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Below is a selection of government agencies, research and policy institutes, and other education-related organizations that offer useful information, publications, and resources
Achieve, Inc. An organization of state government and corporate leaders that has developed a number of initiatives to raise standards and achievement in the nation’s schools. The initiatives provide tools to help educators, policy-makers, and parents promote student achievement.
American Federation of Teachers. A national organization of teachers, paraprofessionals, and staff from Pre-K through higher education, provides leadership on institutional and regulatory issues that affect the ability to provide high-quality services. The web site provides access to AFT publications, reports, and a web section dedicated to parents.
American Educational Research Association. This international professional organization promotes scholarly work related to education and overseeing the dissemination of research, particularly through its annual meeting but also through its publications.
American Youth Policy Forum. A development association focused on education and youth development issues at the local, state and national levels. AYPF also publishes a variety of reports on issues in youth development.
Annenberg Institute for School Reform. Based at Brown University, the institute conducts research particularly on issues related to urban communities and schools serving underserved children. The institute enters into collaborations with partner organizations, and produces publications and conferences. Current research focuses on redesigning school districts and community-centered approaches to education reform.
Applied Research Center. This research laboratory conducts studies on social and educational policy and coordinates the ERASE Initiative, a national program that studies racism in public schools and promotes racial justice and academic excellence for all students.
Aspira Association, Inc. Organization established to promote the development of Puerto Rican/Latino and other minority youth through community-based programming. Aspira organizations are located in New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Florida and Puerto Rico.
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Particularly useful to teachers, this site presents curriculum guides, topic packs, newsletters, online journals, and full-text books in such topics as performance assessment, the brain and learning, multicultural education, and others.
Brookings Institution. A private nonprofit organization hosts the Brown Center on Education Policy, which conducts research on education, focusing on efforts to improve academic achievement in elementary and secondary schools.
California Tomorrow. Organization that researches issues of intergroup relations, equity, and access. Works with schools, family-serving institutions, early childhood programs and communities to respond to diverse populations.
Center for Applied Linguistics. This private, non-profit center conducts research, teacher education, analysis and dissemination of information, design and development of instructional materials, technical assistance, conference planning, program evaluation, and policy analysis.
Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence. Located at the University of California, Santa Cruz, this research center has published extensively in the area of English Language Learners and academic achievement.
Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing. This government-funded national research center located at the University of Southern California provides comprehensive coverage of research in testing, standards, and accountability. It produces and helps disseminate research; a particularly innovative resource is the center’s “Overheads” section, which share the research findings presented at over a hundred conferences.
Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed At Risk. Established in 1994 as a collaboration between Johns Hopkins University and Howard University, this national, federally-funded center conducts research, development, evaluation, and dissemination of replicable strategies designed to transform schooling for students who are placed at risk. Of particular interest is the center’s technical reports series.
Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement. This federally-funded national center for research on early reading, represents a consortium of educators from five universities. The web site gives access to instructional resources, technical reports, and other products of the center; it also offers links to presentations by CIERA-affiliated researchers at the CIERA conferences.
Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy (CTP). A consortium of several major universities, this federally-funded center focuses on conducting research on the means of improving learning and teaching and of developing a highly capable, committed teaching force.
Center for Youth Development and Policy Research. This project of the Academy for Educational Development conducts research, evaluates youth development and school programs, and creates strategic infrastructure, such as the Promising Practices in After School Initiative.
Center on Education Policy. This national advocacy group for public education publishes in such topics as dropout prevention, high school graduation exams, federal education programs, and improving public education. This organization also provides technical assistance to states and other entities and organizes meetings and conferences.
Center on Reinventing Public Education. Located at the University of Washington's Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, this center conducts research and analysis on urban school systems. The center examines a range of alternatives that rethink current system: school governance and leadership, tools and models for new institutions, and philanthropy.
Civil Rights Project. Based at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government this research organization investigates educational inequality and inequity. Publications cover, for example, racial disparities in special education placements, discipline, and the dropout rate.
The College Board. A national non-profit association, composed of more than 4,300 schools, colleges, universities, and other educational organizations, produces college admissions tests and the Advanced Placement high school exams. The College Board for Education Professionals conducts research on gender differences and students with disabilities; race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status; policy analysis; and general education topics.
Committee for Education Funding. This nonpartisan, nonprofit coalition of education organizations, provides information on federal education funding, advocacy materials, voting records, and publications.
Consortium for Policy Research in Education. A cooperation of five of the nation's leading research institutions -- the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, Stanford University, the University of Michigan, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison – this center publishes research analyses on school accountability, teacher quality, instructional improvement in language arts and mathematics in secondary schools, among many other projects.
