Educational Websites

Website

Brief Description

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http://www.eric.ed.gov/

ERIC—Education Resources Information Center; a federal site for collected educational resources, including research.

2

http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/

What Works Clearinghouse—A website operated by the Institute for Education Sciences to provide "a central and trusted source of scientific evidence for what works in education.”

3

http://ies.ed.gov/pubsearch/

IES REL Network—Institute for Education Sciences search engine for publications, including research from 10 Regional Education Laboratories.

4

http://www.relnei.org/referencedesk.2009-12-31.php

The Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast and Islands (REL-NEI) is part of the Regional Educational Laboratory Program. The REL-NEI Reference Desk is a free service that provides quick-turnaround responses to education-related research questions, offering a quick scan of existing research. 

5

http://edadmin.edb.utexas.edu/datause/index.htm

U. of Texas at Austin: Data Use Website—Dept. of Educational Administration, College of Education; includes publications; site developed by Chief Data Champion Jeffrey Wayman.

6

http://www.sedl.org/

SEDL—(formerly the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory); a private, nonprofit education research, development, and dissemination (RD&D) corporation based in Austin, Texas.

7

http://www.rtinetwork.org/

RTI Action Network—A program of the National Center for Learning Disabilities.

8

http://www.ideapartnership.org/journals.cfm

The IDEA Partnership—Reflects the collaborative work of more than 55 national organizations, technical assistance providers, and organizations and agencies at state and local levels. Click on "MANY VOICES" to find hundreds of articles and citations from web-based journals and other periodicals; they are building a larger online library to open in March 2010.

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http://www.promisingpractices.net

Promising Practices Network—RAND corporation's website, whose stated purpose is "providing quality evidence-based information about what works to improve the lives of children, youth, and families." All of the information on the site has been screened for scientific rigor, relevance, and clarity.