Education

The following education-related web sites provide access to a wealth of free information on various aspects of education research and practice.

General Research Databases (U.S. Department of Education)

• ERIC database (free version from the U.S. Department of Education)

• What Works Clearinghouse (from the Institute of Education Sciences) 

General Information Web Sites

• U.S. Department of Education

• Race to the Top Fund

• Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) 
  Note: ESSA is the 2015 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).

• National Center for Education Statistics

• RAND Corporation: Education Division

• Teacher.org

• UNICEF Publications on Education

• UNESCO: Education

Common Core

• Common Core State Standards Initiative

• Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

• Diane Ravitch's blog - Common Core tagged entries

K-12 Educator Resources

• K-12 Practitioners' Circle

• P21 Partnership for 21st Century Skills

• American Library Association's Great Websites for Kids

• Global SchoolNet.org

• Action Bioscience: Educator Resources (American Institute of Biological Sciences)

Higher Education Assessment and Rankings

• Peterson's Education Center

• UCLA Higher Education Research Institute

• National Survey of Student Engagement

• U.S. News and World Report: Education Rankings

• National Research Council Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs

Education and Economics / Poverty /At-Risk Students

• National Center on Education and the Economy

• CRESPAR: Center for Research in Education - At-Risk

Historical Textbook Collections

• 19th Century School books

Philosophy of Education

• Philosophy of Education Society

Language & Literacy

• CELA: Research Center, Department of Education - English

• CAL: Center for Applied Linguistics

• International Literacy Association

Educational Policy

• Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy (CTP)

• Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE)

• The Institute for Higher Education Policy

• U.S. Department of Education: Policy Overview

• The Education Trust

• Policy Archive

• Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute: Education Law

Gifted and Special Education

• Council for Exceptional Children

• LD Online

• Neag Center for Creativity, Gifted Education, and Talent Development (University of Connecticut)

Educational Research Methods and Measurement Tools

• Research Methods Knowledge Base
  A site for research design instruction: Includes sections on construct validity; reliability; levels of measurement; scaling; and qualitative measures.

• Buros Institute of Mental Measurements

• Test Locator