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Achieve, Inc.
Achieve helps states raise academic standards, improves assessments and strengthens accountability to prepare young people for postsecondary education work and citizenship.

Alice Hagar Curriculum Resource Center
The Alice Hagar Curriculum Resource Center hosts a page designed to provide resources to PK-12 teachers, pre-service teachers, librarians, and others interested in science, technology, engineering, & math (STEM) education.

The Alternative High School Initiative
The Alternative High School Initiative is a network of youth development organizations committed to creating educational opportunities for young people for whom traditional school settings have not been successful.

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
AACTE is a national voluntary association of higher education institutions and other organizations dedicated to ensuring high quality preparation and professional development to enhance PK-12 student learning.

American Association of School Administrators
AASA supports and develops effective school system leaders dedicated to high quality public education.

American Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development
ASCD addresses aspects of effective teaching and learning and offers broad perspectives for key policies and practices to improve student achievement.

American Education Research Association
AERA encourages scholarly research related to education and evaluation and promotes the dissemination and application of research results.

American Youth Policy Forum
AYPF is a professional development organization for policy leaders, practitioners and researchers working on youth and education issues at the national, state and local levels.

Annenberg Institute for School Reform
The Annenberg Institute works to develop the capacity of urban communities to build and sustain programs and policies that improve teaching and learning.

A Policymaker's Primer on Education Research
The Primer illuminates statistical and scientific concepts, serves as a useful reference for those trying to gain a deeper understanding of education research methodology, and helps people incorporate the findings of research in policy decisions.

Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow - Today
ACOT studied how the routine use of technology by teachers and students changes teaching and learning.

Asia Society
The Asia Society is an international organization dedicated to strengthening relationships and deepening understanding among the peoples of Asia and the United States.

Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools
BayCES assists schools, school districts and community groups in creating or redesigning schools that elevate overall achievement.

The Big Picture Company
The Big Picture Company designs break-through public schools, researches and replicates new designs for education, trains educators to serve as school leaders, and actively engages the public in the education of our youth.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Gates Foundation is committed to raising the high school graduation rate and helping all students graduate ready for college and work.

Boston Public Schools' Office of High School Renewal
OHSR is the school district's lead entity for driving high school renewal, including the development of small schools and small learning communities and overall school improvement.

Brown Center on Education Policy
The Brown Center on Education Policy conducts research on topics in American education, focusing on efforts to improve academic achievement in elementary and secondary schools.

The Campbell Collaboration
The Campbell Collaboration helps people make well-informed decisions about the effects of interventions in the social, behavioral and educational arenas through systematic reviews.

Carol A. Tomlinson
Tomlinson's Web site includes resources for using differentiated instruction with students.

The Center for 21st Century Skills
The Center for 21st Century Skills designs and delivers programs and resources that facilitate the development of core academic, communication, creative-thinking, and problem-solving capabilities leading to innovation and high performance in secondary education and the workplace.

Center for Evaluation & Education Policy
CEEP improves education by providing information, research and evaluation on education issues to policy makers and other education stakeholders.

Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration
CILC provides consulting services for educators and develops tools and resources to improve learning through videoconferencing and other collaborative technologies.

Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement
CIERA is a national center for research on early reading working to improve reading achievement by generating and disseminating theoretical, empirical and practical solutions to the learning and teaching of beginning reading.

Center on Education Policy
CEP is an advocate for public schools and the improvement of the academic quality of public schools.

Charter Schools: Changing the Face of American Education
The 2007 report by the Center for Education Reform chronicles charter schools from various states across the U.S.

Coalition of Essential Schools
CES leads educators and policy makers to transform education and sustains a network of personalized, equitable and intellectually challenging schools.

The Cognitive Foundations of Learning to Read: A Framework
The Southwest Educational Development Laboratory framework is a tool outlining the cognitive elements leading to reading comprehension to help teachers develop research-based, child-centered instructional activities.

