...tradition, which, in the language of the original congressional mandate, was "... for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show...of education in the several States and Territories ..." The Education Amendments of 1974 enlarged the scope of NCES' mission and, at the same time, assigned...

...US Commissioner of Education the name of Henry Barnard. The Department's function was to consist of "collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the United States and Territories" ( the inventory idea that Mr. Barnard had initiated in Connecticut)...

...there shall be established, at the City of Washington, a department of education, for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of educating in the several states and territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization...

...1894. rational interests. In 1867 a national bureau of education was established " for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show...of education in the several states and territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of school systems and...

...established the first department of education, the Federal government's role was to collect and diffuse "such statistics and facts as shall show the condition...education in the several states and territories." At that time "diffusing" applied to the "diffusing of such Information respecting the organization...

...Education, which in the language of the original congressional mandate of 1867 was ". . . for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show...of education in the several states and territories " NCES is a primary source of information about education for Federal, state, local and institutional...

...Department of Education has highlighted a traditional Federal education role in collecting and diffusing "such statistics and facts as shall show the condition...education in the several states and territories." At the time of the first Department of Education legislation in l867. "diffusing" applied to "diffusing...

...Department of Education has highlighted a traditional Federal education role in collecting and diffusing "such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several . •tates and territories." At the time of the first Department of Education legislation In 1867....

...the Department of Education, created by Congress in 1867, had as a primary purpose the "collecting of such statistics and facts as shall show the condition...education in the several states and territories..." This national interest was not couched in terms of the value of such information to the Federal Government,...

...Office of Education was established by an act of Congress approved March 2, 1867, "for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show...of education in the several States and Territories, and of diffusing such information ropec'ting the oragnization and management of schools and school...