Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
A federally funded national information system that provides, through its 16 subject-specific clearinghouses and support components, a variety of services and products on a broad range of education-related issues.

General Accounting Office (GAO)
Examines the use of public funds, evaluates federal programs and activities, and provides analysis, recommendations and other assistance to help Congress make effective oversight, policy and funding decisions.

Legislative Information on the Internet
A Web site linked to the Library of Congress that provides up-to-date, detailed information on bills, committees and floor action in the U.S. House and Senate.

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
Also known as “the Nation’s Report Card,” NAEP has been assessing the academic performance of America’s students in a range of subjects since 1969.

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
An agency within the U.S. Department of Education that maintains a comprehensive statistical database providing detailed information on U.S. public schools and school districts.

National Education Goals Panel (NEGP)
An independent executive branch agency of the federal government charged with monitoring national and state progress toward the National Education Goals.

National Science Foundation (NSF)
An independent government agency that funds research and education in science and technology.

NCES' K-12 Practitioners' Circle
On this Web site, NCES packages and disseminates statistical information on education for policymakers, teachers, administrators, librarians, community members and parents. The site provides information tailored to particular areas of interest.

NCES' Search for Schools, Colleges, and Libraries
Find information on public schools, private schools, colleges and public libraries in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and seven U.S. territories.

Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI)
A division of the U.S. Department of Education that distributes education information through its library, program offices and institutes.

U.S Census Bureau
Provides full-text reports on timely and relevant data about the U.S. population and economy.

U.S. Department of Education
Provides a wealth of information about what the federal government is doing for education excellence in America. Check out the following categories: grants and contracts, financial aid for students, policy, research and statistics, and education resources.

White House Social Statistics Briefing Room
Provides links to statistical information pertaining to students, schools and higher education.

Appalachia Educational Laboratory (AEL)
A federally supported education lab that serves Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia, and specializes in educational technology.

Laboratory for Student Success
A federally supported education lab that serves Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia, and specializes in educational leadership.

Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL)
A federally supported education lab that serves Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming, and specializes in standards-based instructional practice.

Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory
A federally supported education lab that serves Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and specializes in teaching diverse students.

Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL)
A federally supported education lab that serves Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington, and specializes in re-engineering schools.

Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL)
A federally supported education lab that serves Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa and other islands in the Pacific region, and specializes in curriculum and instruction related to reading and language mastery.

REL Midwest at Learning Point Associates
Serving Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin, REL Midwest at Learning Point Associates conducts short-term, fast-response applied research and development projects based on annual needs-sensing data as well as long-term studies using randomized controlled trials.

Southeastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE)
A federally supported education lab that serves Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina, and specializes in expanded learning opportunities.

Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL)
A federally supported education lab that serves Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas, and specializes in family and community involvement.

WestEd
A federally supported education lab that serves Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah, and specializes in assessment of educational attainment.

Achieve Inc.
An independent, bipartisan organization that serves as a national clearinghouse on standards, assessment, accountability and educational technology. Its searchable database brings together standards from 40 states and from other countries and organizes them in a way that allows for side-by-side comparison.

ACT, Inc.
ACT, Inc. is an independent organization that provides more than a hundred assessment, research, information and program management services in the areas of education and workforce development. The main purpose of ACT programs and services is to help people achieve education and career goals by providing information for life’s transitions.

American Association for Higher Education (AAHE)
An organization of more than 9,600 individuals from various sectors, disciplines and positions dedicated to promoting the changes higher education must make to ensure its effectiveness in a complex, interconnected world. The association equips individuals and institutions committed to such changes with the knowledge they need to bring those changes about.

American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
The national voice of, and the leading source of information on, the nation’s two-year, associate degree-granting institutions.

American Association of School Administrators (AASA)
The professional organization for more than 16,000 superintendents and other education administrators across the nation.

American Council on Education (ACE)
A coordinating association of 1,800 colleges and universities that provides leadership, advocacy and a forum for discussing major issues in higher education.

American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
This association of public and private school teachers and other school personnel provides a variety of publications, research and information on issues ranging from reading instruction to teaching quality.

American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF)
A nonpartisan professional development organization providing learning opportunities for policymakers working on youth issues at the local, state and national levels.

Association for Career and Technical Education
A professional organization of teachers, counselors and school administrators dedicated to advancing education that prepares youth and adults for careers.

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
A nonpartisan organization that provides professional development in curriculum and supervision, and disseminates information on education issues ranging from parent involvement to learning styles to school leadership.

Business Roundtable
An association of  business CEOs committed to improving public policy. Its Education Task Force focuses on improving the quality of K-12 education.

Center for Education Reform
An independent, nonprofit advocacy group that serves as a clearinghouse for innovative reforms in public education.

Charter Friends National Network
The Charter Friends National Network is a project of the nonprofit Center for Policy Studies, in cooperation with Hamline University, a private liberal arts institution in St. Paul, Minnesota, whose mission is to promote quality charter schools by connecting and supporting resource centers, charter school associations and other state-level charter support organizations and activities.

collegeboard.com
An association of schools, colleges, universities and other educational organizations in the United States and abroad that serves as a leading source of information on trends and innovations affecting students, parents, schools and colleges.

Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
A nationwide, nonprofit organization composed of public officials who lead the departments responsible for elementary and secondary education in U.S. states and territories.

Council of State Governments (CSG)
Serves the executive, legislative and judicial branches of state governments through leadership education, research and information services.

Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS)
Brings together some of the nation’s largest urban public school systems in a coalition dedicated to the improvement of education in the inner cities.

Educational Research Service (ERS)
An independent, nonprofit foundation providing publications, research and information to help educators improve student learning.

Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)
A nonprofit advocacy organization established to defend and advance the constitutional right of parents to direct their children’s education.

Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL)
IEL's mission is to help institutions and individuals work together across boundaries to improve the educational, social and personal development of children and youth.

Learning First Alliance
A partnership of 12 leading educational associations dedicated to improving the quality of American public education.

National Alliance of Business (NAB)
A 5,000-member national business organization focused on improving student achievement and the competitiveness of the workforce.

National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA)
A nonprofit membership association of education agencies across the country that authorize and oversee charter public schools.

National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
A professional organization that represents more than 27,000 Pre-K-8 school principals across the nation.

National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
Represents more than 1,100 independent schools in the United States and England.

National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
A professional organization serving education leaders in middle and high schools, including administrators, teachers, students and others. It is also the parent organization of the National Honor Society and the National Association of Student Councils. 

National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE)
An organization representing state and territorial boards of education. It focuses on strengthening state leadership in education policymaking, promoting quality education for all students and ensuring continued citizen support for public education.

National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC)
Provides a wide range of information and services on issues affecting public universities and land-grant colleges, from affirmative action to tuition.

National Center for Education Information (NCEI)
A private, nonprofit research organization specializing in survey research and data analysis. It is the leading source of information about alternative teacher certification and preparation programs. 

National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE)
A nonprofit organization that provides tools, professional development programs, technical assistance and other services to support standards-based reform.

National Charter Schools Institute
The National Charter Schools Institute provides services to charter schools to help them foster outstanding student achievement and operate effective, accountable public schools.

National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality (NCCTQ)
NCCTQ, is the premier national resource to which the regional comprehensive assistance centers, states, and other education stakeholders turn for strengthening the quality of teaching. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, NCCTQ is a collaborative effort of Education Commission of the States, ETS, Learning Point Associates, and Vanderbilt University.

National Conference of State Legislatures  (NCSL)
A bipartisan organization dedicated to serving the lawmakers and staffs of the nation's 50 states, its commonwealths and territories. It is a source for research, publications, consulting services, meetings and seminars.

National Education Association (NEA)
The nation’s oldest and largest teachers union. It sponsors a wide range of activities and services at the national, state and local levels.

National Governors Association (NGA)
Provides assistance in solving state-focused problems, compiles information on state innovations and practices and serves as a bipartisan forum for the nation’s governors to establish, influence and implement policy on national issues.

National League of Cities (NLC)
The country’s largest organization serving municipal governments. Its mission is to strengthen and promote cities as centers of opportunity, leadership and governance.

National PTA
Supports and speaks on behalf of the nation’s schoolchildren, assists parents in developing the skills they need to raise and protect their children, and encourages parent and public involvement in the schools.

National Rural Education Association (NREA)
An organization of rural school administrators, teachers, school board members, regional service agency personnel, researchers, business leaders and others interested in maintaining the vitality of rural school systems.

National School Boards Association (NSBA)
A nationwide advocacy and outreach organization whose mission is to foster equity and excellence in public elementary and secondary education through school board leadership.  

Pathways to College Network
The Pathways to College Network is a national alliance of organizations committed to advancing college opportunity and success for underserved students by raising public awareness, supporting innovative research, and promoting evidence-based policies and practices across the K-12 and postsecondary sectors.

Phi Delta Kappa International (PDK)
An international organization for professional educators whose mission is to promote quality education, with particular emphasis on publicly supported education.

Public Agenda
A nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen education organization whose mission is to help citizens better understand critical policy issues, and help leaders better understand the public’s point of view on major policy issues.

Public Education Network (PEN)
The nation’s largest network of community-based school reform organizations.

Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)
A compact of 16 Southern states that allows government and education leaders to work together to improve all aspects of education, from early childhood programs to doctoral degrees and beyond.

State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO)
A nonprofit, nationwide association of the chief executive officers serving statewide coordinating boards and governing boards of postsecondary education.

The Wallace Foundation
For more than a decade, The Wallace Foundation has worked to expand learning and enrichment opportunities for all people. Our efforts toward this goal have yielded important insights and lessons, and we have designed our website to make this knowledge more accessible to visitors. We especially invite you to browse the Knowledge Center. It is a repository of field-based evidence of what is working, what is not, and why – not only in our current areas of focus, but in areas where we have worked in the past.

Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, based in Washington, D.C., supports research, publications, and action projects of national significance in elementary/secondary education reform in the areas of higher standards, accountability, educational diversity and choice, curriculum, and teaching quality.

U.S. Charter Schools
An online learning community designed to serve and support charter schools.

U.S. Conference of Mayors
The official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more.

Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)
A regional organization created by the Western Regional Education Compact, adopted in the 1950s by Western states. Created to facilitate resource sharing among the higher education systems of the West.

American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Encourages scholarly inquiry related to education and promotes dissemination and practical application of research results.

Annenberg Institute for School Reform (AISR)
Based at Brown University, AISR carries out its work through research and analysis, collaborations with partner organizations, support for local action, and publications and conferences. Current initiatives focus on accountability and comprehensive school reform models.

Brookings Institution
A private nonprofit organization devoted to research, education and publication in economics, government, foreign policy and the social sciences. It includes the Brown Center on Education Policy, which conducts research on various education-related topics.

Center for Research on Education, Diversity and Excellence (CREDE)
A federally supported, university-based national research center that focuses on identifying and developing effective educational practices for linguistic and cultural minority students.

Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing (CRESST)
A federally supported, university-based national research center that focuses on topics involving K-12 educational testing.

Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk (CRESPAR)
A federally supported, university-based national research center that focuses on transforming schooling for at-risk students.

Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (CIERA)
A federally supported, university-based national research center that focuses on generating solutions to persistent problems in the learning and teaching of beginning reading. 

Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy (CTP)
A federally supported, university-based national research center that focuses on investigating the relation between excellent teaching and policymaking at the national, state and local levels.

Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE)
Based at the University of Washington’s Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, CRPE seeks to develop and evaluate methods of public oversight that can allow individual schools to be focused, effective and accountable.

Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE)
A university-based consortium that conducts research on education reform, policy and finance to improve student learning.

Government Innovators Network
This Web site serves as a marketplace of ideas and examples of government innovation in a number of policy areas, including education and training.

Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP)
A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that provides research, policy analysis and program evaluation focused on fostering access to and quality in postsecondary education.

National Center for Developmental Education
The National Center for Developmental Education provides instruction and training, research, and services consistent with the missions of the Reich College of Education and Appalachian State University. These activities are provided to a statewide and national audience of professionals who work with underprepared college students.

National Center for Early Development and Learning (NCEDL)
A federally funded, university-based national research center focusing on issues involving the cognitive, social and emotional development of children from birth through age 8.

National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS)
NCHEMS has been active in assisting states and national agencies to develop effective policy approaches in higher education governance. Information and technical assistance is available to states around a number of issues, including comparing governance structures and understanding the roles and performance of governing boards.

National Center for Improving Student Learning and Achievement in Mathematics and Science (NCISLA)
A federally funded, university-based national research center focusing on advancing effective reform of K-12 math and science instruction.

National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA)
A nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research institute whose mission is to seek private-sector solutions to public policy problems.

National Center for Postsecondary Improvement (NCPI)
A federally supported, university-based national research center focusing on providing leadership for the transformation and improvement of postsecondary education.

National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
An independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization whose mission is to promote the public interest regarding opportunity, affordability and quality in American higher education.

National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL)
A federally supported, university-based national research center that conducts research and disseminates information about adult basic education. 

National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education
Extensive set of links to the Web sites of those organizations that tend to support privatization, school choice and vouchers; those that tend to oppose privatization, school choice and vouchers; and those that present both supporting and opposing perspectives on privatization, school choice and vouchers

National Information Center for Higher Education Policymaking and Analysis, The
This Web site, presented by the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, features the most up-to-date data and information on postsecondary education so higher education policymakers and analysts can make sound policy decisions. Find comparative data for states regarding college preparation, high school to college transition, college participation and completion, plus more.

National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
The research agency of the U.S. Department of Justice, NIJ provides a variety of information about violence prevention, drug use and at-risk youth.

National Research Center on English Learning and Achievement (CELA)
A federally funded, university-based national research center focusing on improving students’ English and literacy achievement.

RAND Education
A division of the famed California think tank, RAND Education’s current research agenda focuses on K-12 assessment and accountability, teachers and teaching, and school reform evaluation.

Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Based at the University of Connecticut, the Roper Center is the largest library of public opinion data in the world. Full use of the Web site requires membership.

Urban Institute
A private, nonprofit policy research and educational organization that investigates social and economic problems confronting the nation.

Wisconsin Center for Education Research
Home to several dozen research projects ranging from education policy to science and mathematics education reform.

AltLaw
AltLaw provides the first free, full-text searchable database of Supreme Court and Federal Appellate case reports. It is a resource for attorneys, legal scholars and the general public.

FindLaw
FindLaw contains links to unofficial collections of state and federal constitutions, statutes, regulations and other legal resources.

The Legal Information Institute
The Legal Information Institute is a research and electronic publishing activity of the Cornell Law School. Popular collections include: the U.S. Code, Supreme Court opinions and WEX, a collaboratively-edited legal dictionary and encyclopedia.