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Education Policy Resources
This guide is a compilation of resources that is useful for Education Policy students at Johns Hopkins University. The resources below will serve as a guide to accessing library databases and websites. Use the tabs to the left to guide you through other library resources.
Education Policy Databases
- Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)Journal articles and education research sponsored by the US Department of Education
- Policy File This link opens in a new windowOffers access to policy papers and gray literature from selected U.S. think tanks and research institutes.
- CQ Congress Collection This link opens in a new windowHistorical analysis of members of Congress, their legislative voting behavior, and interest groups.
- Education DatabaseOffering complete information on hundreds of educational topics.
- Education SourceThe collection includes full text for more than 1,700 journals, 550 books and monographs, education-related conference papers, citations for over 4 million articles.
Selected Education Policy Websites
- Center on International Education Bookmarking (CIEB)Includes overviews of the educational systems of top-performing countries and reports on how the U.S. could benefit from drawing from their examples.
- Clearinghouse on Educational Policy and ManagementResources on trends and issues, hot topics, publications, directory of organizations, and links of policy and management.
- Common StandardsThe National Governors Association drafted core curriculum standards for grades K-12 that have been adopted by most of the states of the US.
- Education Commission of the StatesHelps state leaders shape policy on educational issues in the 50 states.
- National Assessement of Education Progress (NAEP)The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas. Assessments are conducted periodically in mathematics, reading, science, writing, the arts, civics, economics, geography, and U.S. history.
- National Center for Education and the EconomySince 1988, NCEE has been researching the world’s best performing education systems to unlock their secrets. We focus on their standards, instructional systems and assessment designs. We look at the way they govern, finance and organize their systems. We use this information to provide groundbreaking designs for high performance education systems at the national, state and local levels.
- U.S. Dept. of Education: Policy SectionProvides links to government documents related to education policies.
- SNF Agora Case Studies on DemocracySNF Agora has developed this series of Case Studies on Democracy that show how civic and political actors navigated real-life challenges. The SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University is an academic and public forum that integrates research, teaching, and practice to improve and expand powerful civic engagement and informed, inclusive dialogue as the cornerstone of robust global democracy.
- Annenberg Institute EdExchangeSponsored by Brown University, this platform is composed of EdInstruments, EdResearch and EdWorkingPapers. See below for more information.