Want to learn to how to analyze large-scale international data using R? Join Ting Zhang, Emmanuel Sikali, and Paul Bailey in Bologna, Italy on July 11 at the IMPS 2022 conference, where they will be conducting a course 10:00AM-5:30PM.

Analyzing NCES Data Using EdSurvey: A User's Guide is the first introductory manual dedicated to introducing the EdSurvey R package to the education research community. EdSurvey, an R statistical package, is a free resource tailored for processing and analyzing NCES large-scale education data, including NAEP.   

As discussed in the “NAEP R&D 2021 Year in Retrospect,” the EdSurvey program made big strides in 2021, including joining the official NAEP Database Products and the NAEP Data Companion and releasing updated packages with data from NHES, SOCCS, TIMSS 2019, OECD PISA 2018 Financial Literacy, and 2017 US PIACC. In 2022 and beyond, the EdSurvey program will continue to enhance usability and accessibility of NCES and international large-scale assessment data.

2021 saw work featured by the NAEP R&D Program make noteworthy progress and impacts on multiple fronts. As we end this year, let’s take a look at some of those achievements.