The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS) program includes three longitudinal studies that examine child development, school readiness, and early school experiences. The birth cohort of the ECLS-B is a sample of children born in 2001 and followed from birth through kindergarten entry. The kindergarten class of 1998-99 cohort is a sample of children followed from kindergarten through the eighth grade. The kindergarten class of 2010-11 cohort will follow a sample of children from kindergarten through the fifth grade.
The ECLS program provides national data on children's status at birth and at various points thereafter; children's transitions to nonparental care, early education programs, and school; and children's experiences and growth through the eighth grade. The ECLS program also provides data to analyze the relationships among a wide range of family, school, community, and individual variables with children's development, early learning, and performance in school.
Highlights
August 16, 2012
Data User's Training Seminar: Early Childhood Surveys at the National Center for Education StatisticsSeptember 21, 2011:
ECLS-K:2011 data collection for the first-grade year has begun!Data Products
December 31, 2009:
Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) Longitudinal 9-Month-Kindergarten 2007 Restricted-Use Data File and Electronic Codebook DVD Recent Publications
July 25, 2012:
First-Time Kindergartners in 2010-11: First Findings From the Kindergarten Rounds of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011)June 13, 2012:
Digest of Education Statistics, 2011April 24, 2012:
Reading, Mathematics, and Science Achievement of Language-Minority Students in Grade 8
