Archived: New National Education Research and Development Centers

A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Achieving the Goals--Goal 5 - First in the World in Math and Science Technology Resources - November 1996

Appendix F

New National Education Research and Development Centers

The National Educational Research and Development Center Program is administered by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI). OERI funds research and development centers across the country to carry out sustained research and development initiatives that address nationally significant problems and issues in education. Center awards are made to eligible higher education agencies, institutions of higher education in consort with public or nonprofit organizations, or to interstate agencies established by special compacts.

The eight centers are:

National Center to Enhance 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
Monitor: The National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education

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

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

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
Monitor: The National Institute on Student Achievement, Curriculum, and Assessment

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
Monitor: The National Institute on the Education of At-Risk Students

National Research and Development Center on Increasing the Effectiveness of State and Local Education Reform Efforts
Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CARE)
Graduate School of Education
University of Pennsylvania
3440 Market Street, Suite 560
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3325
(215) 573-0700, ext. 224
Monitor: The National Institute on Educational Governance, Finance, Policy making, and Management

National Center for Postsecondary Improvement
Stanford Institute for Higher Education Research
508 Ceras Building
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-4125
(415) 723-7727
Monitor: The National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning

National Reading Research Center (NRRC)
University of Georgia
318 Aderhold, Athens, GA 30602-7125
(706) 542-3678
Monitor: The National Institute on Student Achievement, Curriculum, and Assessment
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