nces.ed.gov
Since 1867, NCES has been the federal statistical agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data on the condition of U.S. education—from early childhood to adult education—to help improve student outcomes.
At a glance
- Category
- Education & Learning
- Language
- English
- Paid-content signal
- No paid content foundObserved
- Registered
- 1997
- Hosting
- qipservices.comInferred
- HTTPS certificate trusted
- PassedObserved
- Last updated
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Website Overview
An established domain and managed infrastructure suggest continuity of operations and may support dependable delivery, although neither guarantees service quality. Several search or sharing settings need attention. Together they may make snippets, preview images or preferred URLs less consistent across platforms.
Domain and Registration
Registered in 1997, this domain has about 29 years of history. That suggests continuity, although ownership and purpose may have changed. Transfer-protection status is present, helping reduce the risk of unauthorized domain transfers. The domain uses .gov, a restricted namespace whose registration normally has eligibility requirements. Registration contact information is publicly available through RDAP.
DNS and Email
Nameservers are provided by Akamai Edge DNS, indicating managed DNS hosting. MX records point to the Microsoft 365 email service. SPF, DKIM and DMARC records were found, with DMARC policy reject. Together they can help recipients reject impersonated messages. DNSSEC is enabled, allowing validating resolvers to authenticate signed DNS data. TXT records include verification markers for Google, Apple, Atlassian, Microsoft. Such markers may also remain after a service stops being used.
TLS and Certificates
The certificate includes the organization field U.S. Department of Education. The certificate issuer is DigiCert Inc, a commercial certificate authority. The certificate uses an RSA 2048-bit public key, offering broad client compatibility. The server supplied a complete certificate chain. The certificate is valid for about 367 days in total, with 132 days remaining.
HTTP and Browser Security
The response lacks these common security headers: Permissions-Policy. No X-Powered-By header was found, reducing one common source of backend fingerprinting information. No obvious internal addresses or debug information were found in the headers. Cookie security attributes are unknown. No explicit CDN or WAF marker was found in the response headers.
Technology Stack Analysis
The public page identifies Drupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org), Drupal without precise versions, leaving fewer clues for version-specific scanning.
Search and Social Sharing
The meta description has 223 characters and may be shortened in search results. The Generator tag identifies Drupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org), making the publishing system easier to fingerprint. No Open Graph metadata was detected, so social previews may depend on platform inference. The title has 53 characters, within a common display range. The observed directives allow indexing and link following.
Hosting and Email
Registration details
| Registrar | get.gov |
|---|---|
| Registered | 1997-10-02 |
| Expires | 2027-08-13 |
| Domain status | server transfer prohibited |
| Nameservers | a1-100.akam.net、a10-67.akam.net、a13-64.akam.net、a28-65.akam.net、a3-65.akam.net、a6-64.akam.net |
| DNSSEC | signed |
DNS records
| Type | Name | Value | TTL | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | nces.ed.gov.qipservices.com | 165.224.128.225 | 88 | — |
| MX | ed.gov | ed-gov.mail.protection.outlook.com | 3600 | 10 |
| NS | ed.gov | a1-100.akam.net | 531 | — |
| NS | ed.gov | a10-67.akam.net | 531 | — |
| NS | ed.gov | a13-64.akam.net | 531 | — |
| NS | ed.gov | a28-65.akam.net | 531 | — |
| NS | ed.gov | a3-65.akam.net | 531 | — |
| NS | ed.gov | a6-64.akam.net | 531 | — |
| TXT | ed.gov | 972E00A1D6747968171D30E7FF58BEA3A316D6AF6CF56801BB2E3B3511F95A8C | 1800 | — |
| TXT | ed.gov | MS=ms39866724 | 1800 | — |
| TXT | ed.gov | NWqwWepFkG13OsINvfYZZN2s4AUy2BOSkE2gBF16IXuVTiSQK3apyCeMu1BlkWAmTiEEDpZCK/DIvmg+JZ4Dsw== | 1800 | — |
