Data Resources for ARRA Applicants

The National Student Clearinghouse offers one-of-a-kind data resources that can help your state, district or institution satisfy its longitudinal data analysis needs in order to qualify for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and its grant programs.

Nation’s Source for Postsecondary Education

More than 3,300 U.S. institutions — enrolling 92% of U.S. postsecondary students — regularly report enrollment and graduation data to us. All types of institutions are represented: public and private, two- and four-year, graduate, trade, vocational, etc. As a result, the Clearinghouse maintains the ONLY nationwide collection of postsecondary enrollment and degree records, covering more than 93 million students and growing.

Read about the Clearinghouse’s unique approach to data collection and our groundbreaking initiative: the first national secondary education tracking system.

Submit More Effective ARRA Applications

As the only source of national postsecondary enrollment and success data, through our affordable StudentTracker educational research service, the Clearinghouse can provide you with detailed data and aggregate reports on your high school graduates’ college attendance, persistence and degree attainment.

StudentTracker arms you with the information you need to submit more effective applications and reports for these ARRA programs:

State Fiscal Stabilization Fund

Demonstrate your state’s progress in the four areas of education reform:

• Adoption of standards and assessments that prepare students for success in college and the workplace:
  StudentTracker can provide you with the number and percentage of your high school graduates who complete one year of college
• Establishment of P-20 longitudinal data systems:
  StudentTracker can help you link your secondary data with postsecondary outcomes in your state or anywhere in the U.S., regardless of institution type.
• Greater teacher effectiveness:
  StudentTracker can enable you to track college‐going and persistence to specific programs and teachers.
• Success in turning around low-performing schools:
  StudentTracker allows you to identify which schools have made progress in their ability to graduate students who enroll and persist in college

State Longitudinal Data Systems

Using the student-level detail data provided by StudentTracker, you can develop and implement a statewide P-20 longitudinal data system that captures and analyzes student data from preschool to high school, college, and the workforce.

Race to the Top

The comprehensive data available through StudentTracker can help you create comprehensive strategies for addressing the four areas of education reform, including expanding statewide longitudinal data systems to integrate P-20 data and enable cross-state collaboration.

Investing in Innovation

StudentTracker helps you measure improvements in student achievement, including matriculation and graduation, and track gains back to specific programs.