Eisenhower Regional Mathematics and Science Education Consortia
| Region: | Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands |
The Eisenhower Regional Alliance for Mathematics and Science Education Reform
Technical Education Resource Centers (TERC)
Cambridge, MA
Phone: (617) 547-0430
FAX: (617) 349-3535
e-mail: mark_kaufman@terc.edu
bob_mclaughlin@terc.edu
Internet: http://www.ra.terc.edu/
| Region: | Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia |
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Consortium for Mathematics and Science Education Research for Better Schools (RBS)
Philadelphia, PA
Phone: (215) 574-9300
FAX: (215) 574-0133
e-mail: kershner@rbs.org
Internet: http://www.rbs.org/eisenhower/index.html
| Region: | Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia |
Eisenhower Regional Consortium for Mathematics and Science
Appalachia Educational Laboratory, Inc. (AEL)
Charleston, WV
Phone: (800) 624-8120 or (304) 347-0400
FAX: (304) 347-0487
e-mail: buckleyp@ael.org or hambricka@ael.org
Internet: http://www.ael.org/_ermsc.htm
| Region: | Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina |
Eisenhower Consortium for Mathematics and Science Education
Southeastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE)
Tallahassee, FL
Phone: (904) 671-6033
FAX: (904) 671-6010
e-mail: fcumming@serve.org
Internet: http://www.serve.org/Eisenhower/
| Region: | Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin |
The Midwest Consortium for Mathematics and Science Education
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL)
Oak Brook, IL
Phone: (630) 571-4700
FAX: (630) 571-4716
e-mail: valdez@ncrel.org
Internet: http://www.ncrel.org/ncrel/msc/msc.htm
| Region: | Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas |
Eisenhower Southwest Consortium for the Improvement of Mathematics and Science Teaching
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL)
Austin, TX
Phone: (512) 476-6861
FAX: (512) 476-2286
e-mail: whoover@sedl.org
Internet: http://www.sedl.org/scimast/
| Region: | Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming |
High Plains Consortium for Mathematics and Science
Mid-Continental Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL)
Aurora, CO
Phone: (800) 949-6387 or (303) 743-5552
FAX: (303) 337-3005
e-mail: jsutton@mcrel.org
Internet: http://www.mcrel.org/hpc
| Region: | Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah |
WestEd Eisenhower Regional Consortium for Science and Mathematics Far West Eisenhower
San Francisco, CA
Phone: (415) 241-2730
FAX: (415) 241-2746
e-mail: assusma@wested.org or sschnei@wested.org
Internet: http://web.wested.org/cs/wew/view/pj/96/
| Region: | Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington |
Science and Mathematics Consortium for North West Schools (SMCNWS)
Columbia Education Center
Portland, OR
Phone: (503) 760-2346
FAX: (503) 760-5592
e-mail: Ralph@col-ed.org
Internet: http://www.col-ed.org/smcnwshp.html
| Region: | Hawaii, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau |
Pacific Mathematics and Science Regional Consortium
Pacific Region Educational Laboratory (PREL)
Honolulu, HI
Phone: (808) 533-6000
FAX: (808) 533-7599
e-mail: dumasp@prel.hawaii.edu
Internet: http://www.prel.org/work/ms/pac/ms_pacific.asp
For more information on the Eisenhower Regional Consortia, one also may contact:
Annora Bryant, Coordinator
Eisenhower Regional Consortia Program
Office of Educational Research and Improvement
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20208-5645
Phone: (202) 219-2087
e-mail: annora.bryant@ed.gov
National Education Research and Development Centers
The current educational research and development 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. Phone: (919) 966-4250. Monitor: The National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education
The UNC consortium conducts research studies connecting all projects and links with other research sites, associations, and family groups. Its research strands focus on: (1) quality of services; (2) kindergarten transitions; and (3) the kinds of interventions that will work. The Center also focuses on state policies that affect the quality of child care services, and dissemination of hypothetical case models for instructional purposes that can translate research into practice.
