National Household Education Survey

The National Household Education Survey (NHES) program provides descriptive data on the educational activities of the U.S. population. The NHES is administered every three to four years on different topics. The current NHES topics are early childhood care and education, family involvement in schools, homeschooling, and virtual education. The most recent NHES administration was in 2023. The next NHES administration will take place in 2026.

AIR’s experts provide support for all aspects of the NHES, including:

• Questionnaire development
• Cognitive testing
• Experimental design
• Developing contact materials
• Sample design
• Preparing Office of Management and Budget clearance packages
• Conducting disclosure review analyses
• Developing and writing code for data editing and imputation
• Creating survey weights
• Conducting bias analyses on the data
• Performing quality control checks on the data files
• Producing data products, survey documentation, and reports
• Providing quick turnaround analysis