There has been a unit charged with the collection of statistical data since the creation of the Education Department in 1904.
These units originally were also responsible for apportioning State aid to schools. These duties were handled by the Statistics Division from 1904 to 1917. In that year a Statistics Section (renamed Statistics Bureau in 1923) was established in the Administration Division. The Bureau was transferred to the Finance Division in 1928. During the general Department reorganization of 1937-1938 the collection of statistics was separated from apportionment of State aid and assigned to a new Bureau of Statistical Services under the Assistant Commissioner for Research. The Assistant Commissioner's position was retitled Associate Commissioner for Research and Special Studies in 1961, and Associate Commissioner for Research and Evaluation in 1964. The Bureau was placed in the newly created Information Center on Education in 1967.
From the New York State Archives, Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY. Agency record NYSV86-A820
