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North Carolina Smart Start
http://www.smartstart-nc.org/index.htm
North Carolina Partnership for Children 

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American Educational Research Association (AERA) 
American Educational Research Association 

Buros Institute of Mental Measurement
http://www.unl.edu/buros/
Information on tests in print and mental measurement yearbook.

Collaborative, Participatory, and Empowerment Evaluation Topical Interest Group of the American Evaluation Association
http://www.stanford.edu/~davidf/empowermentevaluation.html
This site is dedicated to the exploration and refinement of collaborative, participatory, and empowerment approaches to evaluation.

Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation   Note: ERIC's site has a very useful query page for searches, visit:  http://ericae.net/scripts/ewiz/amain2.asp 

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation
http://ericae.net

http://ericae.net/testcol.htm
(test locator)

http://ericae.net/ft/tamu/vpiques3.htm
(a guide to questionnaire development)

Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/

FPG Center Smart Start Evaluation Team
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~smartstart/
Evaluation information and support site of North Carolina's Smart Start Initiative.

Innovation Network, Inc.
http://www.innonet.org
Innovation Network, Inc., (InnoNet) is an organization dedicated to helping small- to medium-sized nonprofit organizations successfully meet their missions. The purpose of the s 9/21/07 d guidance framework to create detailed program plans, evaluation plans and fundraising plans.

The Evaluation Center
http://www.wmich.edu/evalctr/ess.html
The Evaluation Center, located at Western Michigan University, is a research and development unit that provides national and international leadership for advancing the theory and practice of evaluation, as applied to education and human services. Included on the site are instruments to review and download.

Social Security Homepage 
See the "Research and Data" section on the left menu options. 

United Way
http://www.unitedway.org/outcomes/
The United Way's Resource Network on Outcome Measurement: A guide to resources for measuring program outcomes for health, human services, and youth- and family-serving agencies. Their manual, Measuring Program Outcomes: A Practical Approach, can be ordered here.

US Census Bureau 
This is a valuable tool for getting county level data.  For instance, one could find out the Craven County had a total of 1,323 children under the age of one year. 

To get the information above: 

  • click on US Census Bureau above
  • click on "Access Tools,"
  • click on "Map Stats," (under Interactive Software Tools)
  • you will see a map of the United States, click on "North Carolina,"
  • click on "Craven" County,
  • Under "Lookup 1990 Census STF1A and STF3A tables." -- click on "STF1A"
  • Scroll down and select P11 "Age"
  • Click the submit button at the top of the screen
  • Under "Retrieve the 1 tables you've selected:" select HTML format
  • Click submit and view your results

 

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National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) 

National Association of Family Child Care (NAFCC)

National Child Care Information (NCCI)
 

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Family Support Network of North Carolina
http://fsnnc.med.unc.edu/
Families and professionals working together for children with special needs

North Carolina Child Advocacy Institute
http://www.ncchild.org
 NCCAI provides state and county level data on children and youth in N.C.

Child Trends
http://www.childtrends.org

Childwatch
http://www.childwatch.uio.no/

National Association for Family Child Care
http://www.nafcc.org/

The Administration for Children and Families - Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov

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Adobe Acrobat Reader free Reader program download
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

WinZip - Windows Archive Utility (evaluation version)
http://www.winzip.com/ddchomea.htm

 

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ABC of ECD: An Early Child Development Knowledge Base
http://www.worldbank.org/children


American Educational Research Association
http://www.aera.net/

North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
www.ncnonprofits.org

North Carolina Institute of Medicine
http://www.nciom.org

The Aspen Institute
http://www.aspeninst.org

The Odum Institute for Research in Social Sciences
http://www.irss.unc.edu

The Urban Institute
http://www.urban.org
 Non-profit policy research organization. Numerous publications available.

The World Bank Institute - Evaluation Unit
http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/evaluation

U.S. Department of Education - Office of Educational Research and Improvement
http://research.cse.ucla.edu

UNICEF
http://www.unicef.org

United States General Accounting Office (click on "Other Publications")
http://www.gao.gov

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Page last modified: 9/21/07

S mart Start Evaluation Team

Frank Porter Graham
Child Development Institute

105 Smith Level Rd.
UNC-CH CB# 8180
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8180

Phone: 919.966.2559
Fax: 919.966.7532
Email: smartstart@unc.edu