Council of Chief State School Officers. This national nonprofit organization is made up of public officials who lead the departments responsible for elementary and secondary education in the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Department of Defense Education Activity. It provides multiple online resources, including newsletters, publications, and profiles of federal education programs. Of particular interest is the council’s comprehensive section on federal programs; under No Child Left Behind resources, the site provides access to the state accountability workbooks filed with the U.S. Department of Education.
Council of the Great City Schools. A coalition of nearly 60 of the nation’s largest urban public school systems that promotes the improvement of urban education through legislation, research, publications, and special projects. CGCS’s task force on closing the achievement gap focuses on increasing educational equity and presents statistical information to indicate whether and where progress is being made.
Education Commission of the States. A non-partisan, not-for-profit organization of education leaders from forty-nine states, three territories, and the District of Columbia that provides a comprehensive array of resources in early childhood through postsecondary education. Of particular interest is the commission’s projects and centers that produce work on accountability, school governance, early learning, and reading/literacy, among many other topics. Electronic publications cover key areas in education research.
The Education Alliance at Brown University. This institute operates the federally-funded Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory. The Alliance helps schools and districts provide equitable opportunities for all students to succeed. It applies research findings to the development of solutions to problems in such areas as school change, secondary school restructuring, professional development, first and second language acquisition, educational leadership, and cultural and linguistic diversity.
The Education Policy and Leadership Center. An independent, non-partisan organization that supports the use of more effective state-level education policies to improve the learning of all students. One current project focuses on implementation of standards; and research on charter schools, teacher quality, and school finance.
The Education Trust. A national research organization working to close the achievement gap permanently through various projects. Most notable is the Trust’s Dispelling the Myth, a project which seeks to identify and learn from high-poverty and high-minority schools that have high student performance or have made substantial improvement in student achievement. The Education Trust also provides an interactive database of national and state statistics on achievement patterns by race and class, kindergarten through college.
Educational Research Service. A research and information dissemination organization providing services to local school districts. While some services are available only to paid members, useful information is available on the organization ’s web site.
Educational Testing Service. An educational testing and measurement organization that conducts educational research on such topics as student performance on standardized tests and teacher quality.
The Finance Project. The Finance Project provides a wide range of services, including research and policy analysis, as well as technical assistance to improve outcomes for children, families and communities. The Project's publications include working papers, resources guides, issue notes, reports, and briefs.
Foundation for Excellent Schools. The Foundation for Excellent School's goal is to improve student performance in low-income schools by helping schools to build the capacity to improve, collaborate with the community and network with other FES schools.
General Accounting Office. Presents information to Congress on the use public funds, evaluates federal programs and activities, and provides analysis, recommendations and other assistance.
Heritage Foundation. A research institute whose mission is to formulate and promote public policies based on the principles of free enterprise. One Foundation goal is to build a new vision for 21st century schools in which every child has access to excellence in a competitive market of public, private, charter, and home schools.
Hoover Institution, American Public Education Initiative. A think tank at Stanford University whose American Public Education Initiative is addressing both the current state of the public education system and the reforms that could improve its quality. Education policy experts who serve on the Institution’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education are collecting and then evaluating facts on the variety of proposed educational improvement reforms.
Institute for Urban and Minority Education. Based at Teachers College, Columbia University the institute conducts research on diverse urban and minority populations in different educational institutions and publishes reports and briefs summarizing knowledge and practice.
Laboratory for Student Success. A U.S. Department of Education-funded educational research and development center at Temple University that publishes research results and recommendations for practice in a variety of formats. LSS programs include the implementation of a whole school reform model, Comprehensive School Reform, and a charter school initiative.
Language Policy Research Unit. Conducts research and policy analysis on equitable language policies, demographic patterns affecting policy, language minority characteristics, and legal policy.
Legislative Information on the Internet (THOMAS). The web site linked to the Library of Congress, providing up-to-date federal legislative information freely on the Internet.
Manhattan Institute. A think tank whose education research department focuses on standards and teacher quality as ways to improve education for all. It conducts national and local research to evaluate existing choice programs and to recommend program expansion and improvement.
Minority Student Achievement Network. A national coalition of 15 multiracial, suburban school districts that researches the achievement gap between white students and minority group students with the goal of increasing the achievement of African American and Hispanic students. Its web site contains links to more than a dozen related organizations committed to closing the achievement gap.
National Assessment of Educational Progress. The web site of The Nation’ s Report Card, the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of reading, mathematics, science, writing, U.S. history, civics, geography, and the arts.
National Association of Elementary School Principals. This association provides a variety of resources for principals including research materials, articles, and resource guides. Issues include afterschool education, teacher motivation, student achievement and motivation, national and state standards, and diversity. A separate section of the web site is dedicated to materials for urban school principals.
National Center for Early Development and Learning. This national early childhood research project supported by the U.S. Department of Education conducts research on critical issues in early childhood practices and disseminates information to diverse audiences.
