FacultyMETRIX

The purpose of FacultyMETRIX is to connect UMassD faculty to regional, national and international education indicators relevant to improving teaching in the classroom, scholarly work in education, and facilitating a data-based conversation among professors, administrators and students about trends in college education.

The links below are organized in three groups: regional and national (USA), international (the world relevant to and/or comparable with the USA education system), and reports, tables and graphs (data for effective and summarized use). The materials included in the links below might be copyrighted, proper used is advised.

Regional and national links

• State of "State of Science Standards" in New England:
  • Massachusetts (PDF)
  • Connecticut (PDF)
  • Vermont (PDF)
  • Maine (PDF)
  • New Hampshire
  • Rhode Island
• Trends & Indicators: Continually Updated Stats on New England’s Education and Economy
• Science and Engineering Indicators (NSF)
• National Center for Education Statistics 
• National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) of the National Science Foundation 
• US Census Bureau Statistics on Education 
• NIH Funding Statistics on BioMedical Workforce (includes power point presentations)
• Facts and Figures from The Chronicle of Higher Education 
• Pew Research Center 
• Scientists and Belief: The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life 
• Education Gallup Poll 
• Most Americans see college as essential to getting a good job 
• U.S.' Least, Most Educated Most Likely to Find Jobs in 2010 
• Americans Support Federal Involvement in Education 
• U.S. Young Adults Admit Too Much Time on Cell Phones, Web 

International links

• Programme for International Student Assessment PISA
• Education at a Glance Reports from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2001-present)
• International Education Statistics 
• Trends in International Student Mobility
• Global Education Digest 2011 (pdf report) 
• UNESCO Institute for Statistics 
• Education and employment and unemployment in Europe

Reports, tables and graphs

• 2012: The Condition of Education, US Department of Education and National Center for Education Statistics
• 2012: The State of State Science Standards
• 2012: Yale, Climate Change in the American Mind
• 2011: Education pays in higher earnings and lower unemployment rates 
• 2011: How America pays for college (report)
• Mapping the Measure of America
• Education Statistics graphs