Welcome to the Barnard Columbia NCLB Data Website!

These data were collected for a research study on how NCLB accountability pressure affects student performance on low-stakes tests, teachers’ perceptions of their job security, and school resource allocation. Please find a link to this paper on the “Our Research” page.

Files found on the “Files & Documentation” page provide detailed data at the school level related to No Child Left Behind in the years 2002-2003 and 2003-2004. More years of data will be added in the future.

These data are public information and are free for use by any interested party. The suggested citation for these data is as follows:

  Reback, Randall, Jonah E. Rockoff, Heather S. Schwartz, and Elizabeth

Davidson (2011), "Barnard/Columbia No Child Left Behind Database, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004," http://www.gsb.columbia.edu/nclb

This work was funded by grants from the Spencer Foundation (200900082) and the Institute for Education Sciences (R305A090032).