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 NCES’s License
•Application must include
–Formal letter of request (e.g., who will use the data, a description of the planned statistical use of the data, specification of the time period for the loan of the restricted data file);
–License documentation (i.e., a legal agreement signed by the researcher, a senior official at the researcher's institution, and NCES's commissioner);
–Security plan at the home institution (NCES has specified a list of requirements); and
–Affidavits of nondisclosure to be signed by each data user.
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