Comprehensive School Reform Components
The North Central Regional Educational Laboratory's guide to the 11 components of comprehensive school reform.

Concerns-Based Adoption Model
The Concerns-Based Adoption Model is a conceptual framework describing, explaining and predicting probable teacher concerns and behaviors throughout the school change process.

Early College High School Initiative
The ECHS Initiative helps school districts implement the ECHS model where students earn both a high school diploma and two years of college credit toward a bachelor's degree.

Education Commission of the States
ECS helps states develop effective public education policy and practice by providing data, research, analysis, and leadership.

The Education Trust
The Education Trust works for the high academic achievement of all students at all levels to close the achievement gaps separating low-income students and students of color from other youth.

Education Week
Education Week is a newspaper dedicated to raising awareness and understanding of important issues in American education.

ERIC: Education Resources Information Center
ERIC provides free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials.

Expeditionary Learning Schools Outward Bound
ELS is a comprehensive K–12 educational design combining rigorous academic content and real world projects with active teaching and community service.

Houston Independent School District Department of Parent Engagement
The Department of Parent Engagement strengthens the relationship between parents and schools through mutual trust, collaboration, training, and effective communication to ensure academic and personal success of students.

Indiana Association of School Principals
IASP provides services and resources to support principals in fostering the success of every student.

Indiana Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development
The Indiana affiliate of ASCD promotes exemplary practices for learning and teaching.

Indiana Commission for Higher Education
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education works with public and independent colleges and universities to coordinate planning and budgeting for higher education in Indiana.

Indiana Department of Education
The state government agency for policy, administration and coordination of assistance to education.

Indiana Department of Workforce Development
The Indiana Department of Workforce Development manages and implements innovative employment programs and facilitates regional economic growth initiatives.

Indiana Division of Professional Standards
The Indiana Department of Education's Division of Professional Standards issues performance-based standards for the preparation of educators and administers teacher licensure.

Indiana's Education Roundtable
The Education Roundtable focuses on critical issues in education and creates a vision for educational change and student access in Indiana.

Indiana Humanities Council
The Indiana Humanities Council strengthens communities through targeted initiatives in leadership, education and culture.

Indiana Partnerships Center
The Indiana Partnerships Center empowers parents about their rights and responsibilities pertaining to their children's education through parent-focused workshops, education-related information and parent engagement strategies.

Indiana State Reading Association
The Indiana State Reading Association works with local councils statewide to promote and support reading.

Institute for Educational Leadership
IEL builds the capacity of individuals and organizations in education and related fields to work together to better the futures of children.

Intel Education: Assessing Projects
Intel provides assistance for designing and using assessments to improve teaching and learning.

International Baccalaureate Organizations
IBO is a leader in the field of international education, encouraging students to be active learners, well-rounded individuals and engaged world citizens.

International Reading Association
IRA promotes literacy by improving reading instruction, disseminating research and information about reading, and encouraging the lifetime reading habit.

International Society for Technology in Education
ISTE provides leadership and service to improve teaching, learning and school leadership by advancing the effective use of technology in PK-12 and teacher education.

Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium
INTASC comprises state education agencies and national educational organizations dedicated to the reform of the preparation, licensing and on-going professional development of teachers.

Jobs for the Future
JFF accelerates opportunities for people to advance in education and careers through research, analysis and policy development to help youth and adults acquire the skills that employers require.

Kappa Delta Pi
Kappa Delta Pi is an international education honor society committed to recognizing excellence and fostering professional growth for educational professionals.

KnowledgeWorks Foundation
KnowledgeWorks provides funding and leadership for initiatives aimed at ensuring all students are prepared for success in college, career and life in the 21st century.

Learn More Indiana
Learn More Indiana provides resources and assistance for college to Indiana students and families so all students can obtain a degree.

Lilly Endowment Inc.
Lilly Endowment is an Indianapolis-based philanthropic foundation supporting religion, education and community development.

