GED 500 Educational Research

GED 500 - Research Methods in Education

Resources for Educational Research

Sources for Education Data

http://www.cde.ca.gov/
California State Department of Education, lots of data in the Testing & Accountability tab
http://www.jftk-ca.org/
Just for the Kids - a database of demographics and test scores that allows comparison of schools by various attributes and examples of learning activities that increase achievement - very useful for school improvement activities
http://notebook.lausd.net/portal/page?_pageid=33,131762&_dad=ptl&_schema=PTL_EP
LAUSD Planning Assessment and Research office
http://www.lbusd.k12.ca.us/Main_Offices/Research/
Long Beach Unified research office
http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/landing.jhtml
Educational research and statistics at the Federal level
http://ies.ed.gov/ncser/
National Center for Special Education Research
http://www.nichcy.org/Pages/Home.aspx
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities

Links to Educational Research Articles and Reports

http://www.eric.ed.gov/
ERIC Online (not through the CSUDH library)
http://www.nwrel.org/request/index.php
Northwest Regional Laboratory - links to useful research articles
http://www.edexcellence.net/doc/GradingtheSystems.pdf
Comparison of K-12 accountability (testing) systems in 30 states
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/
What Works Clearinghouse, evidence for what works in teaching and learning
http://ies.ed.gov/ncser/
National Center for Special Education Research
http://www.nichcy.org/Pages/Home.aspx
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities

Online Resources for Statistics

http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html
The Statistics Homepage - like an electronic book on statistics
http://Statpages.org
Links to statistical test and information online
http://pages.infinit.net/rlevesqu/spss.htm
List of Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) information links

Online Resources for Qualitative Research (including Action Research)

http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc/pract_res.html
Links to qualitative research explanations, examples
http://www.qualitativeresearch.uga.edu/QualPage/
All about qualitative research, including links to online journals
http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/arhome.html
Action Research Resources
http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/sod/car/carhomepage.html
Classroom Action Research homepage

GED 500 - Research Methods in Education is a required class for all MA/MS degrees in the College of Education at CSU Dominguez Hills. The purpose of this page is to provide research-related resources for students currently enrolled in GED 500 and those who have completed the course, but have a continuing interest in educational research.

Suggestions? Comments? Email Dr. Farah Fisher at ffisher@csudh.edu.

Page created by F. Fisher for GED 500 students at CSU Dominguez Hills. Last update 12/08. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed on unofficial pages of California State University, Dominguez Hills faculty, staff or students are strictly those of the page authors. The content of these pages has not been reviewed or approved by California State University, Dominguez Hills.