The following links are good for obtaining information for educational research.
Statistical Resources on the Web for Education
Clearinghouse for Educational Policy and Management CEPM
This site hosted by the College of Education at the University of Oregon CEPM includes reviews and access to books, monographs, and synthesis papers on topics of interest to educational policymakers, school administrators, researchers, and other personnel.
Educational Resources Information Center ERIC
ERIC contains free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full text. ERIC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
The Educator's Reference Desk
The International Archieve for Education Data
Important national and international data collections that report on education.
Research Resources (Search Engine) Great for finding data bases.
National Center for Educational Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences, is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
Landmark's Citation Machine
Helps format your references in APA MLA style.
The Owl at Purdue (Writing Resources)
Good site for ideas about writing style and writing process.
Texas State Data Center (Office of State Demographer)
This site has good data from the 2000 census for Texas. It has information broken down by counties and region. The demographer has several PowerPoint presentations with useful information about population trends and projected growth patterns in Texas. Great information for District planning.
American Educational Research Association
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and evaluation and, by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results.
Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence
The purpose of CREDE's research is to identify and develop effective educational practices for linguistic and cultural minority students, such as those placed at risk by factors of race, poverty, and geographic location. In collaboration with the University of California at Santa Cruz, CAL prepares and disseminates materials for CREDE.
Consortium for Policy Research in Education
CPRE unites five of the nation's top research institutions in an effort to improve student learning through research on education reform, policy, and finance.
National Research and Development Center
the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement, through its five National Institutes, supports university-based national educational research and development centers. The centers address specific topics such as early childhood development and learning, student learning and achievement , cultural and linguistic diversity and second language learning, post secondary improvement, adult learning, and education policy.
Social Statistics Briefing Room (US Gov)
Provides easy access to current Federal social statistics. It provides links to information produced by a number of Federal agencies. All of the information included in the Social Statistics Briefing Room is maintained and updated by the statistical units of those agencies.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress
NAEP, or the National Assessment of Educational Progress, is often called the "Nation's Report Card." It is the only measure of student achievement in the United States where you can compare the performance of students in your state with the performance of students across the nation or in other states. NAEP, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, has been conducted for over 30 years.
Presentation US vs Other G8 Countries
The United States vs Other G8 Countries
This report, Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G8 Countries: 2004, draws on the most current information producedby these projects available at the time of production (fall 2003 to spring 2004) to present a set of education indicators that describes how the U.S. education system compares with those in other economically developed countries.
Highlights From the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2003
The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2003 is the third comparison of mathematics and science achievement carried out since 1995 by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), an international organization of national research institutions and governmental research agencies. TIMSS can be used to track changes in achievement over time. Moreover, TIMSS is closely linked to the curricula of the participating countries, providing an indication of the degree to which students have learned concepts in mathematics and science they have encountered in school. In 2003, some 46 countries participated inTIMSS, at either the fourth- or eighth-grade level, or both.
