LibGuides: Education: Government information

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For example, if I were searching the topic of teacher shortage in rural community schools, I could say:

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Licensing information

Mometrix
Provides study guides and practice tests for teaching, business, and nursing certification exams including OSAT and CPA.

Certification Exams for Oklahoma Educators
Certification Requirements by State
From the U. of Kentucky, a collection of links to take you to the certification requirements for all 50 states, plus Puerto Rico and D.C.

State and national education information

Oklahoma State Department of Education
U.S. Department of Education
Find federal education legislation, regulations, guidance, and other policy ... Explore and download data and learn about education-related data and research.
K-12 Data -- State Comparisons
Use national data to compare education performance across all states.
Postsecondary Data Comparison
IPEDS is the prime source for national comparisons between colleges, universities, vocational, and technical schools.
Compare colleges using the College Navigator.

Education statistics

For a comprehensive list of locations to find statistics, please visit the Education page of our Statistics Guide.

To layer statistics and generate maps of certain states, cities, or others geographic areas in the United States, we recommend the use of Policy Map.

Policy Map
An online, U.S. national data and mapping tool and analytics platform that leverages thousands of U.S. data indicators in to perform demographic and socioeconomic analysis, from a neighborhood census block group in many cases, up to a national level, as well as create custom regions, for their research and studies.

If you are looking for international statistics, try the CIA World Factbook.

CIA World Factbook
Detailed statistics on every country in the world. Many stats related to education spending, juvenile health & development, literacy, and more.