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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.

Our Projects

The 2009-2019 Educational Opportunity Project

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 Education Recovery Project

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 Tracking Project

Use our interactive map to view school and neighborhood segregation between racial/ethnic and economic groups in states, counties, metropolitan areas, and school districts over the past several decades.
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Research

Papers produced by (and using data from) the Stanford Education Data Archive.

The First Year of Pandemic Recovery: A District-Level Analysis

Erin Fahle, Thomas J. Kane, Sean F. Reardon, Douglas O. Staiger

Uneven Progress: Recent Trends in Academic Performance Among U.S. School Districts

Kaylee T. Matheny, Marissa E. Thompson, Carrie Townley Flores, sean f. reardon

Is Separate Still Unequal? New Evidence on School Segregation and Racial Academic Achievement Gaps

Sean F. Reardon, Ericka S. Weathers, Erin M. Fahle, Heewon Jang, Demetra Kalogrides

The First Year of Pandemic Recovery: A District-Level Analysis

Uneven Progress: Recent Trends in Academic Performance Among U.S. School Districts

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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

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In the News

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