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. Phone: (608) 263-3605. Monitor: The National Institute on Student Achievement, Curriculum, and Assessment
The research projects at the core of the Center's activities are organized around five thematic elements: (1) modeling; (2) arguments and standards of evidence; (3) big ideas and technologies; (4) equity; and (5) assessment. Studies will be carried out as part of a collaborative design in which researchers will work with teachers and schools at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, to design and implement "test beds" to support the development and validation of practices leading to higher levels of student achievement for all students.
The research studies to be conducted by the Center at school sites throughout the United States are to be organized around: (1) student understanding; (2) important ideas in mathematics and science; (3) professional development; (4) assessment; (5) organizational support; and (6) the relationship between school mathematics and science.
National Research Center on Improving Student Learning and Achievement in English: The Research Foundation of the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, School of Education, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222. Phone: (518) 442-5029. Monitor: The National Institute on Student Achievement, Curriculum, and Assessment
The Center at the State University of New York (SUNY) Albany will specify those features of curriculum and instruction that are essential to success in english, including skills with oral and written language, literature, and other forms of communication. The Center's scope of efforts will include not only K-12 english instruction, but also other subjects where, increasingly, english skills are needed. The cross-disciplinary instruction between english and other academic subject areas (e.g., history, science, and mathematics--those that have been the focus of many recent proposals for reform) are at the heart of this proposed Center. The Center's work will be conducted in a variety of classroom settings with diverse populations of students at elementary and secondary schools, various other sites, including urban areas. In its program of research, this Center will focus on pedagogical approaches that foster literate thinking and high literacy. A total of 18 studies will be conducted.
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. Phone: (310) 206-1530. Monitor: The National Institute on Student Achievement, Curriculum, and Assessment
The University of California, Los Angeles consortium will work with state and local partners to improve the utility and trustworthiness of educational information available to the public. The consortium will: (1) engage teachers, researchers policymakers, and the public to improve assessment and its links to educational quality; (2) find ways to improve current assessment and instruction practices from the perspectives of parents, teachers, students, and policymakers; (3) develop tools, procedures, and systems to improve the quality of assessment as practiced in schools; (4) work with states and school districts, and their associations, that are engaged in reforming schools, teaching, and assessment practices; (5) find ways to improve the implementation of large scale assessment systems as they connect classroom instruction, educational reform, and equity issues; (6) create and evaluate approaches and accommodations to allow more students to participate in large scale assessments, especially students with disabilities and limited language proficiency; and (7) work with states and school districts to develop and validate new models for assessing individual and group problem solving, with attention to equity and fairness for special populations, and assist them in making trustworthy interpretations of this information.
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. Phone: (408) 459-4114. Monitor: The National Institute on the Education of At-Risk Students
The Santa Cruz consortium is intended to assist the nation's populations of diverse students, including those at risk of educational failure, to achieve high academic standards. The Center's central programs include the following five programs: (1) Language Learning; (2) Professional Development; (3) Families, Peers and Communities; (4) Teaching and Learning in Context; and (5) Integrated Reform. Within these central programs, the Center will address core issues and problems related to students from all major linguistic, cultural and ethnic groups, including students facing four risk factors for educational failure--limited english proficiency, poverty, race, and geographic location.
In addition, the Center will pursue a Data Analysis and Archiving Program, which will provide data useful to the research of each of the five central programs, and a collaboration program, which will support partnerships and outreach to educators, policymakers and national organizations interested in school improvement and increased student achievement.
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. Phone: (215) 573-0700, ext. 224. Monitor: The National Institute on Educational Governance, Finance, Policymaking, and Management
The Pennsylvania led Consortium will conduct a coherent program of research on state and local education reform efforts. This research program will contribute to the theory and knowledge-base on improving student learning and instructional quality through reform and will foster a continuing dialogue between the producers and consumers of research.
