U.S.

General Websites

• American Fact Finder, 2006, U.S. Census
  
• County and City Data Book: UVA
• Educational Testing Service: Find research reports on this site
  
• FedStats: Gateway to Federal Statistics and Information
• National Coalition for Literacy
• OVAE (Office of Vocational and Adult Education): Facts and Figures
• ProLiteracy America: Organization for community based literacy organizations; includes yearly reports on the State of Literacy
• Reading, Literacy, and Education Statistics
• U.S. Department of Labor
• Virginia Statistics: Scroll down sidebar on right
  

Reports

• American Communities Survey, U.S. Census, 2006
• America’s Perfect Storm: Three Forces Changing Our Nation’s Future, 2007, PDF
• A Nation Still At Risk, Hoover Institution, 1998
• Literacy in Everyday Life: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy, PDF
• The Condition of Education, 2000-2008
  

Research

• American Institutes for Research (AIR)
• Brookings Institution
• EdWeek Research
• Educational Testing Service: Research
  
• Manhattan Institute for Policy Research: Education and Reform
  
• The Urban Institute

School Performance

• Fast Fact Archive from MDRC
• U.S. High School Graduation Rates: Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Updated 2002 PDF Document

Articles

• A First Look at the Literacy of America’s Adults in the 21st Century, NCES, 2006
• America’s Most Literate Cities, 2007

Books

• Closing the Achievement Gap: Chapter 2, Education Accountability in Virginia, 2004