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- http://nces.ed.gov/
- The National Center for Education Statistics
General Information:
NCES studies cover the entire educational spectrum, providing the facts and figures needed to help policymakers understand the condition of education in the nation today, to give researchers a foundation of data to build upon, and to help teachers and administrators decide on best practices for their schools.
Surveys:
It provides a variety of surveys for collecting data and it provides many different types of statistics. Some survey examples reported include:- Students' Reports of School Crime: 1989 and 1995
- Center for Education Reform and Empower America Achievement in the United States
- The 12th Grade Results For The United States From The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
Notes on Criteria:
- Keeping the logo on the web-sites make it easier to identify that this belong to the U.S. Department of Education.
- The headings and information presented are precise and there is just enough text to read on the web page. There is no overflow of information.
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- http://www.cresst96.cse.ucla.edu/
- National Center for Research and Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing (CRESST)
Provides information about what is does. It includes to other sites (reports, newsletters, audience, etc.). It is mostly a text-based site. Check out their Alternative Assessment Database as well.
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National Centers
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- http://www.eval.org/
- American Evaluation Association
Lots of good information that can be readily accessed, visually easy to read, though the test is too large for my taste. Some links are too embedded (too many clicks needed to get to it). Has actual INFORMATION, such as the evaluation standards listed out.
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- http://www.unites.uqam.ca/ces/mainpage.html
- Canadian Evaluation Society
1. Guidelines for Ethical Conduct were helpful - dual language (English/French). Background was distracting - and overall content was limited.
2. Decent page, concise home page, but there is a hokey background that may be distracting. Includes link to Canadian Journal and society newsletter, you can download previous month's newsletter. Journal includes Canadian evaluation standards, which are not nearly as extensive as the standards we are currently studying. Page is bilingual, crazy canucks.
Contents: data, papers, professional development.
3. Strengths- Bilingual
- Provides information about evaluation listservs
- Provides recent issues of their newsletter
- Provides links to other evaluation societies
- Provides information on upcoming conferences
- Provides information on their publication and on manuscript submission
Weaknesses- Background is busy, making the main page hard to read
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- http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/srnet/evnet.htm
- Evnet Site
Canadian evaluation site. Has an evaluation toolkit that includes questionnaires, papers, etc., unfortunately, you need authorization to get tools. There is a way to access tools without authorization, but I'm not sure if all materials are available to outsiders. Contents: toolkit, data, professional development
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- http://www.europeanevaluation.org/
- European Evaluation Society
- Discusses goals of evaluation
- Multiple links to European evaluation societies
- Aesthetically pleasing
- Links to conferences, meetings, and other professional development activities
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- http://www.parklane.com.au/aes/
- Australasian Evaluation Society
- Context: lots of information regarding theory, practice, ethics etc.
- Aesthetically pleasing web site
- Contained many links/ordering information for resources
- Links to conferences, meetings, and other professional development activities
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- http://ericae.net/
- The ERIC(r) Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation
"... seeks to provide 1) balanced information concerning educational assessment and 2) resources to encourage responsible test use."
Provides access to a plethora of research and evaluation resources (all of which was useful). Navigation tools rock! Text is concise and easy to read. Provides adequate contact information.
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- http://www.horizon-research.com/
- Good site, has a concise home page, easy links to all available info, logical categories. Pages are laid out orderly, many hits to avoid scrolling, however there is a huge file of text if you miss the links. Contents: actual reports, job opportunities, links to working programs, one of which has extensive info on a new science curricula being implemented in various states.
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- http://www3.sympatico.ca/gpic/gpichome.htm
- Government Performance Information Consultants - Evaluation Clearinghouse
1. Navigation was fairly simple and intuitive. No overwhelming graphics (which slow down search time). Lots of substantive links with brief but informative annotations. Information is aesthetically distributed on the page (plenty of "white space"). Provides a good gateway to evaluation resources. Website does not provide contact information. Background graphics are somewhat distracting for long term reading.
