For the whole chapter:

American Educational Research Association
The AERA publishes four journals for educational research, and you can find articles on topics related to this chapter in their online archives.

Center for Educational Reform
This group's web site includes information about a variety of the topics in this chapter, including school choice and standards.

Office of Educational Research and Improvement
This part of the U.S. Department of Education provides research and statistics on educational improvement efforts and supports improvement activities.



Imperatives to Improve the Schools

At-Risk Students
The North Central Regional Educational Laboratory offers a collection of multimedia articles on helping at-risk students as part of its excellent "Pathways to Improvement" series.

Institute for Research on Poverty
You can find information about a variety of topics, including education, at the web site of this research institute at the University of Wisconsin.

National Center for Children in Poverty
This research center's mission is "identifying strategies to prevent child poverty in the United States and improve the lives of low-income children and families."

Urban Education
AskERIC, the gateway to the Education Resources Information Center, has created this handy collection of links to helpful sites where you can learn more about urban schools.



Characteristics of Effective Classrooms and Schools

Effective Schools
This private consulting company makes some of its research reports, including "Correlates of Effective Schools," available for free at its web site.

Effective Schools and Teachers
This site from the World Bank profiles effective schools all over the world and offers a knowledge resource base on effective teaching and learning.



Case Studies of Successful U.S. Schools

As described in your textbook, you can learn more about specific schools that have been especially successful at a number of sites, including:
Case Studies from the National Study of High-Performing, High-Poverty Schools
This is part of a site from the STAR center, supporting academic reform in the state of Texas.

Lessons from High-Performing, High-Poverty Schools
This is from a project sponsored by the National Heritage Foundation.

New American High School Showcase Sites
Presented by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Vocational and Adult Education.

Schools to Watch
Presented by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform.

Stories of Higher-Success and Lower-Success Elementary Schools
This is part of a larger project on school improvement in the state of Maryland.



The Process of School Improvement and Reform

Leadership
The North Central Regional Educational Laboratory offers a collection of multimedia articles on leading schools in educational reform as part of its excellent "Pathways to Improvement" series.



Improvement Approaches Across Grade Levels

Comer School Development Program
This is the web site of the Comer School Development Program described in your textbook.

Educational Testing Service
You may be able to find information about the Equity 2000 program described in your textbook at the ETS site.

HOTS Home Page
This is the web site of the Higher Order Thinking Skills program described in your textbook.

Success for All
This is the web site of the Success for All program described in your textbook.



Reform Programs to Improve Whole Schools

Catalog of School Reform Models
The Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory and the federal government's National Clearinghouse for Comprehensive School Reform have created this site, which describes 32 different models of whole-school reform.

Educational Technology
The educational technology area of AskERIC is a handy collection of recent articles and links to publications and organizations dealing with educational technology, selected from the vast resources available about this topic on the World Wide Web.

An Educator's Guide to Schoolwide Reform
This study of 24 different approaches was commissioned by a consortium of several professional organizations.

National Clearinghouse for Comprehensive School Reform
This is the web site of the Comprehensive School Reform project described in your textbook.

New American Schools
This is the web site of the New American Schools organization described in your textbook.



Related Efforts and Aspects Involving Educational Effectiveness

American Federation of Teachers
Reports on charter schools, vouchers, and other school choice subjects are available from the research department of the AFT.

Children and Computer Technology
The Fall/Winter 2000 issue of Future of Children, available at this site, is all about children and computer technology.

Choice
The weekly online publication Education Week has created this "hot topic" summary of information and resources about school choice.

Community Partnerships
The weekly online publication Education Week has created this "hot topic" summary of information and resources about community partnerships in education.



The Digital Divide

For more information on equity concerns related to educational technology, visit the Technology@Schoolfeature for the chapter on Social Class, Race and School Achievement.


Edison Schools, Inc.
Edison Schools is the country's leading private manager of public schools. At its web site, you can read reports about schools managed by the company.

Free-Market.net
Studies supporting school choice approaches are emphasized in the scholarly reports area of this organization's web site.

Gifted Education
AskERIC, the gateway to the Education Resources Information Center, presents this handy collection of links to helpful sites where you can learn more about programs for talented and gifted students.

Private Education
AskERIC, the gateway to the Education Resources Information Center, makes available this handy collection of links to helpful sites where you can learn more about non-public schools.

Privatization of Public Education
The weekly online publication Education Week has created this "hot topic" summary of information and resources about privatization.

Rural Education
AskERIC, the gateway to the Education Resources Information Center, has created this handy collection of links to helpful sites where you can learn more about rural schools.

Year Round Education
AskERIC, the gateway to the Education Resources Information Center, has created this handy collection of links to helpful sites where you can learn more about year-round schedules.



Systemic Restructuring and Standards-Based Reform

State Standards and Assessment Information on the Internet
To find out where you can learn more about the content standards and assessment practices of U.S. states, visit the Technology@Schoolfeature for this chapter.


Standards
The weekly online publication Education Week has created this "hot topic" summary of information and resources about standards-based education.

The State of State Standards
This report from the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation gives each state letter grades on such aspects of standards as measurability and alignment with state assessments.