Report Calls for a Coordinated Federal Data System to Better Measure Economic Disparities and Inform Policy

News Release

A new report calls for a national data infrastructure to produce more accurate and consistent data and statistics about household income, wealth, and consumption. Coordination would improve data on economic disparities and better inform research to understand patterns of well-being and the economic impacts of policies.

Mar 26, 2024

Innovation Aided Completion of 2020 Census, But Coverage and Data Quality Issues Persist

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The Census Bureau innovated to complete the 2020 census despite the difficulties raised by the COVID pandemic and other challenges, but some coverage and data quality issues persisted. A new report reviews the 2020 census and the quality of data collected and makes recommendations for the 2030 census.

Oct 3, 2023

New Report Identifies Policies to Reduce Intergenerational Poverty in the U.S.

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Reducing intergenerational poverty would yield a high payoff for children and the entire nation. A new report examines key drivers of intergenerational poverty in the U.S. and evidence-based policies most likely to lessen the chances that children living in poverty will experience poverty as adults.

Sep 21, 2023

Policy Impact and Future Directions for Behavioral Economics — New Report

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A new National Academies report highlights how behavioral economics has built invaluable evidence about why people may act in seemingly irrational ways, how they respond to interventions, and how public policy can be designed to help people make better decisions.

Apr 20, 2023

Health Care and Child Care Needs Should Be Elevated in the Nation's Poverty Statistics, Says New Report

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The methodology used by the Census Bureau to calculate the Supplemental Poverty Measure should be updated to reflect households’ basic needs and resources to meet those needs more accurately. A new report recommends changes to better account for families’ health care, child care, and housing expenses.

Mar 29, 2023

National Academies Report Sparks Action to Support National Native Seed Supply

Feature Story

With a call for a concerted effort to build a more robust native seed supply and industry, a recent National Academies report helped spur important local, state, and federal action. The momentum continues as native seed stakeholders gather in Washington, D.C., for the 2023 National Native Seed Conference.

Mar 29, 2023

Supply of Native Seeds Insufficient to Meet the Needs of Current and Future Ecological Restoration Projects, Says New Report

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The insufficient supply of seeds from native plants is a major barrier to ecological restoration and other revegetation projects across the U.S., especially as climate change increases the possibility of extreme weather events that can damage natural areas.

Jan 26, 2023

To Modernize the Consumer Price Index, BLS Should Accelerate Use of New Data Sources and Provide Price Indexes for Different Incomes, Says New Report

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To modernize the consumer price index — the most widely used measure of inflation in the U.S. — the Bureau of Labor Statistics should accelerate its use of new sources of data and develop price indexes based on different income levels, says a new report.

May 3, 2022

NCES Should Make Strategic Changes to Meet 21st-Century Education Data Needs — New Report

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The National Center for Education Statistics should make strategic changes to meet new education data needs by investing in a culture of innovation, new types of data, and expanded data access services, says the final report in a series written for the Institute of Education Sciences.

Apr 7, 2022

‘Nation’s Report Card’ Assessment Should Make Changes to Contain Costs, Allow Innovation in Education Testing and Research, Says New Report

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The National Assessment of Educational Progress — which produces the “Nation’s Report Card” and other critical education data — should make changes to understand and reduce its costs and open the door to innovation.

Mar 24, 2022

Event - CNSTAT Public Seminar

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Mar 23, 2022

NIH Should Standardize Questions Used to Collect Sex, Gender, and Sexual Orientation Data in Studies and Surveys, Says New Report

News Release

The National Institutes of Health should adopt new practices and standardized language to collect data about sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation from survey respondents or research participants. Better measurements will improve data quality, as well as NIH’s ability to identify and understand LGBTQI+ populations.

Mar 9, 2022

Transparency in Federal Agency Statistics — New Report

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A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine makes recommendations for how federal agencies can improve the transparency and reproducibility of federal statistics — such as education, labor, health, income, and justice statistics.

Nov 18, 2021

National Academies Statement in Support of Findings and Conclusions of 2019 Report on Child Poverty

Statement

In 2019 the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine published A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty, a landmark consensus study report that analyzes various policy solutions to help address child poverty in the United States.

Nov 9, 2021