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Achieving the Goals: Goal 4 Teacher Professional Development - August 1996

Appendix III

U.S. Department of Education

National Educational Research and Development Centers

To help improve and strengthen student learning in the United States, the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) supports National Educational Research and Development Centers. The Centers are conducting research on topics that will help policy makers, practitioners, and parents meet the national education goals by the year 2000. The centers are addressing specific topics such as early childhood education, student achievement in core academic subjects, teacher preparation and training, systemic education reform and restructuring, school governance and finance, and postsecondary education and life-long learning.

Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk

Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk (CRESPAR)
Johns Hopkins University, CSOS
3505 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
(410) 516-8800

Enhancing Young Children's Development and Learning

National Center for Early Development and Learning
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center
CB #4100
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-4100
(919) 966-4250

Improving Postsecondary Education

National Center for Postsecondary Improvement
Stanford Institute for Higher Education Research
508 Ceras Building
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-4125
(415) 723-7727

Improving Student Assessment and Educational Accountability

Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST)
University of California, Los Angeles
Graduate School of Education
1339 Moore Hall
405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024
(310) 206-1530

Improving Student Learning and Achievement

National Research and Development Center on Achievement in School Mathematics and Science
Wisconsin Center for Education Research
University of Wisconsin--Madison
1025 West Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-3605

Increasing the Effectiveness of State and Local Education Reform Efforts

National Research and Development Center on Increasing the Effectiveness
       of State and Local Education Reform Efforts
Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE)
Graduate School of Education
University of Pennsylvania
3440 Market Street, Suite 560
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3325
(215) 573-0700, ext. 224

Meeting the Educational Needs of a Diverse Student Population

National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning
The Regents of the University of California
The University of California
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
(408) 459-4114

National Reading Research Center

National Reading Research Center (NRRC)
University of Georgia
318 Alderhold
Athens, GA 30602-7125
(706) 542-3678

National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented

National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC G/T)
University of Connecticut
362 Fairfield Road U-7
Storrs, CT 06269-2007
(860) 486-4676

Student Learning and Achievement in English

National Research Center on Improving Student Learning and Achievement in English
The Research Foundation of the State University of New York
University of Albany, SUNY
School of Education
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
(518) 442-5029
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