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The Condition of Education 2011 summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report presents 49 indicators on the status and condition of education, in addition to a special section on high-poverty schools. The indicators represent a consensus of professional judgment on the most significant national measures of the condition and progress of education for which accurate data are available. The 2011 print edition includes 49 indicators in five main areas: Participation in education; Learner outcomes; Student effort and educational progress; Contexts of elementary and secondary education; and Contexts of postsecondary education. Also contains a glossary; bibliography; and index.