Research Institutes/Centers
- Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing
- National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing (NCRESST), located at UCLA
- Institute for the Academic Advancement of Youth (IAAY)
- Housed at Johns Hopkins University, IAAY "...is a comprehensive, university-based initiative that promotes the academic ability of children
and youth thoughout the world, and is a leading force in educational reform and improvement in the United States and abroad."
- Learning Research and Development Center
- Since 1963, the LRDC at the University of Pittsburgh "...has probed the nature of thinking, knowing, and understanding in and beyond school."
- Research for Better Schools
- A private, nonprofit corporation operating the Mid-Atlantic Eisenhower Consortium for Mathematics and Science Education,
funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Formerly, one of the USDoE's ten regional educational laboratories.
- National Education Knowledge Industry Association (NEKIA)
- "Founded in 1997 as a successor to the Council for Educational Development and Research (CEDaR),
NEKIA is a trade association designed to promote awarness of and investment in the field of
educational research and development."
- Regional Educational Laboratories
- The ten federally funded regional laboratories that conduct research and development, provide
information exchange, design and conduct professional development, and
offer evaluation and planning.
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