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Agency Report
Department of Education

Mission: To promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.

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Subcomponents

Federal Student Aid (ED) - Score: 56.0
Office for Civil Rights (ED) - Score: 60.7
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (ED) - Score: 46.9
Office of Management (ED) - Score: 56.7
Office of Postsecondary Education (ED) - Score: 37.7
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (ED) - Score: 55.8
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (ED) - Score: 66.0
Office of the Inspector General (ED) - Score: 70.4

Scores and Rankings

• 2012
• Previous Years

	Score	Rank of 22
Index Score	56.8	18
Scores by Category	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Effective Leadership	53.6	11 of 20
Effective Leadership - Empowerment	43.2	15 of 20
Effective Leadership - Fairness	50.2	12 of 20
Effective Leadership - Senior Leaders	47.6	12 of 20
Effective Leadership - Supervisors	66.3	9 of 20
Employee Skills/Mission Match	73.4	16 of 20
Pay	61.2	8 of 20
Strategic Management	54.3	15 of 20
Teamwork	66.7	10 of 20
Training and Development	55.5	15 of 20
Work/Life Balance	59.2	12 of 20
Support for Diversity	56.3	14 of 21
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	42.0	15 of 20
Alternative Work and Employee Support Programs	72.6	10 of 10
Index Scores by Demographic	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Female	57.4	15 of 19
Male	60.7	14 of 19
40 and over	59.5	15 of 19
Under 40	58.8	15 of 19
American Indian or Native American
Asian	67.9	7 of 16
Black or African-American	59.5	12 of 19
Hispanic or Latino	62.9	7 of 17
Multi-racial	52.1	9 of 11
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
White	59.4	16 of 19
Employees with Disabilities	50.8	13 of 18
Veterans	58.9	13 of 19
Senior Executive Service (SES)	80.3	5 of 9

	2011	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Index Score	57.8	57.3	56.4	52.1	54.0	53.8
Scores by Category	2011	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Effective Leadership	52.8	51.4	48.8	45.6	46.9	46.5
Effective Leadership - Empowerment	43.0	42.9	44.7	41.5	42.3	42.2
Effective Leadership - Fairness	48.3	48.6	41.9	37.1	38.5	41.3
Effective Leadership - Senior Leaders	48.3	46.9	40.2	37.8	38.7	39.4
Effective Leadership - Supervisors	64.4	61.7	63.0	59.7	61.6	58.5
Employee Skills/Mission Match	73.8	73.0	74.6	73.1	73.0	74.4
Pay	64.4	70.0	67.1	64.5
Strategic Management	57.1	52.3	57.1	52.3	53.3	53.6
Teamwork	65.7	62.0	71.0	67.3	67.4	66.0
Training and Development	56.0	54.4	58.2	55.6	56.7	56.2
Work/Life Balance	61.7	60.6	65.2	62.3	64.5	64.5
Support for Diversity	55.5	52.5	56.3	51.7	52.4	57.1
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	43.4	42.3	41.4	38.4	43.4	39.0
Alternative Work and Employee Support Programs	82.7
Index Scores by Demographic	2011	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Female	58.0	56.1	55.8
Male	61.8	62.2	57.3
40 and over	59.7	58.9	55.9
Under 40	61.1	58.4	58.0
American Indian or Native American
Asian	65.3	62.0	54.9
Black or African-American	57.1	55.8	54.8
Hispanic or Latino	67.7	60.9	54.2
Multi-racial	51.6	50.3	45.2
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
White	61.9	61.3	59.1
Employees with Disabilities
Veterans
Senior Executive Service (SES)

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees in 2001:  4,339

Number of Employees in 2002:  4,245

Number of Employees in 2003:  4,152

Number of Employees in 2004:  4,070

Number of Employees in 2005:  3,952

Number of Employees in 2006:  3,803

Number of Employees in 2007:  3,789

Number of Employees in 2008:  3,825

Number of Employees in 2009:  3,769

Number of Employees in 2010:  4,010

Number of Employees in 2011:  4,066

Employees joined (2011):  313

Percentage joined (2011):  7.70%

Average joined (2005-2011):  334

Employees left (2011):  319

Percentage left (2011):  7.80%

Average left (2005-2011):  308

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service):  13.40%

Demographics source: FedScope, U.S. Office of Personnel Management