doctoral education: ed.d.: web resources

the national center for education statistics (nces) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.

the national education association (nea), the nation's largest professional employee organization, is committed to advancing the cause of public education. nea's 3 million members work at every level of education—from pre-school to university graduate programs. nea has affiliate organizations in every state and in more than 14,000 communities across the united states.

the mission of the tennessee education association (tea) is to promote, advance and protect public education, the education profession, and the rights and interests of our members.

the mission of the southern association of colleges and schools is the improvement of education in the south through accreditation.

apa neither sells nor endorses testing instruments, but it does provide guidance in using available resources to find psychological tests.

the test collection at ets is a database of more than 25,000 tests and other measurement devices. it makes information on standardized tests and research instruments available to researchers, graduate students and teachers.
while you may search across 25,000 tests and see descriptions of them, including availability info, the majority of these tests will not be freely available.

nces is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.

focuses on the assessment of educational quality, addressing persistent problems in the design and use of assessment systems to serve multiple purposes.

provides student researchers with easy access to a number of psychological tests. these tests are copywrited but the test authors have given their permission to have these tests downloaded and used by student researchers or are in the public domain.

rubistar is a free tool to help teachers create quality rubrics.