RESOURCES
Structural Equation Modeling Websites
- AMOS
- EQS
- LISREL
- M-Plus
- Mx
- STREAMS
- Proc CALIS – SAS
- SEPATH – Statistica
- Institute for Objective Measurement
Measurement and Statistics Websites
- Rasch Software
- Assessment Systems
- Educational Testing Service
- American College Testing
- ETS Test Database
- Mathematical Software Sources
- Statistical Software Sources
- Scientific Computing Environments
- Computer Adaptive Testing
Publishers
- Taylor & Francis – Psychology Press
- Sage Publications
- University Press of America
- ProGamma
- Springer Verlag
- Insightful
- Chest Pain 3D-Cube
- Statistical Help
Evaluation & Related Associations
- National Evaluation Organizations Contact List
- American Evaluation Association
- Association pour le Développement des Méthodologies d’Evaluation en Education–Canada
- Association pour le Développement des Méthodologies d’Evaluation en Education–Europe
- Australasian Evaluation Society
- Canadian Evaluation Society
- European Evaluation Society
- German Evaluation Society
- Italian Evaluation Society
- UK Evaluation Society
- Oregon Program Evaluators Network
- Southeast Evaluation Association
- Washington Evaluators
- American Educational Research Association
- American Psychological Association
- National Council on Measurement in Education
Foundations
- Foundations On-line: Directory of Charitable Grantmakers
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Annie E. Casey Foundation
- ATT&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
- DeWitt Wallace Reader’s Digest Fund
- Ford Foundation
- Grantmakers Evaluation Network
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- MacArthur Foundation
- Pew Charitable Trusts
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- W.K.Kellogg Foundation
University-Affiliated Research/Evaluation Centers
- Academic Survey Research Centers, Princeton University
- AIRAssociates, The Action Evaluation Project, Haverford College
- Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Brown University
- Centre for Applied Social Surveys, University of Southampton
- Center for Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University
- Centre for Health Economics, University of York
- Center for Mental Health Policy, Vanderbilt University
- Center for Prevention Research & Development, University of Illinois
- Centre for Program Evaluation, University of Melbourne
- Consortium for Research on Educational Accountability & Teacher Eval., UMich
- CRESST (Natl. Center for Research on Eval., Standards, & Student Testing), UCLA
- Empowerment Evaluation Institute, Stanford University
- Evaluation Assistance Center, George Washington University
- Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University
- Evaluation Exchange, Harvard Family Research Center
- EvNet: Evaluation of Education and Training Technologies, McMaster University
- Evaluation Project, Caroline Population Center, University of North Carolina
- German Center for Evaluation, University of Cologne
- 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, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
- InterUniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research
- National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota
- NORC–National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago
- 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
- Survey Research Center, Princeton University
- Transition Research Institute, University of Illinois
- Trochim’s Center for Social Research Methods, Cornell University
- UW Extension, Progam Development & Evaluation Unit
Journals and On-line Publications
- Action Research International
- Education Policy Analysis Archives
- Education Review: A Journal of Book Reviews
- Evaluation and Program Planning
- Evalution and the Health Professions
- Evaluation Exchange at Harvard
- Evaluation: International Journal of Theory, Research & Practice
- Evaluation Review
- Evaluation Review: Journal of Applied Social Research
- Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
- MandE (Monitoring and Evaluation) NEWS
- Measurement & Evaluation in Counseling & Development
- Studies in Educational Evaluation
Publishers and Distributors
- American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)
- Assessment Systems Corporation
- Cambridge University Press
- Council on Quality and Leadership on Supports for People with Disabilities
- Harvard University Press
- Jossey-Bass, Inc.
- Kluwer Academic Publishers On-line
- Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
- National Academy Press
- Prentice-Hall
- Random Online
- Sage Publications
- Amazon.com: Books, Music & More!
