Research Sites

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Research & Information

Research Sites

Click on any title below to open a window to that website:

→ Association of Educational Research Officers of Ontario (AERO)

→ Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

→ Canadian Council on Learning: Second Annual Survey of Canadian Attitudes toward Learning 2007

→ Canadian Coalition for School Libraries - lists links to on-line articles and research about school libraries.

→ Canadian Education Association

→ Canadian School Boards Association

→ Double Cohort Study: Phase 2 Report. Dr. Alan King, Principal Investigator.

→

Education Funding Formula:

Dr. Mordechai Rozanski’s report: “Investing in Public Education: Advancing the Goal of Continuous Improvement in Student Learning and Achievement”

→ Education Policy Reports Project (small classes)

→ Education Quality Accountability Reports (Grades 3,6, 9 and 10 tests)

→ Education Resources Information Center - Clearinghouse on teaching and teacher education.

→ Educator's Reference Desk (formerly AskEric): The Educator's Reference Desk builds on over a quarter century of experience providing high-quality resources and services to the education community.

→ HEROS (Health and Education Research Operative Services): Research/evaluation in K-12 public education, including class size.

→ National Centre for Education Statistics

→ Ontario Institute for Studies in Education: The Schools We Need.

→ Public Attitudes Towards Education in Ontario 2007: The 16th OISE Survey: The overwhelming majority of the public support improving the resource base of K to Grade 12 public schools in Ontario, according to the latest findings of a survey conducted by the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE). Equally important, most of those who now want increased spending on schools are also prepared to pay higher taxes in support of education.

→ School Library Information Portal: sources of help for those interested in restoring and building school libraries.

→ Society for Quality Education: provides a FREE remedial reading program for students who are struggling with reading. Download a copy of Stairway to Reading

→ Small Schools Project: The Project provides support and assistance to high schools and districts committed to high school redesign and graduating all students college and work-ready. We work with both new small schools and those created by redesigning large comprehensive high schools into smaller, autonomous ones.

→ Statistics Canada

→ Student Census 2006, Grades 7-12: System Overview: Students (every student from Grade 7 through 12 at 289 schools) in the Toronto District School Board were asked highly personal – but confidential – questions about their race, sexuality, home life and disabilities on a written questionnaire done in class in 2006, as well their feelings about teachers, school, safety and how welcome they feel in class, in a bid to improve schools. Or view Key Findings (p. 5)

→ The Fraser Institute

→ The Small Schools Workshop

→ WestEd_ nonprofit education research, development, and service agency