American Evaluation Association (AEA) (http://www.eval.org/)

An international professional association of evaluators devoted to the application and exploration of program evaluation, personnel evaluation, technology, and many other forms of evaluation.

American Educational Research Association (AERA) (http://www.aera.net/)

Concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results.

Bill Trochim's Center for Social Research Methods (http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/)

This website is for people involved in applied social research and evaluation. In addition to Bill Trochim's work, lots of links to other locations on the Web that deal in applied social research methods are offered. You'll also find comprehensive course resource centers for Trochim's courses at Cornell, previously published and unpublished papers, detailed examples of current research projects, useful tools for researchers (like a guide to selecting a statistical analysis), an extensive online textbook, a bulletin board for discussions, and more.

Center for Faculty Evaluation and Development (http://idea.ksu.edu/index.html)

The Center offers on-campus seminars on a wide range of topics, particular those relating to faculty evaluation and improving teaching. The Center offers a rating system for faculty evaluation and a student rating system for faculty development, as well as publications on the topic of faculty development and evaluation.

Department of Education, Office of the Undersecretary (http://www.ed.gov/offices/OUS/)

Includes link to a page on program evaluation which presents the purposes, designs, and results of evaluation projects supported by our Planning and Evaluation Service (PES) and other ED offices. You'll find abstracts, highlights, and in some cases full reports from evaluation projects. Information on practices and methodology in education evaluation, plus survey instruments currently available to the public, are also available.

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA) (http://olam.ed.asu.edu/epaa/)

Publishes research, reviews and scholarly writings on all aspects of education policy and seeks to illuminate educational practice at all levels.

Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) (http://www.accesseric.org)

A national information system designed to provide users with ready access to an extensive body of education-related literature. Database is the world's largest source of education information.

EvNet: Network for the Evaluation of Education and Training Technologies (http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/srnet/evnet.htm)

The quality of Canadian education and training is being undermined by the improper use of instructional technologies. E-mail, teleconferencing, interactive educational TV, the world wide web, Internet newsgroups, and online chat rooms are being used with little evaluation of their effectiveness in learning and training. In some cases, education has become more costly and ineffective because of the improper use of computers in schools, colleges, universities, workplaces, and community organizations. EvNet proposes to remedy this situation by evaluating the effectiveness of computer-mediated communications in the delivery of education and training.

Horizon Research, Inc. (http://www.horizon-research.com)

A private research firm located in Chapel Hill, NC, specializing in science and mathematics education.

International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (http://uttou2.to.utwente.nl/)

Over three decades, the IEA has carried out international comparative studies focusing on educational policies and practices, and covering topics like mathematics and science education, reading literacy and computers in education.

Mathematics and Science Teacher Education Program (http://mastep.sjsu.edu/)

The MASTEP Collaborative is a five year systemic project to improve mathematics and science teacher education in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Funded primarily by a five million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation, MASTEP officially began on July 1, 1996. This Collaborative effort is a partnership between institutions of higher education, selected K-12 schools, participating industries, and many informal education institutions.

National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) (http://science.coe.uwf.edu/NARST/NARST.html)

Promotes research in science education at all levels and disseminates research findings in such ways as to improve science teaching.

National Science Foundation (NSF) (http://www.nsf.gov/)

An independent U.S. government agency responsible for promoting science and engineering through programs that invest over $3.3 billion per year in almost 20,000 research and education projects.

National Science Teachers Association (http://www.nsta.org/)

NSTA is the largest organization in the world committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. NSTA's current membership of more than 53,000 includes science teachers, science supervisors, administrators, scientists, business and industry representatives, and others involved in science education.

National Association of Test Directors (http://www.natd.org/)

Purposes of the NATD are to share information about testing in educational settings, to encourage the appropriate use of testing in educational settings, to improve the applications of measurement to students and educational programs, to encourage research in the area of elementary and secondary school testing and measurement

National Institute for Science Education (http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/NISE/)

The National Institute for Science Education (NISE) is setting the stage for more productive science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (SMET) education in the United States. Its work focuses on important points of leverage over the entire education system, kindergarten through university.

NISE addresses three of the most important areas for improving SMET education: it provides research and evaluations to help systemic reform become more effective for decades to come; it seeks to reconceptualize the field of professional development and preservice teacher education, identifying new and more effective practices and how they can be implemented successfully with teachers across the country; and it is helping to design an emerging field of education research and development for college-level SMET education. Work in each of these three areas enhances work in the others.

Dr. Ronald N. Kostoff, Office of Naval Research (http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/kostoff/index.html)

This DTIC Web site contains five documents on the subjects of science and technology peer review, metrics, roadmaps, innovation, and research assessment. Four of the five documents are lengthy and comprehensive, with thousands of references each. The document on innovation is much shorter, addresses literature and workshop-based discovery and innovation, and has been published in Technovation (1999).

The Division of Science and Resource Studies, National Science Foundation (http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/stats.htm)

The Division of Science Resources Studies (SRS) fulfills the legislative mandate of the National Science Foundation Act to provide a central clearinghouse for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data on the availability of, and the current and projected need for, scientific and technical resources in the United States, and to provide a source of information for policy formulation by other agencies of the Federal Government.

Science and Mathematics Consortium for Northwest Schools (http://www.col-ed.org/smcnws/)

The Science and Mathematics Consortium for Northwest Schools is one of the ten "Regional Eisenhower Consortia" established by Congress and administered by the U.S. Department of Education. We intend this web site to be used by teachers and other educators to: 1) access information and resources that may be time-consuming to find elsewhere; and 2) enhance their ability to teach mathematics and science.

TERC (http://www.terc.edu/)

TERC is a nonprofit research and development organization committed to improving mathematics and science learning and teaching. Founded in 1965, TERC is internationally recognized for creating innovative curricula, fostering teacher professional development, pioneering creative uses of technology in education, contributing to educators' understanding of learning and teaching, and developing equitable opportunities for underserved learners.

Third International Mathematics and Sciences Study (http://wwwcsteep.bc.edu/timss)

With 45 countries participating, five grades assessed in two school subjects, and approximately one million students tested in 31 languages, the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the largest and most ambitious study of educational achievement ever undertaken. TIMSS includes more countries, more students in more grade levels, and more ambitious aims for subject matter coverage and valid testing approaches than any previous international comparative study in education.

UNICEF's Research and Evaluation Pages (http://www.unicef.org/reseval/)

Research and Evaluation are essential functions of UNICEF as a learning organization. Working with partners in the field -- governments, civil society and other international organizations -- UNICEF strives to change the situation of children and women. To do so we must constantly work to improve our efforts. This requires analysis of economic and social policies, monitoring the situation of women and children, assessment of program performance and distilling of lessons learned, all of which must be fed back into UNICEF planning and action.