Lilly Science Education Outreach
LSEO is a group of Eli Lilly and Company volunteers working to strengthen the science curriculum in schools and encouraging students to pursue careers in science.

Lumina Foundation for Education
The Lumina Foundation addresses issues affecting access and educational attainment among all students so all people succeed in education beyond high school.

National Assessment of Educational Progress
Known as "the Nation's Report Card," NAEP assesses what America's students know and can do in various subject areas.

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
NBPTS develops the professional standards that define what teachers should know and administers National Board Certification.

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
NCATE improves the quality of teaching and teacher preparation through the process of professional accreditation of schools, colleges and departments of education.

National Governors Association
NGA promotes visionary state leadership, shares best practices and speaks with a unified voice on national policy.

National Institute for Literacy
The Institute provides leadership on literacy issues and serves as a national resource on current, comprehensive literacy research, practice and policy.

National Reading Panel
NRP reviewed research-based knowledge on reading instruction to submit The Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching Children to Read and now publishes and presents the findings.

National School Reform Faculty
NSRF is a professional development initiative focused on developing collegial relationships, encouraging reflective practice and rethinking leadership in restructuring schools to support increased student achievement.

New Tech Network
NTN works to achieve national education reform with schools that desire to model the Napa New Technology High School.

New Technology High School
NTHS is a technology-rich school design focused on graduating students with mastery of 21st-century knowledge and skills.

North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement
NCA CASI accredits over 8,500 public and private schools in 19 states, the Navajo Nation and the Department of Defense Schools.

Office of Learning Resources
The Indiana DOE Office of Learning Resources provides technology guidance and education resources to teachers.

Partnership for 21st Century Skills
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is the leading advocacy organization infusing 21st-century skills into education.

Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence
The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence is a statewide education advocacy organization working to improve education in Kentucky.

Public Education Network
PEN works to advance public school reform in low-income communities across the country.

Quality Counts 2008: Indiana
The State Highlights Reports assemble important findings about Indiana to allow readers to examine the state's performance on this year's indicators.

Reading Assessment Database
This searchable database provides information about the options available to teachers and administrators seeking reliable reading assessment tools for children in grades Pre-K to three.

Schlechty Center for Leadership in School Reform
The Schlechty Center for Leadership in School Reform is an organization that provides high quality and responsive support to those who are leading school reform efforts across the nation.

School Redesign Network
SRN supports equitable schools that are intellectually rigorous, high performing and provide all students with the opportunity to acquire the skills needed for college and the 21st-century workforce.

Small Schools Project
The Small Schools Project promotes the development of small schools and provides support and assistance to high schools and districts committed to high school redesign and graduating all students college and work-ready.

smartDESKTOP
The smartDESKTOP is a web-based suite of tools to help Indiana teachers be more efficient and effective in their work.

SoundOut
SoundOut promotes student voice in school through trainings and technical assistance.

Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
SEDL is an education research, development and dissemination corporation committed to improving teaching and learning.

Strengthening Teaching and Learning in Reading and Language Program
Through projects, products and services that support the No Child Left Behind Act and the Reading First initiative, the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory assists states, districts and schools in their efforts to improve achievement in reading and language.

Teach for America
TFA is a national corps of recent college graduates who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools and become leaders in the effort to expand educational opportunity.

Techpoint Foundation
Techpoint Foundation provides volunteers and financial support to community programs that help Indiana's youth develop the 21st-century skills necessary for success in the global information economy.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce – Leaders or Laggards: A State-by-State Report Card on Educational Effectiveness
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s report card rates state performance in education through nine categories.

U.S. Department of Education
The federal government agency for policy, administration and coordination of federal assistance to education.

What Works Clearinghouse
WWC collects, screens and identifies studies of effectiveness of educational programs, products, practices, and policies.

Wisconsin Center for Education Research
WCER supports basic and applied research on a variety of topics in education and has a search engine for research findings.