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Centers (College & University)

• Assessment Research Center (ARC) - Purdue University
• Buros Center for Testing - University of Nebraska
  • Buros Institute for Assessment Consultation and Outreach
  • Buros Institute of Mental Measurements
• Center for Evaluation and Education Policy (CEEP) - Indiana University
• Center for Evaluation Research and Methodology (CERM) - Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies
  • Reprints & Bibliographies
• Center for Instructional Research and Curriculum Evaluation (CIRCE) - University of Illinois
• Center for the Study of Evaluation & National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CSE/CRESST) - UCLA
• Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy - A University Consortium: Washington, Stanford, Michigan, Pennsylvania
• Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy (CSTEEP) - Boston College
  • Project Sites
    • The Consortium for Equity in Standards and Testing
    • The National Board on Educational Testing and Public Policy
    • Technology and Assessment Study Collaborative
• The Evaluation Center - Western Michigan University
  • Affiliations
    • Consortium for Research on Educational Accountability and Teacher Evaluation (CREATE)
    • The Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation
  • Tools & Resources
• Directory of Evaluators
• Evaluation Checklists
• Survey Research Center - University of Michigan Institute for Social Research

Community Building

• American Evaluation Association
  • EVALTALK listserv
• Association for the Study and Development of Community (ASDC)
• Center for the Advancement of Collaborative Strategies in Health
  • Partnership Self-Assessment Tool
• EDUCAUSE Virtual Communities of Practice
  • Bridging Community
  • Electronic Portfolios (E-PAC)
    • Electronic Portfolios (NLII 2002–2003 Key Theme)
  • Horizon Community
  • Learning Objects
• Foundation for Community Encouragement
• Society for Organizational Learning

Education and Training in Evaluation

• American Evaluation Association
  • Listings
    • Graduate Degree & Professional Development Programs
  University Programs
  • Topical Interest Group - Teaching of Evaluation
• Boston College: Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation
  • M.ED.: Courses
  • Ph.D.: Courses - Direct Admit, Post Master's Admit
• The Evaluation Center Listing (Select "Education, Training, Workshops")
• The Evaluators' Institute
• National Science Foundation: Online Evaluation Resource Library - Professional Development Modules
• University of Minnesota: Evaluation Studies - Master's, Ph.D., Minor, & Certificate Programs
  • Minnesota Evaluation Studies Institute (MESI)
• Western Michigan University: Evaluation, Measurement & Research - Master's & Ph.D. Programs
  • Courses: M.A., Ph.D.
• Western Michigan University: Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation
  • Courses
• The Web Center for Social Research Methods (online resources from Bill Trochim)
  • Concept Mapping Resource Guide
  • Research Center
  • Research Methods Knowledge Base
    • Foundations
      • Evaluation Research
  • Research Methods Tutorial
  • Selecting Statistics
  • The Simulation Book

Foundations

• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • A Guide to Evaluation Primers
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation
  • Evaluation Toolkit
    • Publications and Resources
      • Evaluation Handbook
      • Logic Model Development Guide

Indiana Government & Organizations

• Access Indiana
• Indiana Association for institutional Research
• Indiana Department of Education (IDOE)
  • Division of School Assessment
  • Indiana Accountability System for Academic Progress (ASAP)
    • School Data
• Indiana North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement
• Indiana Professional Standards Board (IPSB)
• Beginning Teacher Assessment Program
  • Beginning Teacher Assessment Program Manuals
• Indiana State Teachers Association (ISTA)
  • Resource Center
    • Grant Information for Educators
    • School and Teacher Quality
      • Assessment/Testing
      • High Priority Schools/Students
        • High Priority Impact Data
• Indiana's Education Roundtable

Links Collected By...

• American Evaluation Association
• American Evaluation Association: Collections of Links Listing
• Helen Barrett: Alternative Assessment & Electronic Portfolios
• Canadian Evaluation Society
• Catherine Callow-Heusser: Digital Resources for Evaluators
• Center for Instructional Research and Curriculum Evaluation (CIRCE)
• "old" ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation (discontinued, but some links have new homes)
• The Evaluation Center
• National Science Foundation: Online Evaluation Resource Library

Logic Models

• Amazon.com - Product Searches
  • Logic Models-Program
• Harvard Family Research Project
  • Learning From Logic Models: An Example of a Family/School Partnership Program
• Innovation Network (free registration required to use tools & resources)
  • Evaluation Resource Center
  • Online Tools
    • Evaluation Plan Builder
    • Logic Model Builder
    • Organizational Assessment Tool
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation
  • Evaluation Toolkit
    • Publications and Resources
      • Evaluation Handbook
      • Logic Model Development Guide
• The United Sates Department of Justice
  • Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Evaluation Web Site
    • Electronic Roadmap for Evaluation
      • Program/Logic Models
• University of Wisconsin - Extension: Program Development and Evaluation
  • Program Development Model
  • Logic Model
• Vivisimo - Internet Meta Searches
  • Logic Models
  • Logic Models-Program

