Resources

Resources for Doing Research

Achieve: "an independent, bipartisan, nonprofit organization that helps states raise academic standards, measure performance against those standards, establish clear accountability for results and strengthen public confidence in our education system. "
Albert Shanker Institute: "a nonprofit organization dedicated to three themes: children's education, unions as advocates for quality, and freedom of association in the public life of democracies. Its mission is to generate ideas, foster candid exchanges, and promote constructive policy proposals related to these themes."
American Association of School Administrators: "AASA’s mission is to support and develop effective school system leaders who are dedicated to the highest quality public education for all children."
American College Testing (ACT) Research
ASCD Research Briefs and Online Education Research Resources
Child Trends' Lifecourse Interventions to Nurture Kids Successfully (LINKS) Programs That Work – Or Don’t –To Enhance Children’s Development and Research for Researchers and Educators.

Consortium on Chicago School Research: "an independent organization that conducts research activities designed to advance school improvement in Chicago's public schools and to assess the progress of school reform."
Consortium for Policy Research in Education: "studies how reforms -- in policy, organization, or structure -- lead to improvements in instruction; how knowledge and experience influence reforms; and how the links between knowledge, reforms, and practice can be strengthened."
Educational Testing Service (ETS) Research
Education Trust: "works for the high academic achievement of all students at all levels, kindergarten through college. While we know that all schools and colleges could better serve their students, the Ed Trust focuses on the institutions most often left behind in plans to improve education ó those serving concentrations of low-income, Latino, African American or Native American students."
Education Week's Education Issues A-Z section and archive
Edward Tufte website
The Epistemology Page
ERIC Digests
UCLA Civil Rights Project nonprofit research organization exploring civil rights and education -- testing, the achievement gap, desegregation, etc.
Iowa Department of Education
John Snow Website at UCLA's Department of Epidemology

Learning Point Associates: "REL Midwest at Learning Point Associates provides expert advice to help educators and policymakers identify and apply scientifically valid research to their decision making." Publications section

APA

At Iowa State University

Apply to the Graduate College: application.
Apply to the Ed Admin program with a goals statement and candidate support forms.

PhD humor and support

Resources for Keeping up with Research

Education Week
Educational Leadership, Infobrief, and Classroom Leadership at www.ascd.org. You can get online membership / electronic access for $29/year.
Phi Delta Kappan
Rapid Response packets from the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
Research Studies Database from Education Commission of the States