EDFacts

Overview

EDFacts is a U.S. Department of Education (ED) initiative to collect, analyze, and promote the use of high-quality, pre-kindergarten through grade 12 (PreK–12) data. EDFacts:

• Supports planning, policymaking, and management/budget decision making.
• Centralizes data provided by state education agencies (SEAs).
• Collects data on district and school demographics, program participation, and performance data.

EDFacts centralizes performance data supplied by state education agencies (SEAs) with other data assets, such as financial grant information, within the Department to enable better analysis and use in policy development, planning and management. The purpose of EDFacts is to:

• Place the use of robust, timely performance data at the core of decision and policymaking in education.
• Reduce state and district data burden and streamline data practices.
• Improve state data capabilities by providing resources and technical assistance.
• Provide data for planning, policy, and management at the federal, state, and local levels.

The Nevada Department of Education (NDE) submits over 75 EDFacts data files. It is the responsibility of NDE to both submit the data and ensure data quality.

ED publishes EDFacts data on Ed Data Express.