Performance Assessment & Electronic Portfolios

• Alverno College
  • Alverno's Diagnostic Digital Portfolio
• Dr. Helen Barrett's Electronic Portfolios
  • Bibliography
  • Favorite Links on Alternative Assessment & Electronic Portfolios
• Connecticut Bureau of Educator Assessment - Beginning Educator Support and Training (BEST) Program
  • Resources for Beginning Teachers, Mentors and other School District Personnel
  • BEST Portfolio Scorer Training Information
  • BEST Program Policy Documents
• Council of Chief State School Officers
  • Interstate Consortium on School Leadership (ISLLC)
    • ISLLC Standards for School Leaders
  • Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC)
    • Portfolio Development
    • Standards Development
      • Core Standards (INTASC Principles) pdf
      • Arts Education Standards pdf
      • Foreign Languages Standards pdf
      • Mathematics Standards pdf
      • Science Standards pdf
      • Special Education Standards pdf
• Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)
  • Interrogating the generalizability of portfolio assessments of beginning teachers: A qualitative study. Vol. 12 No. 32
  • Reasonable decisions in portfolio assessment: Evaluating complex evidence of teaching. Vol. 12 No. 33
• EDUCAUSE Virtual Communities of Practice
  • Electronic Portfolios (E-PAC)
    • Electronic Portfolios (NLII 2002–2003 Key Theme)
• Indiana Professional Standards Board
  • Beginning Teacher Assessment Program
    • Beginning Teacher Assessment Program Manuals
• The National Academies
  • The National Academies Press
    • How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition (online edition)
    • Knowing What Students Know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessment (online edition)
    • Performance Assessments for Adult Education: Exploring the Measurement Issues: Report of a Workshop (online edition)
    • Scientific Research in Education (online edition)
• The National Board For Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
  • Candidate Support & Higher Education Initiatives
    • Higher Education Initiatives
      • Resources for Colleges & Universities
        • Using National Board Standards to Redesign Master's Degrees for Teachers: A Guide for Institutions of Higher Education
• Performance Assessment for California Teachers (PACT) at University of California, Irvine
• Performance Assessments for Adult Education: Exploring the Measurement Issues: Report of a Workshop (online edition)
• Performance Evaluation Study: Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
• Purdue University: Elementary Education
  • EDCI 496 Student Teaching in the Elementary School
    • assessment documents
  • syllabus
  • web site
• Renaissance Group
  • Teacher Work Sample
• Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
  • Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM) Publications Bundle
• TaskStream

Political & Private Groups or Companies

• Democratic National Committee
  • Issues
    • Education
• Hudson Institute
  • Policy Centers
    • Education Policy
• Innovation Network (free registration required to use tools & resources)
  • Evaluation Resource Center
  • Online Tools
    • Evaluation Plan Builder
    • Logic Model Builder
    • Organizational Assessment Tool
• The National Academies
  • The National Academies Press
    • How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition (online edition)
    • Knowing What Students Know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessment (online edition)
    • Performance Assessments for Adult Education: Exploring the Measurement Issues: Report of a Workshop (online edition)
    • Scientific Research in Education (online edition)
  • The National Research Council
    • Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
      • The Center for Education
        • Board on Testing and Assessment
          • Current Projects
          • Completed Projects
          • Publications
• National Center for Policy Analysis
  • Policy Issues
    • Education
• Rand Corporation
  • Policy Research Areas
    • Education
• Republican National Committee
  • GOP Agenda
    • Education

