American Education Research Journal

The American Educational Research Journal has as its purpose to carry original empirical and theoretical studies and analyses in education. The editors seek to publish articles from a wide variety of academic disciplines and substantive fields; they are looking for clear and significant contributions to the understanding and/or improvement of educational processes and outcomes. Manuscripts not appropriate for submission to this journal include essays, reviews, course evaluations, and brief reports of studies to address a narrow question.

CERI

The OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) was set up in 1968. Since then, it has established an international reputation for pioneering educational research, opening up new fields for exploration and combining rigorous analysis with conceptual innovation.

Features reports and statistics to do with education on an international scale

Educational Researcher

Educational Researcher (ER, begun in 1971; 432 pp ./ yr.) is published nine times per year and is received by all members of AERA. It contains scholarly articles that come from a wide range of disciplines and are of general significance to the educational research community.

Eurostat

This website presents the set of Structural Indicators used to underpin the Commission's analysis in the 2005 Spring Report to the European Council.

The Structural Indicators cover the five domains of Employment, Innovation and Research, Economic Reform, Social Cohesion, Environment as well as the General Economic Background.

In the Lisbon European Council in March 2000 the European Union set a strategic goal for the next decade "of becoming the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion". The Council also invited the Commission to draw up an annual synthesis report on the basis of the Structural Indicators, which provide an instrument for an objective assessment of the progress made towards the Lisbon objectives, and support the key messages of the report.

International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)

Features data and info derived from international studies related to education, such as TIMSS, PIRLS, SITES, TEDS

INES (by OECD)

NCES plays an active role in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) International Indicators of Education Systems (INES) Project. The INES Project began in 1988 in response to national policy makers' desire for information that would allow them to compare the performance of their education systems with those of other countries and thus better assess and monitor the effectiveness and evolution of their education systems.

International Adult Literacy Survey

This interactive data retrieval system allows users to retrieve their own customized tables on literacy profiles for more than 20 countries and for a wide range of combined intermediate variables covering several topics such as: adult education, community activities, demographics, educational experience, household information, labour force experience, language background, mathematics, parental information, reading at home or at work, self-reported skills, training and writing at home or at work.

The International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) was a seven-country initiative conducted in the fall of 1994. Its goal: to create comparable literacy profiles across national, linguistic and cultural boundaries. The survey also offers the world's only source of comparative data on participation in adult education and training. The results, published in the report "Literacy, economy and society: Results of the first International Adult Literacy Survey" (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Statistics Canada, 1995), demonstrated a strong plausible link between literacy and a country's economic potential. Since then, a second and a third round of data collection of IALS were conducted in an additional 16 countries in 1996 (See "Literacy skills for the knowledge society: Further results of the International Adult Literacy Survey" (OECD and Human Resources Development Canada, 1997)) and in 1998 (See "Literacy in the information age: Final report of the International Adult Literacy Survey" (OECD and Statistics Canada, 2000)). Several thematic reports and international comparative reports were published following these second and third waves of data collection. In total, IALS includes literacy data pertaining to 23 countries or regions around the world.

NSDC Publications

NSDC publications provide the bridge between what's known about high quality staff development and how you can put those ideas into practice.

Timely. Practical. Easy-to-read. They focus on topics you care about - and want to read about.

Listed below are NSDC publications available for our members. Please view any of the following to get recent articles from the publications and more detailed information.

OECD (and OECD statistics portal )

The OECD groups  30 member countries sharing a commitment to democratic government and the market economy. With active relationships with some 70 other countries , NGOs and civil society , it has a global reach. Best known for its  publications  and its statistics , its work covers economic and social issues from macroeconomics , to trade , education ,  development  and science and innovation .

Are students well prepared to meet the challenges of the future? Are they able to analyze, reason, and communicate their ideas effectively? Do they have the capacity to continue learning throughout life? Parents, students, the public and those who run education systems continually ask these questions. PISA , a three-yearly survey (2000, 2003, 2006...) of 15-year-olds in the principal industrialized countries, provides some answers. It assesses how far students near the end of compulsory education have acquired some of the knowledge and skills that are essential for full participation in society.

School Administrator

AASA, founded in 1865, is the professional organization for over 13,000 educational leaders across America and in many other countries. AASA's mission is to support and develop effective school system leaders who are dedicated to the highest quality public education for all children. AASA's major focus is standing up for public education .


The organization, with a staff of 50, is one of elementary and secondary education's longstanding professional organizations.

TIMSS/ PIRLS

PIRLS is an internationally comparative reading assessment carried out every five years. Conducted at the fourth grade, this world-wide assessment and research project is designed to measure trends in children's reading literacy achievement and collect information about the policy and practices related to learning to read and reading instruction.

TIMSS is an internationally comparative assessment dedicated to improving teaching and learning in mathematics and science for students around the world. Carried out every four years at the fourth and eighth grades, TIMSS provides data about trends in mathematics and science achievement over time.

UNESCO

UNESCO - the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded on 16 November, 1945 . For this specialized United Nations agency, it is not enough to build classrooms in devastated countries or to publish scientific breakthroughs. Education, Social and Natural Science, Culture and Communication are the means to a far more ambitious goal : to build peace in the minds of men. (more)

Today, UNESCO functions as a laboratory of ideas and a standard-setter to forge universal agreements on emerging ethical issues. The Organization also serves as a clearinghouse - for the dissemination and sharing of information and knowledge - while helping Member States to build their human and institutional capacities in diverse fields. In short, UNESCO promotes international co-operation among its 191* Member States and six Associate Members in the fields of education, science, culture and communication.
*As of March 2005