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Associations, Institutions, etc.

• American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• American Federation of Teachers
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
• Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
• Council for Exceptional Children
• Educational Associations and Organizations (list from U.S. Departmen of Education)
• International Reading Association (IRA)
• National Art Education Association (NAEA)
• National Association for Music Education (MENC)
• National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
• National Association of Bilingual Education (NABE)
• National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
• National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
• National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
• National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ)
• National Education Association (NEA)
• National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

Children's and Young Adult Literature

• About Children's Books (about.com's recommended reading lists & online resources)
• Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site (reviews and teaching ideas)
• Cleveland Public Library Catalog (access to their outstanding children's literature collection)
• Cooperative Children's Book Center (examination, study, and research library)
• Finding Background Information, Reviews and Criticism of Children's Literature (CSU Library guide)
• Finding Children's and Young Adult Literature in CSU Library (CSU Library guide)
• Finding Juvenile Literature Through SCHOLAR Catalog (CSU Library guide)
• Literary and Related Awards (American Library Association)
• Multicultural Children's Book Database (a collaborative project of the University Library and the Collection of Teacher Education)
• Reach Out and Read (program that promotes the value of reading aloud to children)
• Sugarman Awards Distinguished Book Lists (Cleveland Public Library’s book list for children)

Cleveland and Ohio Schools

• Annual Report on the Quality of Teacher Education in Ohio (descriptions of and qualitative data on 51 teacher education programs)
• Catalyst Cleveland (newsmagazine for Cleveland school reform)
• Center for the Teaching Profession
  • Education Licensure
• Cleveland Municipal School District
• Education Commission of the States (ECS)
• High School Graduation Tests
• INFOhio (statewide consortium of Ohio school libraries)
• Local Report Card (LRC)
• Ohio Department of Education (most extensive information about Ohio education, including report cards, proficiency test information, academic content standards)
• Ohio Graduation Tests (OGT)
• Ohio Resource Center for Mathematics, Science, and Reading (supports academic content standards with peer-reviewed best practices websites)
• Project Act (educational support group for homeless children of Cleveland)
• Testing and Assessments

CSU Education Department

• About the CSU Education Collection
• College of Education & Human Services
• Education Course Reserves
• New Acquisitions

Employment

• Books about Teaching Careers in CSU Library (CSU Library guide)
• Career Websites: Education (CSU Career Services Center)
• Center for the Teaching Profession (Ohio Department of Education information and application materials for state licensure)
• Teachers@Work (National Educator's Employment Network)

Higher Education

• Annual Report on the Quality of Teacher Education in Ohio (descriptions of and qualitative data on 51 teacher education programs)
• Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education
• College Source (college catalogs)
• CSU College of Education and Human Services
• GRE Online (registration and preparation material for the Graduate Record Examination)
• Measuring Up: The State-by-State Report Card for Higher Education
• Ohio Board of Regents
• Petersons.com (information on test preparation, financial aid, and entrance essays)
• Postsecondary Educational Institutions and Programs Accredited by Accrediting Agencies and State Approval Agencies Recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education
• The Top American Research Universities (The Center)
• USNews.com: Education: College (college rankings and comparisons)
• Ohio's Campuses (Ohio Board of Regents)

Journals

• Book Studies & Arts
• College & School Publications
• Chronicle of Higher Education
• Education - General
• Education, Special Topics
• Educational Institutions
• History of Education
• Student Fraternities & Societies - U.S.
• Theory & Practice of Education

K-12 Resources and Lesson Plans

• The Awesome Library
• Blue Web'n
• Center for Media Literacy
• Child Care and Early Education Research Connection (CCEERC)
• Education World (search engine)
• Educator's Reference Desk
• Edutopia
• FREE (Federal Resources for Educational Excellence)
• Gale Free Resources (black history, Hispanic heritage, women's history, poets)
• The Gateway to 21st Century Skills
• goENC.com (formerly ENC Online)
• Homework Now (State Library of Ohio homework help site)
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
• LD OnLine
• Lesson Plans Library (DiscoverySchool.com)
• The Literacy Web at the University of Connecticut
• NASA's Education Program
• New York Times Learning Network (news summaries with related lesson plans)
• PBS Teachers
• ReadWriteThink
• Smithsonian Education
• Teacher's Domain
• TeacherServe

Reference Resources

• Encyclopædia Britannica School Edition
• Reference Books for Educational Research (CSU Library guide)
• Specialized Reference Books for Educational Research (CSU Library guide)
• UN Educational Portal
• World of Learning

Research Databases

• Core Research Databases:
  • Education Full Text
  • Education Research Complete
  • ERIC
    • ERIC Tutorial (Miami)
    • How to Find ERIC Documents
  • Professional Development Collection
    
• Additional Databases:
  • Academic Search Complete Video Help
  • Educational Directory
  • Electronic Journal Center: Education
  • Physical Education Index
  • Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
  • PsycINFO (1967- )
  • PsycINFO Historic (1887-1966)
  • SPORTDiscus with Full Text
  • Teacher Reference Center

Standards and Benchmarks K-12

• Academic Content Standards (Ohio Dept. of Education's standards by discipline)
• Content Knowledge (compilation of content standards for K-12 curriculum)
• Education Standards (print K-12 standards and benchmarks on Reserve in the CSU Library)
• The Nation's Report Card (National Assessment of Educational Progress)
• No Child Left Behind (information for parents on the federal education reform law)
• Ohio Resource Center for Mathematics, Science, and Reading (supports academic content standards with peer-reviewed best practices websites)
• TeacherUniverse Standards Locator (national and state standards)

Statistics

• National Center for Education Statistics (primary resource for U.S. educational statistics)
  • The Condition of Education
  • The Digest of Education Statistics
  • Indicators of School Crime and Safety
  • Projections of Education Statistics to 2015
  • Youth Indicators
• Ohio Department of Education: Data and Statistics (primary resource for Ohio educational statistics)
• World Data on Education (select DATABANKS, select COUNTRY DOSSIERS, scroll and select COUNTRY from upper right menu)

Tests and Mental Measurements

• ETS Test Collection (library of 20,000 tests and other measurement devices)
• Health and Psychosocial Instruments 1985-
• Mental Measurements Yearbook
• Tests in Print