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Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99

Published by National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) | Department of Education | Metadata Last Checked: August 02, 2025 | Last Modified: 2023-06-27T20:30:20.160881
The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K), is part of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS) program; program data is available since 1998-99 at . ECLS-K (https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/kindergarten.asp) is a longitudinal study that collected information about children's early learning and development, transition into kindergarten, and progress through school. A nationally representative sample of kindergartners in the 1998-99 school year was selected and followed over time. The study was conducted using direct assessments of children in their schools, telephone interviews with parents, and self-administered questionnaires for teachers and school administrator. Key information available in ECLS-K includes information on children's cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development, children's home environment, home educational activities, school environment, classroom environment, classroom curriculum, teacher qualifications, and before- and after-school care.

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  • ECLS-K Restricted-Use Base Year: Child File, Teacher File, and School File

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  • ECLS-K Base Year Restricted-Use Salary and Benefits File

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  • SCHOOL.zip

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  • ECLS-K Base Year Restricted-Use: Special Education Child File

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  • ECLS-K Base Year Restricted-Use Student Record Abstract File

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  • teacher.zip

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  • ECLS-K Eighth Grade Restricted-Use Data File and Electronic Codebook

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  • ECLS-K Fifth Grade Restricted-Use Data File and Electronic Codebook

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  • ECLS-K First Grade Restricted-Use Child File

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  • ECLS-K Base Year Restricted-Use Head Start File

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  • Childk8p.zip

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  • Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K) Kindergarten Through Fifth Grade Parent and Teacher Social Rating Scale (SRS) Items and Restricted-Use Data Files

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  • ECLS-K Third Grade Restricted-Use Child File

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description The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K), is part of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS) program; program data is available since 1998-99 at <https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/dataproducts.asp>. ECLS-K (https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/kindergarten.asp) is a longitudinal study that collected information about children's early learning and development, transition into kindergarten, and progress through school. A nationally representative sample of kindergartners in the 1998-99 school year was selected and followed over time. The study was conducted using direct assessments of children in their schools, telephone interviews with parents, and self-administered questionnaires for teachers and school administrator. Key information available in ECLS-K includes information on children's cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development, children's home environment, home educational activities, school environment, classroom environment, classroom curriculum, teacher qualifications, and before- and after-school care.
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    "title": "ECLS-K Base Year Restricted-Use Head Start File",
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    "title": "Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K) Kindergarten Through Fifth Grade Parent and Teacher Social Rating Scale (SRS) Items and Restricted-Use Data Files",
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    "description": "Longitudinal Kindergarten-Fifth Grade parent and teacher Social Rating Scale restricted-use data file for the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99",
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    "title": "ECLS-K Third Grade Restricted-Use Child File",
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    "description": "Third-grade restricted-use data file for the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99",
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identifier 5afab3ca-57cf-4511-9411-9d516395341c
issued 2000-02-17
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  "assessment",
  "early-childhood-education",
  "eighth-grade",
  "fifth-grade",
  "first-grade",
  "kindergarten",
  "middle-childhood-education",
  "progress-through-school",
  "summer-learning",
  "third-grade"
]
language 
                                            [
  "en-US"
]
license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
modified 2023-06-27T20:30:20.160881
programCode 
                                            [
  "018:000"
]
publisher 
                                            {
  "name": "National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)",
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    "name": "Institute of Education Sciences (IES)",
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        "name": "U.S. Department of Education",
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references 
                                            [
  "https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/data/ECLSK_K8_Manual_part1.pdf",
  "https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/data/ECLSK_K8_Manual_part2.pdf",
  "https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/data/README.pdf",
  "https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/kinderfaq.asp?faq=1",
  "https://nces.ed.gov/ecls/kinderinstruments.asp"
]
rights IES uses Restricted-data Licenses as a mechanism for making more detailed data available to qualified researchers. Please request license to access data by submitting an application via the link in "Resources".
spatial United States
systemOfRecords https://www2.ed.gov/notices/pai/pai-18-13-01.pdf
temporal 1998/2007
title Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99

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