. The PPIN variable represents the permanent identification number for a school or entity. The ISR variable classifies PSS responders, non-responders, and entities determined ineligible for the PSS. The OOS variable identifies the reason why schools or entities were coded out-of-scope.

Release of Fundamental Responsibilities of Recognized Statistical Agencies and Units (October 10, 2024)
New regulations clarifying roles and responsibilities of statistical agencies in the "Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018" were released on October 11, 2024. The regulations that have been under development since the law was enacted will have a significant impact on National Center for Education Statistics operations.