DIGITAL RESOURCES FOR EVALUATORS

Compiled by Catherine Callow-Heusser (cheusser@cc.usu.edu OR ccallowheusser@yahoo.com)

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International Agencies
International Development Research Centre	http://www.idrc.ca
International Development Research Centre: Evaluation Unit	http://www.idrc.ca/evaluation
International Institute for Sustainable Develoement	http://www.iisd.org/
IUCN World Conservation Union	http://www.iucn.org/
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)	http://www.unesco.org/
United Nations Environment Programs: Economics and Trade Programme	http://www.unep.ch/etu/etp/index.htm
World Bank Group	http://www.worldbank.org/
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Tools to Locate Agencies within the U.S.
Search Education (.edu) Web Sites: SearchEdu.com	http://www.searchedu.com/
Search Government (.gov) Web Sites: SearchGov.com	http://www.searchgov.com/
Seach Military (.mil) Web Sites: SearchMil.com	http://www.searchmil.com/
Search U.S. Dept. of Education	http://www.ed.gov/search/advSearchForm.jsp
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U.S. Government Agencies
ACF Child Outcomes Research and Evaluation, OPRE	http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/core/
Bureau of Justice Assistance Evaluation Website	http://www.bja.evaluationwebsite.org/
Bureau of Justice Statistics	http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/welcome.html
Bureau of Labor Statistics	http://www.bls.gov/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics	http://www.bts.gov/
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance	http://www.cfda.gov/
Department of Education	http://www.ed.gov/
Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement	http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/
Department of Education Planning and Evaluation Service	http://www.ed.gov/offices/OUS/PES/
Department of Commerce	http://www.commerce.gov/
Department of Health and Human Services, Planning and Evaluation	http://aspe.hhs.gov/
Evaluation Center at Human Services Research Institute (HSRI)	http://www.tecathsri.org/
Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology	http://www.fcsm.gov/
General Accounting Office	http://www.gao.gov/
Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee	http://jlarc.leg.wa.gov/
National Center for Education Statistics	http://nces.ed.gov/
National Center for Health Statistics	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
Social Security	http://www.ssa.gov/
U.S. Census Bureau	http://www.census.gov/
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State Agencies
American Evaluation Association	http://www.eval.org/
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Foundations
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research	http://www.ahfmr.ab.ca/
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation	http://www.sloan.org/main.shtml
Alliance Healthcare Foundation, San Diego, CA	http://www.alliancehf.org/
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, St. Paul, MN	http://www.wilder.org/index.html
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation	http://www.mellon.org/
Annie E. Casey Foundation	http://www.aecf.org/
Bharatiya Agro Industries Foundation (BAIF) Development Research Foundation	http://www.baif.com/index.htm
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation	http://www.gatesfoundation.org/
Canadian Health Services Research Foundation	http://www.chsrf.ca/
Carnegie Corporation of New York	http://www.carnegie.org/
Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation	http://www.schwabfoundation.org/
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation	http://www.mott.org/
Daniel's Fund (Colorado, Wyoming and Utah)	http://www.danielsfund.org/
David and Lucille Packard Foundation	http://www.packard.org/
Fannie Mae Foundation	http://www.fanniemaefoundation.org/
Ford Foundation	http://www.fordfound.org/
Foundation for Child Development	http://www.ffcd.org/
Foundation Center	http://fdncenter.org/
Grantmakers Evaluation Network	http://hogg1.lac.utexas.edu/gen/
Grantmakers for Effective Evaluations	http://www.geofunders.org/main/index.htm
Heinz Endowments	http://www.heinz.org/index.asp?loc=home
James Irvine Foundation	http://www.irvine.org/
Lumina Foundation for Education	http://www.luminafoundation.org/
MacArthur Foundation	http://www.macfound.org/
MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, India	http://www.mssrf.org/
Nonprofit Sector Research Fund	http://www.nonprofitresearch.org/
Pew Charitable Trusts	http://www.pewtrusts.com/
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation	http://www.rwjf.org/index.jsp
Rockefeller Foundation	http://www.rockfound.org/
Russell Sage Foundation	http://www.russellsage.org/
William and Flora Hewitt Foundation	http://www.hewlett.org/
W.K. Kellogg Foundation	http://www.wkkf.org/
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University-Affiliated Centers
AEA's List of University-Affiliated Evaluation Centers	http://www.eval.org/EvaluationLinks/UniversityCenters.htm
Academy of Management Research Methods Division	http://www.aom.pace.edu/rmd/
Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania	http://www.appcpenn.org/
Center for Action Research in Professional Practice	http://www.bath.ac.uk/carpp/carpp.htm
Center for Research on Simulation in the Social Sciences, University of Surrey	http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/research/simsoc/cress.html
Harvard Family Research Project	http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~hfrp/index.html
International Institute for Qualitative Methodology, University of Alberta, CA	http://www.ualberta.ca/~iiqm/iiqmHomePages/welcome.html
MEASURE Evaluation, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	http://www.cpc.unc.edu/measure/
National Institute for Leadership and Institutional Effectiveness	http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/cep/acce/nilie/
Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies: Center for Evaluation Research and Methodology	http://www.vanderbilt.edu/CERM/
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Other Non-Profit Organizations
American Society for Public Administration	http://www.aspanet.org/
Campbell Collaboration	http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/
Canadian Outcomes Institute	http://www.hmrp.net/CanadianOutcomesInstitute/
Center for Accountability and Performance, American Society for Public Administration	http://www.aspanet.org/cap/
Council for Higher Education Accreditation	http://www.chea.org/
Fiscal Policy Studies Institute: Results and Performance Accountability	http://www.resultsaccountability.com/
GuideStar: The National Database of NonProfit Organizations	http://www.guidestar.org/
Independent Sector	http://www.independentsector.org/
InnoNet: Helping Nonprofits Succeed	http://www.innonet.org/
InSites: A Support Network for Educational Change	http://www.InSites.org/
Institute for Community Research	http://www.incommunityresearch.org/
Institute for Objective Measurement	http://www.rasch.org/
Manpower Domonstration Research Corp.	http://www.mdrc.org/
McAuley Institute	http://www.mcauley.org/
Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program	http://www.mhsip.org/index.htm
Oxford Research Group	http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/
National Academies on Science, Engineering, and Medicine	http://nationalacademies.org/
National Coalition of Independent Scholars	http://www.ncis.org
National Legislative Program Evaluation Society	http://www.ncsl.org/programs/nlpes/
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation	http://www.pire.org/
ProgramEvaluation.ORG: New York State Teacher Resource and Computer Training Centers	http://www.programevaluation.org/index.html
Project Star: Support and Training for Assessing Results	http://www.projectstar.org/star/index.htm
RAND (Research and Development)	http://www.rand.org/
Social Psychology Network	http://www.socialpsychology.org/
Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), Delhi	http://www.pria.org/
Sustainability Institute	http://sustainer.org/
ThinkQuest for Tomorrow's Teachers (T3)	http://t3.thinkquest.org
TLT Group: Teaching, Learning, and Technology	http://www.tltgroup.org/
Urban Institute: A Nonpartisan Economic and Social Research Organization	http://www.urban.org/

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