Bureau of Justice Assistance - Center for Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement

Useful Links

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Assessment, Measurement, and Instruments

APA: FAQ on Psychological Tests
Buros Institute of Mental Measurements
ERIC/AE Test Locator
Educational Testing Service (ETS)
Institute for Research in Social Science Public Opinion Questionaire Database
Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment
National Association of Test Directors (NATD)
The National Science Foundation
National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME)
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory: Assessment
NorthWest Regional Educational Laboratory: Assessment & Evaluation
United Way of America: Resource Network on Outcome Measurement

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Data and Statistics

Sites with links to other WWW sites

Data Resources for Sociologists
Fedstats: One Stop Shopping for Federal Statistics
Internet Resources for Institutional Research
Search for Social Science Data on the Net
University of Michigan Statistical Resources on the Web

Statistics/Data Analysis How-To's

Basic Principles of Statistical Analysis (Baker)
Statistical Methods in Psychology Journals: Guidelines and Explanations

Data Sources

Census Bureau
Centers for Disease Control
Child Welfare League of America National Data Analysis System
ChildStats.gov: Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
Council of European Social Science Data Archives
General Social Survey Data and Information Retrieval System
Institute for Research in Social Science Data Archive
International Archive of Educational Data
InterUniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research Data Archives
Library of Congress, Federal Research Division, Country Studies, Area Handbook Series
National Center for Education Statistics
National Science Foundation, Science Resources Statistics
Population Index on the Web at Princeton
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut
SDA: Survey Document and Analysis Data Archives
Social Sciences Data Collection, University of California, San Diego
StatisticsCanada
WebCASPAR: NSF's Data Archives for Academic Science and Engineering
World Factbook

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Evaluation Associations

American Evaluation Association
Canadian Evaluation Society
European Evaluation Society
National Council on Measurement in Education
Oregon Program Evaluators Network
Southeast Evaluation Association
UK Evaluation Society
Washington Evaluators

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Evaluation LISTSERVs

AERA Division H: School Evaluation & Program Development LISTSERV
EVALTALK Archives

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Foundations

Foundations On-line: Directory of Charitable Grantmakers

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Annie E. Casey Foundation
AT&T Foundation
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Century Foundation: Policy in Perspective
David and Lucile Packard Foundation: The Future of Our Children
Ford Foundation
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
MacArthur Foundation
Pew Charitable Trusts
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
W.K.Kellogg Foundation

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Federal Government Agencies

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Census Bureau
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Education Program Evaluation
Department of Education
Department of Justice

Office of Justice Programs

Bureau of Justice Assistance

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Community Capacity Development Office

National Institute of Justice

Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention

Office for Victims of Crime

Violence Against Women Office
General Accounting Office
National Center for Education Statistics
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Standards & Technology: National Quality Program
National Science Foundation
Office of Special Education Programs
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

Tools to Locate Government Agencies

FedWorld Information Network
Government Information Locator Service
State and Local Government on the Net
LSU Library of U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory

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Journals and On-line Publications

Education Policy Analysis Archives
Education Review: A Journal of Book Reviews
Evaluation and Program Planning
MandE (Monitoring and Evaluation) NEWS
Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation
Studies in Educational Evaluation

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On-line Documents

Full-text state statutes and legislation

Individual Evaluation How-To Documents

A Guide for Planning and Implementing Site Visits, The Evaluation Center
An Educator's Guide to Evaluating Technology in the Schools
Community Toolbox, University of Kansas
Evaluating Comprehensive Community Change
Evaluation Checklists, The Evaluation Center
Evaluation Cookbook
Guidelines for Legislative Language for Program Evaluation
NSF's User-Friendly Handbook for Mixed-Method Evaluations
Planning & Conducting Performance-based Evals. (Wholey & McLaughlin)
Taking Stock: A Practical Guide to Evaluating Your Own Programs
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook (PDF file)

Sites with Multiple Evaluation How-To Documents

American Institutes for Research
CDC Evaluation Working Group
Evaluation Exchange, Harvard Family Research Center
Evaluation for Learning: Greater Kalamazoo Evaluation Project Newsletters
Free Management Library: Evaluations and Research Methods
HIV InSite: Evaluating HIV Prevention Programs
Human Services Research Institute Evaluation Center
The Measurement Group Evaluation & Dissemination Center
Washington State Institute for Public Policy

Libraries and Document Repositories

Education-line : Electronic texts in education & training
Education Policy Analysis Archives
Center for Electronic Records
Center for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval
Government Printing Office
Internet Public Library
JRSA's Juvenile Justice Publications
Library of Congress Online Catalog
National Archives and Records Administration
Problem-Oriented Guides for Police Series
ProQuest Digital Dissertations

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Organizations With Evaluation-Related Information

American Educational Research Association
American Institutes for Research
American Psychological Association
Annenberg/CPB Projects Learner Online
Center for Mental Health Services Knowledge Exchange Network
Gallup Organization
Human Services Research Institute
Innonet: Innovation Network, Inc.
InterEd
Internet Public Library Associations
Institute for Public Policy Research in the UK
International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement
International Development Research Center: Evaluation Unit
Mathematica Policy Research
National Network of Regional Educational Labs
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
RAND
Research Forum at the National Center for Children in Poverty
Search Institute
Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC)
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
United Way of America
Urban Institute
World Conservation Union (IUCN)
Worldbank's Economic Development Institute Evaluation Unit
WestEd

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Sites with Links to Other WWW Lists

Resources for Evaluation and Social Research Methods
Sociometrics' Evaluation WWW Links
U.S. Department of Education Cross-Site Indexing

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State Agency Contacts

State Administering Agencies (SAAs)
Statistical Analysis Centers (SACs)

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University-Affiliated Research/Evaluation Centers

Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Brown University
Center for Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University
Centre for Health Economics, University of York
Center for Prevention Research & Development, University of Illinois
Consortium for Research on Educational Accountability & Teacher Eval., University of Michigan
CRESST (National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing), UCLA
Empowerment Evaluation Institute, Stanford University
Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University
George Washington University Center for Equity and Excellence in Education
Institute for Research in Social Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Institute for Social Research, York University
International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut
Social and Economic Sciences Research Center, Washington State University
Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University
Transition Research Institute, University of Illinois
UW Extension, Progam Development & Evaluation Unit

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