Data and Documentation

The National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) uses a multi-cohort sequence design and follows six starting cohorts in a longitudinal manner. The starting cohorts are labeled as the following: Newborns, Kindergarten, 5th Grade, 9th Grade, First-Year Students, and Adults. These six panel studies are supplemented with cross-sectional additional studies.

NEPS Panel Studies

Starting Cohort 1 -
Early Childhood

Education from the very beginning

Starting Cohort 2 -
Kindergarten

Early education from Kindergarten to elementary school

Starting Cohort 3 -
Grade 5

Paths through lower secondary school: Educational pathways of students in Grade 5 and higher

Starting Cohort 4 -
Grade 9

School and vocational training: Educational pathways of students in Grade 9 and higher

Starting Cohort 5 -
First-Year Students

From higher education to the labor market

Starting Cohort 6 -
Adults

Adult education and lifelong learning

Additional NEPS Studies

Organizational Reform Study in Thuringia

G8 Reform in Baden-Wuerttemberg

Release Schedule

Schedule for regular NEPS data releases until the end of 2017

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References

Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft (ZfE), Special Issue 14, 2011: "Education as a Lifelong Process - The German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS)".

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Journal for Educational Research Online (JERO), Vol. 5, No. 2, 2013: "Assessing competencies across the lifespan within the German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS)".

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