Links to Learn More About NCREL

NCREL Publications Updated on a Monthly Basis

• Ahead of the Curve: Emerging Policy Issues: This section of NCREL’s website devoted to education policy contains a special focus on No Child Left Behind. http://www.ncrel.org/policy/curve/
  
  
• Pathways to School Improvement: This resource provides information and resources about school reform.
  http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/

Web Links Categorized by Subject Topics: Links to Resources for Educators.

• After School Programs: This resource provides information about a variety of topics involving the extension of education outside of school hours.
  http://www.ncrel.org/21stcclc

After School Sub-headings:
• 21^st Century Community Learning Centers: Information about 21stCCLC as outlined in the No Child Left Behind Legislation.
• Beyond the Bell: Links to website and toolkit about developing after school programs.
• Strengthening Connections: Links to resources on developing after school partnerships.

• Data Use: This section includes a toolkit on using data in developing educational policies and practices.
  http://www.ncrel.org/toolbelt/

Data Use Sub-headings:
• Tools: Links to numerous tools for using data.
• Tutorial: A guide for implementing data driven decisions.
• Backgound: Documents providing research supporting the use of data in schools.

• Literacy: This section provides resources for establishing programs and practices to improve reading in all academic subjects.
  http://goal.ncrel.org/litweb/

Literacy Sub-headings:
• Resources: Links to web, literature, video, and software resources on literacy.
• North Central State Initiatives: Links to state literacy initiatives.
• What’s New: Links to the new literacy resources.
• Mathematics and Science: Links to the North Central Eisenhower Math and Science Education Consortium.
  http://www.ncrel.org/msc/
• Policy: This section provides information on a variety of educational policy issues.
  http://www.ncrel.org/policy/

Policy Sub-headings:
• Emerging Policy Issues: provides a link to a publication covering issues in education.
• Policy Meetings and Activities: provides information about meetings in the north central region.
• Regional Advisory Networks: provides links to websites and information about numerous regional and national advisory groups.
• Policy Publications: provides electronic resources on seventeen educational policy topics.
• Issue Scanning: provides information about education issues on the federal and regional level.
• State Specific Information: provides links to state specific educational resources in the North Central Region.
• Policy Web Resources: provides links to information on numerous federal, state, and local policy issues and research organizations

• Professional Development: This section provides numerous resources on identifying professional development needs, implementing professional development programs and evaluating professional development programs. Most sections include audio and video resources.
  http://www.ncrel.org/pd/

Professional Development Sub-headings:
• Involving Others: provides information on how to involve all stakeholders in professional development.
• Planning: provides resources for planning PD programs.
• Needs Assessment: describes the process of identifying stakeholder needs.
• Setting Goals: provides information about setting goals for PD programs.
• Activities: provides information about various forms of professional development.
• Research: provides links to research supporting the use of PD programs.
• Funding: provides information about finding funding for PD activities and planning.
• Finding Time: provides examples of creative ways to find time for PD.
• Using Technology: provides resources for developing the use of technology in the classroom.
• Evaluating PD: provides information about evaluating the effectiveness of PD programs.
• Model PD Awards: provides information about the ED’s awards for innovative and effective PD programs.
• Other Resources: provides links to other use PD information and resources.

• School Improvement: Provides links to additional information and resources central to school improvement.
  http://www.ncrel.org/info/improve/

School Improvement Sub-headings:
• Closing the Achievement Gap: provides access to an NCREL website dedicated specifically to equity issues.
• Comprehensive School Reform: provides information about CSR programs.
• Pathways to School Improvement: provides a link to NCREL’s on-line periodical dedicated to school improvement.
• Pulling Together: R&D Resources for Rural Schools: provides access to NCREL’s site for rural schools.

• Teacher Quality: Provides information about teacher certification, induction, and retention strategies as well as professional development resources.
  http://www.ncrel.org/quality/index.html

Teacher Quality Sub-headings:
• Certification: provides research about alternative certification programs.
• Retention and Recruitment: provides resources and strategies for retaining and recruiting quality teachers. Also provides interviews with teachers about the current state of the teaching profession.
• Professional Development: provides links to NCREL pages dealing with professional development (see section 6)
• Mobility: provides links to studies about teacher mobility in the North Central Region.
• Quality: provides links to two studies dealing with teacher quality.

• Technology in Education: Provides access to NCREL’s Educational Technology Resources Online (NETRO) site.
  http://www.ncrel.org/tech/
  

Technology in Education Sub-headings:
• Equity: provides links to information dealing with the equity of access to technology in schools.
• In The Classroom: provides resources for teachers about the use of technology in the classroom.
• Policy and Planning: provides links to addition web resources dealing with the policy and planning needed to establish the effective use of technology in schools.
• Professional Development: provides links to PD resources on the web.
• Research: provides research that supports the use of technology in schools.
• Standards: provides proposed standards for the use of technology in schools.
• Partners: Provides links to and information about the North Central Mathematics and Science Consortium (MCNSC) and the North Central Regional Technology in Education Consotium (NCRTEC.