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ERIC search for "accreditation" yields over 6k articles

http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal?_nfpb=true&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=accreditation&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=kw&_pageLabel=ERICSearchResult&newSearch=true&rnd=1169590529875&searchtype=basic

ERIC search for "assessment" yields over 97k articles
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal?_nfpb=true&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=assessment&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=kw&_pageLabel=ERICSearchResult&newSearch=true&rnd=1203311289623&searchtype=basic

TPCK - Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge - attempts to capture some of the essential qualities of knowledge required by teachers for technology integration in their teaching, while addressing the complex, multifaceted and situated nature of teacher knowledge. At the heart of the TPCK framework, is the complex interplay of three primary forms of knowledge: Content (CK), Pedagogy (PK), and Technology (TK). (new)
http://www.tpck.org/tpck/index.php?title=Main_Page

The Education Policy Alliance - is a nationwide network of university-based research centers and organizations. Alliance members provide high-quality research on the nation's most important education policy and practice issues. (new)
http://educationpolicyalliance.org/

Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA)
www.cae.org/content/pro_collegiate.htm

National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)
www.nsse.iub.edu/index.cfm

Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE)
http://www.ccsse.org/index.cfm

ACTA report on Accreditation
http://www.goacta.org/publications/Reports/accrediting.pdf

Measuring Up-The National Report Card on Higher Education
www.measuringup.highereducation.org/nationalpicture/

A Warning on Measuring Learning Outcomes  By Trudy W. Banta

http://insidehighered.com/views/2007/01/26/banta

Closing the ‘Degree Gap’
http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/03/07/degree

IHEP -- Institute for Higher Education

http://ihep.org/

Center for Postsecondary Research
www.education.indiana.edu/pprcenter.html

A Review of the Literature on Portfolios and Electronic Portfolios

Becta - Impact of eportfolios on Learning research study 
http://partners.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=rh&catcode=_re_rp_02&rid=14007

TERU -- Technology Education Research Unit based at the University of London
http://www.teru.org.uk/

National Assessment of Adult Literacy
www.nces.ed.gov/naal/

Lumina Foundation for Education
www.luminafoundation.org/

AERA--American Educational Research Association
www.aera.net/

National Center for Higher Education Management Systems
www.nchems.org/

Search for Scholarly articles via Google Scholar


Live Search Academic
Search for scholarly journal articles, conference proceedings, dissertations and academic books.
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School Matters
www.schoolmatters.com/                     

Achieve.Org - Created by the nation's governors and business leaders, Achieve helps states raise academic standards and achievement so that all students graduate ready for college, work and citizenship. (new)
http://achieve.org/

Public School Insights - Across the Country, public schools and districts are transforming themselves to prepare students for success in a 21st-century democracy and global society. Take a look at what educators and communities are doing right now to meet this challenge. (new)
http://www.publicschoolinsights.org/stories/

The Learning First Alliance - is a permanent partnership of 18 leading education associations with more than 10 million members dedicated to improving student learning in America's public schools. (new)
http://www.learningfirst.org/

The Global Education & Learning Community - We believe that access to knowledge and learning tools is a basic right for every child. Our goal is to make curricula and learning resources available to everyone.
http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/

Detailed State Reports - A special state-focused online supplement to Technology Counts 2008. This new State Technology Report assembles key findings in an accessible format that allows readers to examine a particular state’s performance on this year’s indicators. (new)
http://www.edweek.org/ew/toc/2008/03/27/index.html

Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
http://ncepr.org/ncepr/drupal/