2. This site provides an evaluation clearinghouse online. The navigation bar allows access to the following categories:[General] [Government] [Education] [Health] [Social Services] [Social Research] [All Others]
On each category page you will find annotated links to evaluation sites.
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- http://www.erols.com/cwisler/
- The Evaluator's Institute
The Evaluator's Institute is a one week conference designed for people who want to learn how to conduct evaluations, practicing evaluators who want to learn a new skills, and nonevaluators who find themselves involved in evaluation tasks.- Provides information on their upcoming conference
- Provides full course descriptions
- Provides registration and accommodation information
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- http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/publishers.html
- This little gem of a site by Jonathan Bowen of the Oxford University Computer Laboratory is a very handy index of academic publishers. High utility, if this is the information you want. No frills, which makes it even better. He includes links to libraries, e-journals, and writer's resources, among other topics, that users may also find valuable.
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- http://www.sagepub.com/sagepage/welcome.html
- This is the site for Sage Publications. High utility value, if you are looking for great books on educational research and evaluation. Site esthetics are atrocious, but the information present is of high quality. New publications are featured once you get into the publication type (book, journal, software, video) pages, but the search engine allows for author, title, keyword, and ISBN searches of their catalog.
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- http://longman.awl.com/
- Addison Wesley Longman, another publisher whose name appears on the Evaluation Center's site, has a much more graceful design than Sage. Publications can be quickly accessed by discipline, and their search engine has more input options. However, Longman's publication profile does not have the focus that Sage has, so utility is somewhat decreased.
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- http://www.wkap.nl/
- Kluwer Academic Publications: this site is clean. Small graphic links with fairly clear text describing what you need, and their catalog is right there near the top. Following this link gets you to some interesting options, including both search and browse links. The search engine is the best of the three, including a Boolean search of two fields capable of hitting the database's author, affiliation, title, ISBN, or ISSN fields, or you can leave this choice to the default of searching anywhere. You can also limit your search by publication type (book, journal, bookseries, or all).
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- http://www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us/ped.htm
- Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor, Program Evaluation Division
Positive Criteria- Screen Real Estate - provides a short paragraph about what their purpose is and then indicates the other information that is available through links/pages.
- General navigational issues - uses frequently asked questions are used as links and provides information and categorizes information.
- Staffing and context - staff are listed along with their e-mail, phone number, and a statement about them.
- Clear source - office address is given.
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- http://www.nsta.org/
- The National Science Teachers Association
Easy to return to or proceed to other pages. Nice layout of all pages: e.g. listing conferences by city; easy to read.
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- http://www.aasa.org/
- AASA
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- http://aera.net/
- The American Educational Research Association (AERA)
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- http://www.aft.org/
- The American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
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- http://www.apa.org/
- The American Psychological Association (APA)
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- http://www.ascd.org/
- The American Society for Curriculum Development
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- http://www.unites.uqam.ca/sce/ces-sce.html
- CES
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- http://www.naesp.org/
- NAESP
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- http://www.nassp.org/
- NASSP
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- http://www.assessment.iupui.edu/ncme/
- NCME
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- http://www.nea.org/
- NEA
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- http://www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us/nlpes.htm
- NLPES
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- http://www.nsba.org/
- NSBA
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- http://web.ansi.org/default.js.htm
- ANSI
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- http://tiger.coe.missouri.edu/~clear/innovative_assessment.html
- The Center for Learning, Evaluation, and Assessment Research
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- http://cq-pan.cqu.edu.au/schools/smad/smad.html
- Secondary Mathematics Assessment and Resource Database
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- http://www.nwrel.org/eval/
- NWREL Assessment and Accountability Program
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- http://www.natd.org/
- The National Association of Test Directors
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- http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/web.html
- Qualitative Research Web Sites
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- http://research.ed.asu.edu/
- Research Methods Resources
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- http://www.ets.org/research/
- ETS Research
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