Data From the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010–11 (ECLS-K:2011) at NCES

Session Type: Professional Development Course

Abstract

Researchers can use information from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010–11 (ECLS-K:2011) data set to examine the relationships between a wide range of family, school, classroom, and individual characteristics and children’s development, learning, and school performance in kindergarten and across the elementary school years. In this course, participants will become familiar with the design, content, and research utility of the ECLS-K:2011; learn how to use the Electronic Codebook (ECB) software to create individualized data sets for personal research; understand the need for using sample weights and adjusting variance estimates to conduct accurate analyses; and become familiar with resources available from NCES related to the ECLS-K:2011. The training will focus on the publicly released data from the kindergarten through fourth-grade data collections. This course is primarily lecture based, and there will be time for participants to practice navigating the ECB software, work through hands-on exercises, and ask questions about how the ECLS data can best be used to address their own research interests.

Sub Unit

• Professional Development and Training Committee

Instructors

• Gail M. Mulligan, NCES, Department of Education

• Jill McCarroll, U.S. Department of Education

• Cameron McPhee, American Institutes for Research

• Shannon Russell, American Institutes for Research