- DealPilot.com, the Ultimate Comparison Shopping Engine
- ERIC/AE Bookstore
ERIC Resources
- AskERIC
- ERIC: Educational Resources Info Center
- ERIC/AE Bookstore
- ERIC/AE Clearinghouse on Assessment & Evaluation
- ERIC/AE Full Text Internet Library
- ERIC/AE Test Locator
- ERIC Digests
- Search ERIC Home Page
Individual Evaluation How-To Documents
- An Educator’s Guide to Evaluating Technology in the Schools
- Contracting for Evaluations by Stufflebeam
- Designing Evaluations, GAO
- Designing Projects & Evaluations … Logical Framework Approach
- Evaluating Comprehensive Community Change
- Evaluation Cookbook
- Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health
- Getting Smart, Getting Real: Using Research and Evaluation Information
- Guidelines for Legislative Language for Program Evaluation
- Joint Committee Standards on Evaluation: Personnel Evaluation
- Joint Committee Standards on Evaluation: Program Evaluation
- NSF’s User-Friendly Handbook for Mixed-Method Evaluations
- Online Evaluation Workbook
- Performance Measurement … MHSIP Consumer Oriented Report Card
- Planning & Conducting Performance-based Evals. (Wholey & McLaughlin)
- Planning, Monitoring, & Evaluation of Programme Performance
- Practical Eval. for Public Managers: Getting the Information You Need
- Precede/Proceed Model for Development & Eval. of Health Ed. Programs
- Program Evaluation Primer, Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania
- Program Logic Model Excerpt
- Program Manager’s Guide to Evaluation
- Review of Evaluation Resources for Nonprofit Organizations
- Taking Stock: A Practical Guide to Evaluating Your Own Programs
- Toolkit for Integrating Process and Outcome Evaluations
- Trochim’s Research Methods Knowledge Base
- W.K.Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook
Sites with Multiple Evaluation How-To Documents
- American Institutes for Research
- ARIAssociates: Action Evaluation and Case Study Papers
- BJA Evaluation Website
- CDC Evaluation Working Group
- Community Toolbox: Community Building Tools
- DOE: Education Program Evaluation
- Evaluation Exchange, Harvard Family Research Center
- Evaluation for Learning: Greater Kalamazoo Eval. Project Newsletters
- Flashlight Project: Evaluation of Educational Uses of Technolgies
- Free Management Library: Evaluations and Research Methods
- GAO: US General Accounting Office
- Grantmakers Evaluation Network Recent Publications on Evaluation
- HIV InSite: Evaluating HIV Prevention Programs
- Human Services Research Institute
- Innonet: Innovation Network, Inc.
- John Pezzullo’s Links to On-line Statistical Texts
- National Evaluation Data Services
- NSF: Online Evaluation Resource Library
- Sociometrics
- The Measurement Group Evaluation & Dissemination Center
- National Council for Open and Distance Education (NCODE)
- UNICEF Research and Evaluation
- United Way’s Outcome Measurement Resource Network
- UW Extension, Progam Development & Evaluation Unit: Evaluation Docs
Evaluation LISTSERVs
- CataList, Catalog of LISTSERV Lists
- Topical Interest Group LISTSERVs
- AERA Division H: School Evaluation & Program Development LISTSERV
- Best Practices Forum
- EVALTALK
- EVALTALK Archives
Libraries and Document Repositories
- Argus Clearinghouse
- Education-line : Electronic texts in education & training
- Education Policy Analysis Archives
- Center for Electronic Records
- Center for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval
- GPO Access Databases
- Internet Public Library
- Internet Public Library Online Texts Collection
- Library of Congress Catalogs
- Library of Congress
- Library of Congress WWW/Z39.50 Gateway
- National Archives and Records Administration
- ProQuest Digital Dissertations
- UMI’s On-line Dissertation Services
- U.S. Government Printing Office
Companies, Consultants
- Chauncey Group, Subsidiary of ETS
- College Board
- Concept Systems Inc. (CSI)
- Dr. RJP Consulting
- Evaluation Software Publishing
- Horizon Research, Inc.
- Government Performance Information Consultants, Canada
- Innonet: Innovation Network, Inc.