Professional Associations, Organizations & Publications

• American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
  • Interactive Teacher Preparation School Technology and Readiness (STaR) Chart
• American Council on Education
  • Center for Policy Analysis
    • Online Information Resources
      • ACE Online Information Center
      • Internet Resources for Higher Education Policy and Research Topics
        • Educational Research, Policy Centers, and Institutes
• American Evaluation Association
  • Affiliates: Indiana Evaluation Association (IEA) - Deborah Bonnet, Convener
  • EVALTALK listserv
  • Guiding Principles for Evaluators
  • Scientifically Based Evaluation Methods (Responses by the American Evaluation Association and Others to the U. S. Department of Education Notice of Proposed Priority)
  • Topical Interest Groups (TIGs)
    • Teaching of Evaluation
• American Educational Research Association
  • Divisions
  • Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
  • Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (order info)
• Association for Institutional Research
  • 2005 Annual Forum - Call for Proposals -Due October 1, 2005
    • Assessment Call for Proposals - Track 2: Student Learning and Outcomes
  • Indiana Association for institutional Research
• Canadian Evaluation Society
• Consortium for Research on Educational Accountability and Teacher Evaluation (CREATE)
• Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
  • Resources on No Child Left Behind
    • Assessments and Standards
    • Teacher and Paraprofessional Quality
• Education Commission of the States (ECS)
  • The National Center for Educational Accountability
  • No Child Left Behind
    • Database
    • Sub-Issues
      • Assessment
      • Teaching Quality
        • Certification/Licensure
        • Evaluation
        • Teacher Preparation/Education
  • TQ Source
• The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)
• The Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation
  • The Program Evaluation Standards: How to Assess Evaluations of Educational Programs - purchase info
  • The Personnel Evaluation Standards: How to Assess Systems for Evaluating Educators - purchase info
  • The Student Evaluation Standards: How to Improve Evaluations of Students - purchase info
• Marketing Research Association
• National Commission on Teaching and America's Future
  • No Dream Denied: A Pledge to America's Children (pdf)
• National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
• The National Council on Measurement in Education
  • General Listserv
• National Study of School Evaluation
  • Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools - Commission on Elementary Schools
  • North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement
    • Indiana North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement
  • Northwest Association of Colleges and Schools
  • Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
  • Western Association of Schools and Colleges
• Teachers College
  • Teachers College Record - Online Version
    • Content Collection: Assessment & Evaluation
      • Alternative Assessment
      • Grading
      • Program Evaluation
      • Standardized Testing

Purdue University

• Assessment Research Center
• Courses
  • EDCI 501 - Problems In Literacy Acquisition: Evaluation And Instruction
  • EDCI 650 - Program Evaluation In Career And Technical Education
  • EDFA 612E - Program Evaluation
  • EDPS 531 - Introduction To Measurement And Evaluation
  • EDPS 532 - Measuring Educational Achievement
  • EDPS 541 - Identification And Evaluation In Gifted Education
  • EDPS 563 - Identification, Evaluation, And Assessment Of Exceptional Individuals
  • EDPS 662 - Diagnosis And Evaluation Of Learning Disabilities
  • HPER 609 - Advanced Measurement And Evaluation In Health And Physical Education
• Discovery Park
  • Discovery Learning Center
• Office of the Vice Provost for Research
  • Proposal Preparation
  • Sponsored Program Services

United States Government

• The Institute of Education Sciences (USDOE)
  • The National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE)
    • Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
    • Regional Educational Laboratories (REL Network - Map)
      • North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
        • TQ Source
      • Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
        • Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM) Publications Bundle
      • National Leadership Areas
        • Assessment of Educational Achievement (WestEd)
        • Standards-Based Instructional Practice (McREL)
    • What Works Clearinghouse
  • The National Center for Education Research
    • National Research & Development Centers
      • Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST)
      • Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy (CTP)
      • National Center for Postsecondary Improvement (NCPI)
  • The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
  • Documents
    • New Guide on Evidence Based Education: "Identifying and Implementing Educational Practices Supported by Rigorous Evidence"
      • Scientifically Based Evaluation Methods (Responses by the American Evaluation Association and Others to the U. S. Department of Education Notice of Proposed Priority)
      • Where to Find Evidence-Based Interventions
        • Blueprints for Violence Prevention
        • The International Campbell Collaboration
        • The Promising Practices Network
        • Social Programs That Work
        • The What Works Clearinghouse
• National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • Baldrige National Quality Program
    • Criteria for Performance Excellence
      • Education Criteria for Performance Excellence
    • e-Baldrige Self-Assessment and Action Planning
      • E-Baldrige Organizational Profile - Education
    • Getting Started with the Baldrige National Program Criteria for Performance Excellence: A Guide to Self-Assessment and Action
    • Questionnaires
      • Are We Making Progress?
      • Are We Making Progress as Leaders?
• The National Science Foundation
  • Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR)
    • Division of Research, Evaluation and Communication (REC)
      • Evaluation Program
        • Directory of Evaluation Contractors Home Page
        • Information for Evaluation of Projects
        • Online Evaluation Resource Library
        • User-Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation
      • Program Announcements
        • Evaluative Research and Evaluation Capacity Building (EREC) and Research on Learning and Education (ROLE) (EREC/ROLE)
• The United Sates Department of Justice
  • Office of Justice Programs
    • Bureau of Justice Assistance
      • Evaluation Web Site
        • Electronic Roadmap for Evaluation
          • Program/Logic Models

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