| TXT | ed.gov | adobe-idp-site-verification=1c4929bdb3360fd2ebe6f616c4b5addb885b8c24485a8e0eb6c48d50a5a49b05 | 1800 | — |
| TXT | ed.gov | adobe-sign-verification=2e448e4698a731f589b3c2205d34695149f208053d9eb445bc3ca5c3dd916531 | 1800 | — |
| TXT | ed.gov | apple-domain-verification=N93uXoT42oyqmofK | 1800 | — |
| TXT | ed.gov | atlassian-domain-verification=S4kaERlWQlaHX83PtoYHSoq0f03BltEtxuOfDMJxgfc9fcaydGY1b7VEhx0vZ7iZ | 1800 | — |
| TXT | ed.gov | box-domain-verification=55b5e5fa4b81a2199537550ebccbc81bc75f349ec8fec32f0da325da791771f0 | 1800 | — |
| TXT | ed.gov | google-gws-recovery-domain-verification=38999266 | 1800 | — |
| TXT | ed.gov | google-site-verification=KkN7Qwhpa9bpD9jP7rb7tuBXAczTg1uWyOpF44XjRnQ | 1800 | — |
| TXT | ed.gov | google-site-verification=y-PBkTqSUKDf1sxPhU0wgYQKUXCCjcY2_zqSTNSZ658 | 1800 | — |
| TXT | ed.gov | openai-domain-verification=dv-h3S8HasAce56ElYdaLaY3j0T | 1800 | — |
| TXT | ed.gov | v=DKIM1; k=rsa; h=sha256; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEA+MGokbTzz2a1K+mrxh2ruubLzMozFNb8kBL1g9Vzl0oXG5sjEqy21X4CdXXfZ47oT4jbVgFwuHbNxjNtgkx0LqjvRA6/qKi9TqrHGLBnHhAtwQvkterzzVlN4NNsh6TPzb/TH4rP/plGU6Ohi7n7GPNUs7Z6NKEGCP5d+liPv4lrrcweBmmIfgNOngZrU/bl2e53E/lPToeM6Ou01+WP393ZaJA/epHOnKe+vu/FnAq229XbSXquUMqqKdXAl3go2BiZXuL4XKnbBM7AxKVroSKrKOnfePnYHNA/xMYwmmeFgxDMr88RsTHgVA5At4+KGkhS8jHTp4MbnvwkuqPwqwIDAQAB | 1800 | — |
| TXT | ed.gov | v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com a:crdc2011.appiancloud.com include:rp.email.oci.oraclegovcloud.com include:_spf.salesforce.com ip4:165.224.20.0/23 ip4:165.224.22.0/23 ip4:165.224.204.0/23 ip4:165.224.209.0/23 ip4:165.224.210.0/23 ip4:165.224.212.0/23 ip4:137.227.82.0/24 ip4:137.227.28.0/24 ip4:137.227.134.0/24 ip4:165.224.214.0/24 ip4:165.224.131.0/24 ip4:165.224.129.0/24 ip4:184.94.214.128/27 ip4:184.94.220.128/27 ip4:184.94.216.160/27 ip4:184.94.216.192/27 ip4:65.127.216.64/27 ip4:184.94.216.32/28 ip4:65.148.41.136/29 ip4:65.148.40.88/29 ip4:74.119.63.104/29 ip4:52.222.69.242 ip4:155.95.81.35 ip4:172.81.81.50 ip4:172.81.82.50 ip4:63.123.152.4 ip4:155.95.86.50 ip4:70.167.252.100 ip4:70.167.252.86 ip4:68.232.141.236 ip4:74.119.60.84 ip4:96.127.34.41 ip4:12.150.182.154 ip4:204.94.67.74 ip4:63.145.228.10 ip4:34.227.144.132 ip4:34.225.250.77 ip4:13.56.9.152 ip4:69.39.77.26 ip4:69.39.77.27 ip4:155.95.96.50 ip6:2610:e8::/32 ip6:2600:1:0:1B:0:0:0:74/32 ip6:2620:68:0:15::3:107/124 ip6:2604:b300:ad02:1::/64 ip6:2604:b300:ad03:1::/64 ip6:2604:b300:ad02:c::/64 ip6:2604:b300:ad02:14::/64 include:amazonses.com ip4:165.224.64.0/26 ip4:165.224.66.0/26 -all | 1800 | — |
| CNAME | nces.ed.gov | nces.ed.gov.qipservices.com | 3600 | — |
| DS | ed.gov | 13792 13 2 ec45f8a2497593ab979a144725cea69e08396948dd20f37257941a1b8d74e391 | 3600 | — |
| DMARC | _dmarc.ed.gov | v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:[email protected],mailto:[email protected]; ruf=mailto:[email protected]; aspf=r; pct=100; rf=afrf; ri=345600 | 1154 | — |
TLS and certificates
HTTP response headers
| Header | Value |
|---|---|
| content-type | text/html; charset=UTF-8 |
| content-language | en |
| cache-control | max-age=21600, public |
| strict-transport-security | max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload |
| content-security-policy | upgrade-insecure-requests; frame-ancestors 'self' https://*.ed.gov http://*.ed.gov; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline' https:; object-src 'self' 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline' https:; script-src-elem 'unsafe-inline' blob: https:; |
| x-frame-options | SAMEORIGIN |
| x-content-type-options | nosniff |
| referrer-policy | same-origin |
| set-cookie | Redacted |
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Pages, Search and Sharing
| Meta description | Since 1867, NCES has been the federal statistical agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data on the condition of U.S. education—from early childhood to adult education—to help improve student outcomes. |
|---|---|
| Canonical URL | https://nces.ed.gov/national-center-education-statistics-nces |
| Language | English (default) |
| Twitter Card | Not detected |
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