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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#365F91'>Hello! My school library colleague, Jen Maurer, just sent
the following email regarding the National Center for Education Statistics.
This is an excellent website for literacy statistics from early literacy
through high school. Education statistics are a great piece to add to any
advocacy you do for children’s and teen programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#365F91'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='color:#365F91'>Katie Anderson, Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='color:#365F91'>* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book
Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='color:#365F91'>Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='color:#365F91'><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>,
503-378-2528</span><span style='color:#365F91'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#365F91'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
oasl-all@oema.memberclicks.net [mailto:oasl-all@oema.memberclicks.net] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Jennifer Maurer<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 29, 2010 9:36 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Katie Anderson<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [oasl-all] National Center for Education Statistics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Do you know about
the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S.
Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences? On their
website (<a href="http://nces.ed.gov/">http://nces.ed.gov/</a>), NCES is
described as “the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing
data related to education.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Interesting things
I learned from the site…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:blue'><span style='mso-list:
Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>There
were 1.5 million homeschoolers in the U.S. in 2007 (most recent year
available).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>See Fast Facts tab: <a
href="http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=91">http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=91</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:blue'><span style='mso-list:
Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>In
2009, Oregon 8<sup>th</sup> graders scored significantly higher than those in
12 other states on the math assessment. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:blue'>See the State Comparisons tab: <a
href="http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/statecomparisons/">http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/statecomparisons/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:blue'><span style='mso-list:
Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>As of
2007-08, 77.8% of Oregon school libraries had an automated catalog. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:blue'>See Annual Reports tab: <a
href="http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d09/tables/dt09_421.asp">http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d09/tables/dt09_421.asp</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>There’s also
a site for kids for learn about and play with statistics: Kids’
Zone. <a href="http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/">http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/</a>
“Dare to Compare” is fun. Students can select a grade level,
subject, and # of questions (from past national assessments). Then they
take the short quiz and see how they compared with the national average or
regional averages. <a href="http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/eyk/index.asp">http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/eyk/index.asp</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>…and
that’s just the tip of the iceberg. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><br>
FYI,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Jen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:blue'>Jennifer Maurer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:blue'>School Library Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:blue'>Library Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:blue'>Oregon State Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:blue'>250 Winter Street NE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:blue'>Salem, OR 97301-3950<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:blue'>503-378-5011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><a
href="mailto:jennifer.maurer@state.or.us"
title="blocked::mailto:jennifer.maurer@state.or.us"><span style='font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif"'>jennifer.maurer@state.or.us</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:blue'>To receive the latest news about OSLIS, <a
href="http://www.oslis.org">www.oslis.org</a>, sign up for the listserv,</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:blue'>OSLIST, at </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><a
href="http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/oslist"><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/oslist</span></a></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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