Annie E. Casey Foundation publishes 2007 KIDS Count Data Book. Information for national trends in child well-being. www.kidscount.org/sld/databook.jsp

USAspending.gov is available to the public to access federal funding data, mandated under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006. 

Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth. http://state.tn.us/tccy/

American Diploma Project publishes 2008 Out of Many, One: Toward Rigorous Common Core Standards From the Ground Up