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This comprehensive Calendar of Events is constantly being updated to present you with the latest from NCES.

What's New for December 2024

Registration is now open for the NCES Data Users Conference (December 20, 2024)
On February 11-13, 2025, the DUC will bring together data users, members of the research community, and policy makers to share research and findings that use NCES's data sets. Participants will be able to discuss strategies for analysis, data linking, data visualization, and reporting federal statistics.

NCES released SY 2022�23 Common Core of Data (CCD) Graduates/Completers Public-Use and Restricted-Use Data Files (December 19, 2024)
Today, the National Center for Education Statistics released the 2022�23 Common Core of Data (CCD) Graduates/Completers Public and Restricted-Use Data Files, a product of the CCD data collection for the 2022�23 school year. The unduplicated number of graduates/completers are reported at state, district, and school levels for the 12-month period from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. The state- and district-level data are released in both Restricted-Use (RUD) and Public-Use (PUB) files, while the school-level data are only released as a RUD file.

Data users requiring the RUD files can apply to use the RUD data files through the Standard Application Process (SAP) portal.

Public School Leaders Reports Suggest No Overall Change in the Number of Teaching Positions Since Last School Year (December 12, 2024)
The October 2024 School Pulse Panel (SPP) release provides information on school staffing vacancies and tutoring availability during the 2024-25 school year, as reported by school leaders in U.S. public schools.