National Center for Education Statistics. A component of the U.S. Department of Education, this center monitors student enrollment, persistence, and achievement in kindergarten through college. NCES considers various student populations, differential socioeconomic influences, and geographic differences. Reports are presented in statistical format, with some text explication.
National Clearinghouse for Comprehensive School Reform. Established by the U.S. Department of Education, this clearinghouse collects and disseminates research knowledge on comprehensive school reform (CSR).
National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction Educational Programs. Federally-funded national information center that collects, analyzes, and disseminates information relating to the effective education of linguistically and culturally diverse learners in the U.S.
National Governors Association (NGA). The Education Policy Studies Division for governors, which includes summaries of the No Child Left Behind legislation, the latest regulations, guidance, and policy letters, interviews with education experts, and a variety of resources on school improvement.
National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST). Located at the Center for Research on Women at Wellesley College, the institute conducts tracking and evaluation research and provides curriculum and training guides.
National League of Cities (NLC). The Institute for Youth, Education and Families provides municipal leaders with research and policy analyses in such topics as afterschool programs, youth development, improving public schools, and youth violence.
National Institute for Early Education Research. Supports early childhood education initiatives by providing nonpartisan information based on research. The institute has a comprehensive statistical resource in its State Databank, which compiles data from the Census, other federal agencies, and national and state surveys and research organizations on pre-school aged children and the early education programs they attend.
National Association for the Education of Young Children. The largest professional association of early childhood educators dedicated to improving the quality of programs for children from birth through third grade. Offers professional development opportunities and promotes standards of professional practice while also publishing on the major issues in the field of early childhood education.
National Association of State Boards of Education. is non-profit organization founded to strengthen state leadership in educational policymaking, promote excellence in the education of all students, and advocate equality of access to educational opportunity. Many of the organization’s publications are restricted to use by members, but general access to online resources provides information on federal legislative, executive, and judicial activities in education as well as weekly reviews of state board actions and education developments.
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory. A U.S. Department of Education-funded organization that provides research-based expertise, resources, assistance, and professional development opportunities to educators and policy-makers.
Pew Hispanic Center. A national non-partisan research organization that studies the U.S. Hispanic population and the growing impact of Hispanics on the nation. The center is known for its surveys and studies of differing outcomes for Hispanic generations in educational attainment and labor market participation.
Program on Education Policy and Governance. Based at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, this program sponsors numerous research projects on school governance that examine the impact of inner-city scholarship programs as well as the effects of traditional forms of school choice.
RAND Education. A division within RAND, a non-profit institute for research, this center conducts research and analysis on assessment and accountability; evaluation of school reform; and teachers and teaching. The web site provides access to research highlights (research briefs and issue papers), full-text reports, a subject index of RAND education publications, and other RAND publications.
Schools of the 21st Century (21C). The School of the 21st Century is a community school model that provides school-based childcare and family support services. Currently, the center is conducting the following research: Longitudinal Evaluation of the Schools of the 21st Century; Research and Development on Literacy Component for 21C; and the Responsive Schools Initiative, which will focus on immigrant students.
SERVE. A U.S. Department of Education-funded education organization supporting the improvement of educational opportunities for all learners in the Southeast through research-based education models, curricula, and teaching tools.
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory. A federally-funded education research and development organization that works with educators, parents, community members, and policy-makers to implement strategies and tools to solve pressing educational needs.
Systemic Research, Inc. Using a systems analysis model, provides educational program evaluation and assessments, research on educational reform, and key indicator database management. Developed Key Indicator Data System (KIDS) for the National Science Foundation's Urban Systemic Initiative Evaluative Study.
U.S. Census Bureau. This agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce serves as the leading source of data about the nation's people and economy. Particularly interesting are the Current Population Reports on educational attainment, school enrollment, marital status and living arrangements, and poverty.
U.S. Department of Education. The web site for the department provides access to research, statistics and evaluation; grants and contracts; legislation, regulations, and guidance; and the department’s policies and programs.
The Urban Institute. A national non-profit research and policy center, this institute studies social and economic issues, including health care, education, welfare, immigration, homelessness, the job market, poverty, teen pregnancy. Its databases are widely used in social science research, principle among them is the National Survey of America’s Families.
Zero to Three. This nonprofit organization is dedicated to the development of infants and toddlers by supporting and strengthening families, communities, and those who work on their behalf. It analyzes and presents policies and practices; communicates research and best practices to a wide variety of audiences; and provides training, technical assistance and leadership development.
The work of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education is supported by Teachers College, government agencies, and private foundations. The staff consists of researchers and educators from many disciplines and fields.
Institute for Urban and Minority Education
Box 75, Teachers College
Columbia University
New York, NY 10027-6696
Telephone: (212)678-3780
Fax: (212)678-4137
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