- InterEd
- National Evaluation Data Services
- Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc.
- Psychometrics
- Research and Evaluation Associates, Inc.
- Sociometrics
- Strategic Studies
- Systemic Research, Inc.
- The Measurement Group
- Tosti-Vasey and Vasey
Topical Interest Groups
- Empowerment Evaluation TIG
- Extension Education Evaluation TIG
- Minority Issues in Evaluation TIG
- Minority Issues in Evaluation: EVALTALK Topics
- Program Theory and Theory Driven Evaluation TIG
- Research, Technology & Development Evaluation TIG
- AERA Division H: School Evaluation
- AERA Special Interest Groups (SIG) Index
- AREA SIG: Action Research
- AERA SIG: Advanced Studies of National Databases
- AERA SIG: Faculty Evaluation & Development
- AERA SIG: School Indicators and Profiles
Non-Profit Organizations
- Internet Public Library Associations
- Non-Profit Resources Catalogue
- Idealist: Guide to Non-Profit Organizations
Other Non-Profit Organizations
- American Institutes for Research
- American Society Training & Development
- Annenberg/CPB Projects Learner Online
- Cato Institute
- Center for Mental Health Services Knowledge Exchange Network
- Cochrane Collaboration
- Education Commission of the States
- Gallup Organization
- Human Services Research Institute
- Innonet: Innovation Network, Inc.
- 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 on Children, Families, & the New Federalism
- Search Institute
- Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC)
- Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
- UNICEF Research and Evaluation
- United Way of America
- Urban Institute
- World Conservation Union (IUCN) Monitoring and Evaluation Initiative
- Worldbank’s Economic Development Institute Evaluation Unit
- WestEd
Government Agencies Tools to Locate Government Agencies
- FedWorld Information Network
- Government Information Locator Service
- GOVBOT: Database of Government Web Sites
- State and Local Government on the Net
- StateSearch – Sponsored by NASIRE
- U.S. Federal Government Agencies
International Government
- Australian Commonwealth Government
- Canada: Government of Canada
- Census Bureau: Statistical Agencies (International)
- Europa
- Hong Kong SAR Government Information Centre
- Ireland: Information on the Irish State
- Israel: State of Israel Government
- New Zealand Government
- United Kingdom CCTA Government Information Service
- United Nations
United States Federal Agencies
- ACF: The Administration for Children and Families
- ACF: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
- ACYF: Commissioner’s Office of Research and Evaluation
- AHCPR: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
- BJA: Bureau of Justice Assistance Evaluation Website
- CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- DHHS: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- DHHS:Health & Human Services Gateway to Policy Information Center
- DHHS: Health Care Policy and Research
- DHHS: Office of Asst Secretary Planning & Eval.
- DHHS: Office of the Inspector General, Evaluations and Inspections
- DHHS: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- DOE: Department of Education Program Evaluation
- ED: U.S. Department of Education
- GAO: US General Accounting Office
- HSRI: Human Services Research Institute Evaluation Center
- NAEP: Natl Assessment of Educational Progress
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service
- NCES: National Center for Education Statistics
- NIH: National Institutes of Health
- NIST: National Institute of Standards & Technology: Natl. Quality Program
- NSF: National Science Foundation
- NSF: Online Evaluation Resource Library
- OERI: Office of Educational Research and Improvement
- OSERS: Office of Special Education Programs
- SAMHSA: Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
- SSA: Social Security Administration Research, Eval. & Statistics
- U.S. Census Bureau
State Government Agencies
- Full-text state statutes and legislation
- StateSearch – Sponsored by NASIRE
- Florida Monitor
- Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Bureau of Data & Research
- Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor – Program Evaluation Division
Standards
- Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation
- Personnel Evaluation Standards
- Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing
- Standardization of Juvenile Offender Program Evaluation
Studies and On-line ReportsSee individual Non-Profit Organizations for additional on-line reports
- ACYF: Commissioner’s Office of Research and Evaluation
- Annie E. Casey Foundation Publications
- CRESST (Natl. Center for Research on Eval., Standards, & Student Testing)
- David and Lucile Packard Foundation: The Future of Our Children
- Dept. of Education: Education Program Evaluation
- Education Commission of the States
- Educational Testing Service (ETS)
- Evaluation Project for Family Planning
- General Social Survey Data and Information Retrieval System
- General Social Survey Resources, Queens College
- GPRA Report
- Harvard Family Research Project
- Human Services Research Institute
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Mathematica Policy Research
- National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota
- NCES: National Center for Education Statistics
- National Treatment Improvement Evaluation Study
- NORC–National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago
- NSF: National Science Foundation
- Pew Charitable Trusts
- RAND
- Regional Educational Systemic Reform Efforts in the U.S.