The research is complemented by a dissemination program that is: (1) designed to meet the needs of the center's constituents -- "reform communities" that include teachers, administrators, parents business and community leaders, higher education faculty and officials interested in K-12 reform, local and state board of education members, reformers in nongovernmental organizations, governors, legislators, and chief state school officers; (2) is integrated with other center activities; (3) is continuous; and, (4) relies on existing channels whenever possible. The program of research is organized into three program areas: School Reform, Policy and Governance, and School Finance.
National Center for Postsecondary Improvement: Stanford Institute for Higher Education Research, 508 Ceras Building, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-4125. Phone: (415) 723-7727. Monitor: The National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning
Stanford's research and development agenda includes: (1) Postsecondary Organizational Improvement: Restructuring and Beyond; (2) Transitions in Education and Work; (3) Participation and Outcomes of Postsecondary Education; (4) Postsecondary Professional Development; (5) Student Learning and Institutional Assessment; and (6) Quality, Productivity, and Efficiency in Postsecondary Education.
National Reading Research Center (NRRC):University of Georgia, 318 Aderhold. Athens, GA 30602-7125. Phone: (706) 542-3678. Monitor: The National Institute on Student Achievement, Curriculum, and Assessment
The Center is charged with expanding the knowledge base on children's and adolescents' acquisition of reading proficiency and the use of that proficiency to learn from text. The NRRC's research embraces four major program areas: (1) instruction; (2) learning; (3) assessment; and (4) professional development. This last program area recognizes that successful instruction, learning, and assessment in reading must engage teachers as well as learners.
Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed At Risk (CRESPAR): Johns Hopkins University, CSOS, 3505 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. Phone: (410) 516-8800. Monitor: The National Institute on the Education of At-Risk Students
The Center focuses on how inner city and rural schools, families and community agencies can work together to ensure that students placed at risk of educational failure achieve their full potential throughout their schooling and beyond. Three themes underlie the work of the Center: (1) ensuring success at key points in children's development and schooling; (2) building on personal and cultural assets; and (3) scaling up successful programs.
The Center's work is organized into seven programs: (1) Resilience and Cultural Integrity; (2) Early Education and Development; (3) School and Classroom Interventions--Elementary Schools; (4) School and Classroom Interventions--Middle and High Schools; (5) Language Minority Studies; (6) School, Family, and Community Partnerships; and (7) Systemic and Policy-Related Studies.
National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC G/T): University of Connecticut, 362 Fairfield Road U-7, Storrs, CT 06269-2007. Phone: (860) 486-4676. Monitor: The National Institute on the Education of At-Risk Students
The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented is a resource for schools looking for better, more effective ways to identify and help gifted and talented students from under served populations (e.g., students who speak limited English, have a disability, or are economically disadvantaged).
The Center's research is designed to answer such basic questions as:
What are the most effective ways of identifying, nurturing, and developing the many talents of students from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds? How can schools ensure that all students are provided with challenging learning opportunities?For further information on the five OERI institutes and these research centers, one also may contact:How can programs developed for gifted and talented students be used to improve the education of all students within a school?
How can researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and others work together to design and conduct research and ensure that it informs policy and practice?
Jackie Jenkins
National Institute on Student Achievement, Curriculum, and Assessment
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Room 510g
Phone: (202) 219-2232
FAX: (202) 219-2135
e-mail: Jackie.Jenkins@ed.gov
Sandra Steed
National Institute on the Education of At-Risk Students
U.S. Department of Education
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20208-5521
Phone: (202) 219-2197
FAX: (202) 219-2030
e-mail: sandra.steed@ed.gov
Veda Bright
National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education
U.S. Department of Education
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20208
Phone: (202) 219-1935
FAX: (202) 219-4768
e-mail: veda.bright@ed.gov
Barbara Lieb
National Institute on Educational Governance, Finance, Policymaking, and Management.
