We’re measuring educational opportunity in
every community in America.
We’re measuring educational opportunity in
every community in America.
The Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University has built the first national database of academic performance. We create applications, research reports, and interactive articles to enable anyone to explore and understand our data.
The Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University has built the first national database of academic performance. We create applications, research reports, and interactive articles to enable anyone to explore and understand our data.
The 2009-2019 Educational
Opportunity Explorer
View charts and maps that show scores on 3 key measures of educational opportunity; filter by demographics, explore opportunity gaps, export reports, and more.
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The 2019-2023 Education
Recovery Explorer
Compare learning loss in districts across the country and gain insights into how remote learning, federal funds, and other factors impacted students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Segregation Explorer BETA
Use our interactive map to view school segregation between racial/ethnic and economic groups in states, counties, metropolitan areas, and school districts from 1991 to 2022.
go to the explorerAbout • Get the Data • Conference: The Unfinished Legacy of Brown v Board of Education
Research
Papers produced by (and using data from) the Stanford Education Data Archive.
Federal Pandemic Relief and Academic Recovery
The First Year of Pandemic Recovery: A District-Level Analysis
The distribution of child physicians and early academic achievement
Discoveries
Read our featured articles, illustrated with dynamic charts & graphics.
Learning vs Average Achievement for Native Students by County
Erin Fahle & sean f. reardon
Increasing School Segregation Widens White-Black Achievement Gaps
Kaylee T. Matheny, Marissa E. Thompson, Carrie Townley Flores, & sean f. reardon
Racial Socioeconomic Inequality Predicts Growing Racial Academic Inequality
Kaylee T. Matheny, Marissa E. Thompson, Carrie Townley Flores, & sean f. reardon
Learning vs Average Achievement for Native Students by County
Increasing School Segregation Widens White-Black Achievement Gaps
Racial Socioeconomic Inequality Predicts Growing Racial Academic Inequality
Affluent Schools Are Not Always the Best Schools
What Explains White-Black Differences in Average Test Scores
Download the Data
Download and access SEDA and related datasets to start your own research on educational opportunity.
ACCESS THE DATAIn the News
June 26, 2024
Here’s What $200 Billion in Covid Money Did for Students
"Federal Covid aid for schools improved test scores, but the impact was modest and many students remain behind, new research finds."
June 26, 2024
Congress poured billions of dollars into schools. Did it help students learn?
"America’s schools received an unprecedented $190 billion in federal emergency funding during the pandemic ... did that historic infusion of federal relief help students make up for the learning they missed?"
June 26, 2024
Schools Got a Record $190 Billion in Pandemic Aid. Did It Work?
"Two new studies suggest that the largest single federal investment in U.S. schools improved student test scores, but only modestly."
June 26, 2024
Burst in covid spending helped students recover, researchers find
"But despite $190 billion sent to K-12 schools, academic achievement lagged behind pre-pandemic levels."
May 20, 2024
School segregation has increased in last 3 decades, study shows
"A new study finds that school segregation has increased over the past three decades, particularly in big cities and other large school districts."
May 18, 2024
Some Black families find school options lacking decades after Brown v. Board
"Some families describe being torn between schools where their children will feel more included on one hand or schools where they might have better academic opportunities on the other hand."
May 17, 2024
This Map Lets You See How School Segregation Has Changed in Your Hometown
"The new interactive tool accompanies a study of school enrollment data, which shows that segregation has worsened in recent decades."
May 15, 2024
Why school segregation is getting worse
"Researchers at Stanford University and the University of Southern California found that racial segregation in the country’s 100 biggest school districts, which serve the most students of color, has increased by 64 percent since 1988."
May 6, 2024
The unexpected explanation for why school segregation spiked
"On eve of the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, a study finds policy choices explain the rise in segregated schools."