- Research Forum on Children, Families, and the New Federalism
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Search Institute
- Sociometrics Evaluation Resources
- Urban Institute
- W.K.Kellogg Foundation
- Worldbank’s Economic Development Institute Evaluation Unit
Assessment, Measurement, and Instruments
- APA: FAQ on Psychological Tests
- Assessment Systems Corporation
- Buros Institute of Mental Measurements
- Center for Mental Health Policy, Vanderbilt University
- Educational Testing Service (ETS)
- EPAA Vol. 6 No. 10 Wilson: Educational Standards and the problem of Error
- EPAA Vol. 6 No. 13 Mehrens: Consequences of Assessment
- ERIC/AE Test Locator
- Educational Testing Service (ETS)
- Evaluators’ Instrument Exchange
- InterEd, Phoenix, AZ
- Institute for Research in Social Science Public Opinion Questionaire Database
- Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment
- National Association of Test Directors (NATD)
- National Evaluation Data Services
- National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME)
- North Central Regional Educational Laboratory: Assessment
- NorthWest Regional Educational Laboratory: Assessment & Evaluation
- NSF: Online Evaluation Resource Library
- Outcomes and satisfaction measurement tools
- Outcome Measure Menu: Measurement Tools for Prevention Specialists
- PAR Psychological Assessment Resources
- Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)
- Psychometrics Canada
- Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine CD-ROM – Marcello Tamburini, GLAMM Interactive
- Survey Research Center
- Sociometrics
- The Measurement Group: Evaluation/Research Tools
- The Measurement Group: Instruments – HIV/AIDS Care
- United Way of America: Resource Network on Outcome Measurement
Data and StatisticsSites with links to other WWW sites
- Data Resources for Sociologists
- Data Sources compiled by Julian Faraway, UMich
- Fedstats: One Stop Shopping for Federal Statistics
- International Data and Data Libraries
- 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
- AmoebaWeb: Research Ethics and Methods
- Electronic Textbook by StatSoft
- Handbook on Differential Item Functioning (Zumbo)
- Interactive Statistical Calculation Pages by John Pezzullo
- Statistical Methods in Psychology Journals: Guidelines and Explanations
- Statistics.com: Teaching Statistics
Data Sources
- 1997 World Factbook
- Centers for Disease Control
- Center for Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University
- 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
- ED: U.S. Department of Education
- EUROPINION, European Continuous Tracking Survey
- EUROSTAT Europa Statistics
- Infonation: Statistical Data for Member States of the United Nations
- General Social Survey Data and Information Retrieval System
- Government Information Sharing Project
- Institute for Research in Social Science Data Archive, UNC, Chapel Hill
- 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
- NCES: National Center for Education Statistics
- National Network of State Polls Data Archives
- NSF: National Science Foundation
- Population Index on the Web at Princeton
- Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut
- SAMHSA: Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
- SDA: Survey Document and Analysis Data Archives
- Social Sciences Data Collection, University of California, San Diego
- Sociometrics
- Statistics.com: Links to Data
- Statistics Canada
- U.S. Census Bureau
- U.S. State Department Services
- WebCASPAR: NSF’s Data Archives for Academic Science and Engineering
Software
- Free Statistical Software Packages compiled by John Pezzullo
- Links: Text analysis software (Harald Klein)
- Statistical Services Software Resources
- AnSWR Analysis Software for Word Records
- Assessment Systems Corporation: Psychometric Software
- CDS/ISIS by UNESCO
- Concept Systems Inc. (CSI)
- DataDesk Data Analysis Software by Data Description, Inc.
