Assessment

• ERIC Clearinghouse For Assessment And Evaluation
• Buros Institute
• 9 Principles Of Good Practice For Assessing Student Learning From The AAHE Assessment Forum
• BEST Suggested Links (Other Universitities Assessment and Testing Offices, Professional Organizations Related to Assessment, Evaluation, and Testing; Assessment Resources, Testing Companies, Class Management Technologies)
• How To Write Better Tests-- A Handbook for Improving Test Construction Skills, Lucy C. Jacobs, Ph.D."...write better tests—better in that they more closely assess instructional objectives and assess them more accurately..."
• Links Of Interest To Evaluators From The American Evaluation Association "Our goal is to be the pre-eminent resource list of links of interest to evaluators. Towards that end, updating and organizing this page is a major initiative for 2001."
• Links To Other Test Related Sites from the American Psychological Association Science Directorate
• National College Testing Association 
• The Portfolio Clearinghouse"A searchable collection of portfolio projects from around the world...portfolio as a means of assessing student learning on the student, faculty, or institutional levels."
• Quick Guide to Better Tests
• Qwiz Qwiz lets you test for the skill sets you need: Call Center, Finance, Information Technology, Office Software, Primary Skills, Psychometrics, Secretarial/Clerical
• Resources for Evaluation and Social Research Methods This site links to online books, manuals and guides about evaluation and social research methods, such as surveys, observations, and others. There are also links to sites about data quality, statistical analysis, -presenting- statistical analysis, and free software such as statistical, office suites, spreadsheets and more.
• Rights And Responsibilities Of Test Takers: Guidelines And Expectations
• The Standards For Educational And Psychological Testing 
• test.com inc. The World's Online Test Center
• Test Reliability
• Testing Information Clearinghouse

Collaboration 

• The Wellspring, An Online Community Of Distance Educators "An online community of distance educators"

Compiled Statistics

• FEDSTATS "The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies"
• ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) The University of Michigan's Social Science Data Archive
• Indiana Business Research Center (IBRC)--IU Kelley School of Business Trends and Analysis Economic and demographic information for the state of Indiana
• The Library of Congress Country Studies
• Online Survey Research/Public Opinion Centers: A Worldwide ListingAcademic survey sites are rated between one and four based on information content and usability.
• Statistical Resources on the Web from University of Michigan Documents Center
• U.S. Census Bureau "the official statistics"
• U.S. Gazetteer (US Census Bureau)

Funding

• Exploiting Technology Grants: Information Resources Resources on where and how to find funding for computer technology projects in higher education.
• Federal Grants and Funding Publications

Locating People

• Anywho.com
• Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) Information Sources (Multiple categories)
• Info Space
• internet@ddress.finder
• Telephone Directories On The Web (Worldwide) "This is the Internet's original and most complete index of online phone books, with over 400 links to Yellow Pages, White Pages, Business Directories, Email Addresses and Fax Listings from over 170 countries all around the world."
• Whowhere? "...the way to find people on the web"

Professional Associations

• AERA.NET The Education and Research Network. An organization concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry.
• CAORC Council of American Overseas Research Centers (slow loading)
• American Evaluation Association "Dedicated to the application and exploration of evaluation in all its forms"
• American Statistical Association "Founded in 1839, ASA is the nation's leading professional association for statistics and statisticians"
• The Association for Qualitative Research
• International Association For The Evaluation Of Educational Achievement
• Qualitative Research Consultants Association
• SQAB Welcoming Page - Society for the Quantitative Analyses of Behavior

Publications

• Change The magazine of higher learning
• CRESST National Center For Research On Evaluation, Standards, And Student Testing Funded by the U.S. D.O.E.and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, ...conducts research on important topics related to K-12 educational testing.
• Critical Issues In Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Technology (1999)
• The Distance Education Report
• Engines For Education "Engines is a "hyper-book" written by Roger Schank, Director of ILS, and Chip Cleary, a graduate student of Dr. Schank, about what's wrong with the education system, how to reform it, and especially, about the role of educational technology in that reform."
• ERIC Digests
• Journal Of Asynchronous Learning Networks And ALN Information:
• Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
• Journal Of Computer-Mediated Communication
• Journal Of Interactive Media In Education
• Journal Of Library Services For Distance Education
• Journal Of Quantitative Linguistics
• The Online Chronicle Of Distance Education And Communication
• Peterson's Guide To Distance Learning Programs:
• Public Agenda Online: Learning Curve
• The Qualitative Report - An online journal dedicated to qualitative research and critical inquiry since 1990
• University Of Wisconsin Distance Learning Clearinghouse "The Distance Education Clearinghouse is a comprehensive and widely recognized Web site bringing together distance education information from Wisconsin, national, and international sources. New information and resources are being added to the Distance Education Clearinghouse on a continual basis."
• Yahoo! Distance Learning Resources