U.S. Department of Education
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20208-5510
Phone: (202) 219-2191
FAX: (202) 219-2159
e-mail: barbara.lieb@ed.gov
Norman Brandt
National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning
U.S. Department of Education
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20208-5531
Phone: (202) 219-1662
FAX: (202) 501-3005
e-mail: norman.brandt@ed.gov
National Library of Education (NLE)
The National Library of Education (NLE) is the largest federally sponsored library devoted to education information and is one of four national libraries in the United States. NLE is a virtual library that provides its customers with access to education information in all formats and from a wide variety of sources. The core collection of the library consists of over 200,000 volumes, 800 serials, and 1 million microfiche items and is accessible to the public between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. every business day at 80 F Street, NW, Washington, DC. NLE also operates a toll-free reference telephone line 1-800-424-1616 that is staffed during business hours and equipped to receive inquiries and direct customer's calls at all times.
Among the key public services of NLE, in addition to reference information and statistics about education, are:
- distribution of free single copies of all OERI and NCES publications while supplies last;
- management of national referral networks of information providers to help customers locate what they need;
- operation of the U.S. Department of Education's Home Page on the World Wide Web http://www.ed.gov/ a site that has won over 50 national awards, provides direct access to many Department publications, and links to many other important education sites; and
- maintenance of the Department's Online Library of information on new education initiatives and activities.
NLE also administers the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system, a group of 16 Clearinghouses and support contractors that maintain the world's largest database related to education, nearly 1 million document files and growing. ERIC is a well-known and respected program that has existed since 1966 to provide service to educators, parents, students, and researchers. The ERIC database includes lesson plans, curriculum materials, research publications, journal articles, and grey literature related to all aspects of education and educational reform at all levels.
ERIC database and document collections are housed in 3,000 locations worldwide, including most major public and university libraries and a growing number of school districts. Extensive user assistance is provided via a toll-free information number (1-800 LET ERIC) an Internet help address (acceric@inet.ed.gov), the Ask ERIC free Internet question-and-answer service (askeric@ericir.syr.edu), the National Parent Information Network (NPIN) (askeece@uiuc.edu or http://ericps.ed.uiuc.edu/npin/), and the ERIC Virtual Library (http://ericir.syr.edu/). All of the Clearinghouses can be accessed through these channels.
NLE's central facility and staff serve nearly 50,000 telephone and over 1 million Internet customers a year; ERIC serves over 100,000 callers and 2 million Internet customers a year.
For more information, contact any of the above locations or:
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Blane K. Dessy Executive Director National Library of Education 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20208-2253 NLE Office: (202) 219-2289 e-mail: library@inet.ed.gov URL: http://www.ed.gov/ |
Keith M. Stubbs, Bob Thomas, or Kevin Arundel ERIC Program/NLE 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20208-5721 ERIC Office: (202) 219-1803 e-mail: eric@inet.ed.gov URL: http://www.ed.gov/ |
The Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) funds ten Regional Educational Laboratories to promote knowledge-based school improvement, to help educators solve their most pressing and difficult issues, and to help all students meet high standards. Laboratories work with schools and school districts, states, research institutions and community-based organizations to develop, assess and refine ways to implement effective educational reform. Under the guidance of regional governing boards, the Laboratories:
- work with states and localities to develop and implement broad-based comprehensive school improvement strategies through provision of information, training and technical assistance, and development or implementation of research-based programs;
- promote widespread access to information regarding research and best practice, and create communities of learners to engage collaboratively with the Laboratories in development and dissemination; and
- provide objective support for regional forums to discuss and debate emerging policy issues.
