AMERICA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
1) The Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002
established a new organization within the U.S.
Department of Education, the Institute of
Education Sciences. Our mission is to provide
rigorous evidence on which to ground education
practice and policy. By identifying what works,
what doesn’t, and why, we intend to improve the
outcomes of education for all students,
particularly those at risk of failure.
The Institute funds hundreds of research
studies on ways to improve academic achievement,
conducts large-scale evaluations of federal
education programs and reports a wide array of
statistics on the condition of education such as
the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
We support the building of an infrastructure for
evidence-based education through activities such
as grants to states to develop longitudinal data
systems. We disseminate evidence on education to
the public and practitioners through the What
Works Clearinghouse and the ERIC education
database, conferences, publications and products
and 10 regional education laboratories and 10
national research and development centers.
By law and by culture our activities are free
of partisan political influence. We operate with
the oversight and counsel of the National Board
for Education Sciences.
Whether you are
a practitioner, researcher, policymaker,
student, or concerned citizen, I invite you to
become familiar with the work of the
AMERICA COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
and to join with us in the commitment to
evidence-based education.