Clearinghouses
Center for Comprehensive School Reform and ImprovementThe CSR offers publications and research reports on how to assist public schools implement effective reforms, particularly in high-poverty or low-achieving areas. It is composed of 11 components to provide an organizing framework that allows schools to build on state and local initiatives and generate a comprehensive plan for improvement.
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)ERIC offers a government-sponsored database with over 1.1 million documents on education resources, including journals and other literature.
National Center for Special Education Personnel & Related Service ProvidersThe NCPSE serves to disseminate information on careers in special education. It offers information and several publications.
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHY)NICHCY offers the latest educational and disability research, as well as publications on a variety of topics related to disabilities and education. In addition, NICHCY offers a children’s site for those children with disabilities.
The IRIS Center for Faculty EnhancementThe IRIS Center was founded and continues to be maintained as a facility to serve college faculty in pre-service preparation programs, to ensure that general education teachers, school administrators, school nurses, and school counselors are prepared to work with students with disabilities and their families. The IRIS Center works closely with focus groups and members of each constituent group in order to further this end.
What Works ClearinghouseOn an ongoing basis, the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) collects, screens, and identifies studies of the effectiveness of educational interventions (programs, products, practices, and policies). WWC reviews the studies that have the strongest design, and report on the strengths and weaknesses of those studies against the WWC Evidence Standards.