| Region: | Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands |
Northeast and Islands Laboratory at Brown University (LAB)
Providence, RI
Phone: (800) 521-9550 or (401) 274-9548
FAX: (401) 421-7650
e-mail: LAB@brown.edu
| Region: | Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania |
Mid-Atlantic Laboratory for Students Success (LSS)
Philadelphia, PA
Phone: (800) 892-5550 or (215) 204-3030
FAX: (215) 204-5130
e-mail: LSS@vm.temple.edu
Internet: http://www.temple.edu/departments/LSS
| Region: | Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia |
Appalachia Educational Laboratory (AEL)
Charleston, WV
Phone: (800) 624-9120 or (304) 347-0400
FAX: (304) 347-0487
e-mail: aelinfo@ael.org
Internet: http://www.ael.org
| Region: | Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina |
Southeastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE)
Greensboro, NC
Phone: (800) 755-3277 or (910) 334-3211
FAX: (910) 334-3268
e-mail: info@serve.org
Internet: http://www.serve.org
| Region: | Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin |
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL)
Oak Brook, IL
Phone: (800) 356-2735 or (630) 571-4700
FAX: (630) 571-4716
e-mail: info@ncrel.org
Internet: http://www.ncrel.org
| Region: | Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas |
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SDEL)
Austin, TX
Phone: (800) 476-6861 or (512) 476-2286
FAX: (512) 476-2286
e-mail: jpollard@sedl.org
Internet: http://www.sedl.org
| Region: | Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming |
Mid-Continental Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL)
Aurora, CO
Phone: (303) 337-0990
FAX: (303) 337-3005
e-mail: info@mcrel.org
Internet: http://www.mcrel.org
| Region: | Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah |
WestEd (Uniting the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and
Development (FWL) and the Southwest Regional Laboratory (SWRL))
San Francisco, CA
Phone: (415) 565-3000
FAX: (415) 565-3012
e-mail: tross@wested.org
Internet: http://www.wested.org
| Region: | Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington |
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL)
Portland, OR
Phone: (503) 275-0448
FAX: (503) 275-9489
e-mail: info@nwrel.org
Internet: http://www.nwrel.org
| Region: | Hawaii, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau |
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL)
Honolulu, HI
Phone: (808) 533-6000
FAX: (808) 533-7599
e-mail: askprel@prel.hawaii.edu
Internet: http://www.prel.org/
For more information on the regional laboratories, one also may contact:
Robert Stonehill or Carol Chelemer
Office of Educational Research and Improvement
Office of Reform Assistance and Dissemination
State and Local Support Division
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20208
Phone: (202) 219-2088 or (202) 219-2235
e-mail: robert.stonehill@ed.gov
Regional Technology in Education Consortia (R-TEC)
The Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) currently funds the following six consortia:
| Northeast Region: | Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont |
City University of New York: Research Foundation
New York, NY
Phone: (212) 541-0972
FAX: (212) 541-0357
e-mail: blbbh@cunyvm.cuny.edu
Internet: (Note: no longer on-line)
| Southeast & Islands Region: | Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands |
Southeastern Regional Vision for Education, Inc. (SERVE)
Atlanta, GA
Phone: (800) 659-3204
Help line: (404) 892-0100
FAX: (404) 577-7812
e-mail: webmaster@serve.org
Internet: http://www.serve.org/seir-tec/
| North Central Region: | Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota and Wisconsin |
North Central Regional Education Laboratory
Oak Brook, IL
Phone: (630) 571-4700
FAX: (630) 571-4716
e-mail: rknuth@ncrel.org
Internet: http://www.ncrtec.org/
| South Central Region: | Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas |
University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning
Lawrence, KS
Phone: (913) 864-0699
FAX: (913) 864-0704
e-mail: info@scrtec.rtec.org
Internet: http://www.scrtec.rtec.org/
| Pacific/Southwest Region: | Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Republic of the Marshall Islands and Republic of Palau |
California State University, Long Beach
Center for Language Minority Education and Research
Long Beach, CA
Phone: (562) 985-1570 or 985-7440
FAX: (562) 985-1774
e-mail: clmer@csulb.edu
| Northwest Region: | Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming |
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
Portland, OR
Phone: (800) 211-9435 (hotline) or (503) 275-9500 x658
FAX: (503) 275-0449
e-mail: netc@nwrel.org
Internet: http://www.netc.org
For more information on the regional technology consortia, one also may contact:
Catherine Mozer Connor
Regional Technology in Education Consortia Program
Office of Educational Research and Improvement
Room 506a, Capitol Place
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20208-5644
Phone: (202) 219-8070
e-mail: cconnor@inet.ed.gov
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