What is the State Education Data Center?
SchoolDataDirect is an online service of the State Education Data Center.
The State Education Data Center (SEDC) is a new service of the Council of Chief State School Officers, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as part of the Council's National Education Data Partnership.
The SEDC will position itself as a leading voice on public education data and will focus on two work strands: (1) serving as a national advocacy leader for quality education data collection, standards, and use; and (2) serving as the nation's provider of a free, easy-to-use website featuring state education data and analytic tools... MORE
Other useful links
SchoolMatters (A website for parents researching information about public schools)
Council of Chief State School Officers
America's Best High Schools (U.S. News & World Report)