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For
free publications from the US Department of Education, click
here or call toll-free at 877-433-7827
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The U.S. Department of Education site is the portal for the various Web
sites operated and/or funded by the U.S. Department of
Education. This includes Web sites for the National Assessment
of Educational Progress (the "Nation's Report Card"), various
research consortia targeted to specific issues, field-based
centers who work with regions of the nation on reform issues,
and educational data of various kinds. It also includes a copy
of President Bush's education plan "No Child Left
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The
Council of Chief
State Schools Officers,
headquartered in Washington, D.C., is the member organization
of the chief administrative officers (state superintendents or
commissioners) of the 50 states and U.S. territories. CCSSO
publishes a variety of reports and organizes consortia of
states to pursue various collaborative projects. RI
Commissioner Peter McWalters is president of
CCSSO. |
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The American
Association of School Administrators is the chief organization for superintendents
and senior staff members of the 14,800 school districts of the
United States. They publish a journal, other resources, and
host conferences. |
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National Association
of Elementary School Principals
is headquartered in the greater Washington, DC area and
provides numerous resources related to elementary
schools. |
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The National Middle
School Association,
headquartered in Columbus, OH, is dedicated to the
establishment, promotion, and improvement of middle schools to
better serve the needs of young adolescents. NMSA and its
various state affiliates sponsors professional development,
publishes research on issues at the middle level, and hosts
various conferences. |
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The National
Association for Secondary School Principals is the chief professional organization for
middle school and high school principals. They commission
reports, publish a journal, and host
conferences. |
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National School
Boards Association is the lead
organization for school committees. |
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National Parent
Teachers Association holds a
wealth of information targeted to
parents. |
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The Parent
Institute: A host of resources
for schools and parents to better understand the specific ways
in which parents can help their children learn and succeed in
formal education. |
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U.S. Government
Generally A huge information
portal to the federal government and all of its agencies and
entities. |
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National
Council on Public Education and Social
Policy |
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Almanac of Policy
Issues |
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Fair
Test is an advocacy group
dedicated to ending abuses, misuses, and exposing the flaws of
standardized testing and to ensure that evaluations of
students and teachers are fair, open, and educationally
sound. |
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PHI DELTA
KAPPA is an international
association of professional educators. Our mission is to
promote quality education, with particular emphasis on
publicly supported education, as essential to the development
and maintenance of a democratic way of
life. |
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Educational
Testing Service |
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Council of
Exceptional Children is a
national organization focused on special education needs of
children. The Web site has considerable resources for parents
and advocates as they work with school districts and schools
to get students the services they need to
succeed. |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association |
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National
Council on Teacher
Quality |
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Individuals with
Disabilities Act (IDEA). At
this website you can obtain copies of the federal regulations
regarding teaching students with
disabilities. |
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Educational
Research Sites
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The National Center
for Education Statistics |
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The National Forum
on Educational Statistics
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The American
Educational Research Association is the world's largest research organization
dedicated to educational research. It is organized into
divisions by topical area and each division operates its own
extensive Web site(s). AERA publishes numerous influential
journals in education. |
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Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development has over 200,000 members worldwide including
superintendents, curriculum directors, principals, school
board members, teachers, and higher education faculty. It
publishes many resources and hosts conferences of various
types throughout the year. |
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Carnegie
Corporation of New York is a
leading philanthropic organization that has been heavily
involved in education. Two highly influential reports on early
childhood education and middle school education (Turning
Points) serve as useful standards to improve efforts in these
two sectors of American Education. |
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The Northeast and
Islands Regional and Educational Laboratory (LAB) at Brown
University. The purpose of the
LAB is to promote school improvement through the collaboration
of researchers with schools and their communities. The LAB
serves Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New
York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands. |
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Annenberg Institute
for School Reform at Brown
University is currently in transition to becoming a
standards-based and practice-centered policy research and
technical assistance organization with an emphasis on
promoting quality education for disadvantaged children and
communities. |