- Endnote: Bibliography Management
- EPI-INFO, EPI-MAP, SSS1, Centers for Disease Control
- EPI-META Meta-analysis Software, Centers for Disease Control
- EZ-Text Qualitative Software Program — Centers for Disease Control
- FACETS: Many-Facet Rasch Analysis
- General Social Survey Resources, Queens College
- IDAMS by UNESCO
- Inspiration: Visual Thinking and Learning Tool
- Interactive Statistical Calculation Pages
- JH Associates: Internet Survey Management Software
- NCSS Statistical Software
- NUDIST — Qualitative Solutions and Research (QSR)
- Polyform Web Forms Construction Kit by O’Reilly Software
- PowerTab Survey Software by Power Knowledge Software
- Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc.
- Psychometrics
- QDATA, QSTATS, QSearch, Queens College
- Question Mark Software for Computerized Testing, Assessment & Surveys
- R Interactive Statistical Data Analysis
- SAS Institute
- SDA: Survey Document and Analysis
- SPSS Inc. – Statistical Product & Service
- Stata Corp. – Statistical Software for Professionals
- Statistica by StatSoft Inc.
- Statistics.com: Links to Statistical Software
- Survey Said by Marketing Masters
- Survey Solutions for the Web by Perseus
- SurveySuite for Online Surveys by InterCom
- SurveyTracker by Training Technologies Inc.
- SurveyWin by Raosoft
- TestPilot Testing and Assessment on the Web
- WWW Survey Assistant from S-Ware
Tools and Products
- Multimedia Development Tools: Analysis, Design, Production, & Evaluation
- GAO Thesaurus: Evaluation
- Innonet Toolbox
- National Council for Open and Distance Learning
- Program Evaluation Tool Kit
Education, Training, Workshops
- American Universities
- Canadian Universities
- College and University Home Pages
- Community College Web
- Links to Evaluation Course Syllabi
- Telecampus Online Learning: Search for Online Courses
- Claremont Graduate School: Psychology and the Study of Evaluation
- Cornell University, Policy Analysis and Management
- Evaluation Center: Opportunities for Professional Development
- Evaluators’ Institute
- Loyola University, Chicago, Applied Social Psychology
- OISE-UT: Measurement and Evaluation
- Statistics.com: Statistics Shortcourses
- University of Maryland: Measurement, Statistics & Evaluation
- Utah State University: Research and Evaluation Methodology
- Posavac’s Faculty Page
- Trochim’s Center for Social Research Methods
- Scriven’s Foundations of Eval. Seminar at CGU
EmploymentCheck Non-Profit Organizations for additional employment opportunities
- Academic Employment Network
- Academic Position Network
- American Evaluation Association’s (AEA) Job Bank
- America’s Employers
- America’s Job Bank
- CareerMosaic
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Chronicle of Higher Education: Career Network
- Educational Testing Service (ETS)
- Education Week
- Federal Jobs Digest
- FedWorld U.S. Govt Federal Job Search
- GAO (US General Accounting Office)
- Idealist: Guide to Non-Profit Organizations
- Jobs in Higher Education
- JobWeb
- USAJOBS – US Office Of Personnel Management
- AERA (American Educational Research Association) Job Openings List
Funding Sources (See Foundations and Government Agencies also.)
- ACF Office of Planning, Research & Eval. (OPRE)
- AERA Grants Program
- CharityVillage: Sources of Funding
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- DHHS: Welcome to GrantsNet
- Foundation Center Online
- Society of Research Administrators’ GrantsWeb
- Federal Register at NARA (Natl Archives & Records Administration)
- Funding Opportunities at the National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information
- NIH: National Institutes of Health
- NSF: National Science Foundation