Qualitative Support

• Beth Rodgers' Qualitative Research Ring Site
• Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology, Qualitative Methods
• The NSF's handbook for mixed-method evaluation
• Qualitative Reasoning Group, Northwestern University
• The Qualitative Report An online journal dedicated to qualitative research since 1990
• Qualitative Research In Information Systems--How to do qualitative research - useful information on the conduct, evaluation and publication of qualitative research.
• Qualmeth Listserv CQRM administers a private subscription, moderated listserv list for political scientists and other scholars interested in discussing, critiquing and applying qualitative methods International Institute for Qualitative Methodology
• Qualpage Resources for qualitative research
• Sociological Research Online

Quantitative Support

• (Great!) Electronic Textbook StatSoft Electronic Statistics Text: training in understanding and application of statistics.
• Free Statistical Software This page contains links to free software packages that you can download and install on your computer for stand-alone (offline, non-Internet) computing.
• NCS Pearson Survey Research Tools Two Survey Calculators: Sample Size and Confidence Interval Calculator
• Quantitative Research Approaches--(such as randomized experimental, quasi-experimental, and descriptive)
• Statistics Every Writer Should Know From RobertNiles.com "Here, described in plain English, are some basic concepts in statistics that every writer should know..."
• Web Pages That Perform Statistical Calculations Free. "...a powerful, conveniently-accessible, and FREE multi-platform statistical software package. There are also links to online statistics books, tutorials, downloadable software, and related resources...Over 300 Links..."
• WebStat A notebook from the School of Psychology, University of New England that covers: Behavioral Science and research, Research design, Collecting Data, Descriptive Statistics, Inferential Statistics, Common tests, Analysis of Variance, Scientific Approach, Research Process, Variables, Confounds, The Logic of Cause and Effect, Research Hypothesis & Prediction, Readings & Links

Questionnaire Design

• Master The Concepts Of Questionnaires And Survey Design -- A Free Tutorial "...a chapter from StatPac's Survival Statistics book" (copyrighted)
• Questionnaire Design (Powerpoint Slideshow)

References Online

• Association Of Research Libraries
• The Biographical Dictionary
• The Chronicle Of Higher Education
• Free Online Dictionary Of Computing
• GIS And Other Map Resources On The Internet
• Online Libraries Including Ask Eric, The Library Spot, Center for Instructional Technology, CMC Information Sources, Internet Public Library, Edutech, InTRO--Instructional Technology Research Online...
• Reference Materials Links to Dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedia, etc.
• Research-It
• US State Department Information

Research Overviews

• Research Knowledge Base At Cornell "...a comprehensive web-based textbook that addresses all of the topics in a typical introductory undergraduate or graduate course in social research methods. It covers the entire research process including: formulating research questions; sampling (probability and nonprobability); measurement (surveys, scaling, qualitative, unobtrusive); research design (experimental and quasi-experimental); data analysis; and, writing the research paper. It also addresses the major theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of research including: the idea of validity in research; reliability of measures; and ethics."
• Social Science Research Methods: Resources For Teachers "...collects and organizes material of interest to teachers of research methods in the social sciences."

Searching the Web

• ResourceShare.com List of search engines with descriptions and ratings.
• AltaVista
• Beaucoup 2000+ search engines. Search 10 engines at once.
• c/net search.com "Metasearch more than 800 specialized engines from around the Web."
• Google
• Lycos
• MetaCrawler
• Search Engines Access Individual Search Engines: AltaVista, Excite, Go.Com, Metacrawler, and Yahoo OR Search engine groupings: Beaucoup, Inspire, W3 Search Engines, OR Specialized search engines: Argos, Books on-line, Deja News, 'Lectric Looker-Upper, and Reference.com OR alt.internet.search-engines (Usenet)
• Yahoo!

Web Site Accessibility

• Bobby "Bobby was created by CAST to help Web page authors identify and repair significant barriers to access by individuals with disabilities."

Writing Reports

• Citing Internet And Other Electronic Resources State University Of New York (Binghamton)
• Copyright
• Electronic References [American Psychological Association (APA)] Excerpted From The New 5th Edition Of The Publication Manual
• MLA Style
• A Strategy For Writing Up Research Results
• Strunk & White: The Elements of Style (This takes a few seconds to load)
• The University Library's Links To Writing Resources
• Writing A Research Paper
• Writing Up Research Discoveries