Parents & Educators: Resources on Education Products/Programs

Resource	Information available from this resource
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statements www.aappolicy.aappublications.org	Many of the AAP policy statements provide overviews of research related to educational products, interventions, and theories. There is a search engine that is useful in guiding users to appropriate articles.
American Speech and Language Hearing Association (ASHA)* www.asha.org	ASHA journals provide articles reviewing the theoretical basis and empirical evidence associated with a variety of speech and language intervention programs. In addition, they offer a guide to evaluating treatment procedures, products and programs.
Best Evidence Encyclopedia www.bestevidence.org	This web site, created by the Johns Hopkins University School of Education's Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education (CDDRE), provides information on the strength of the evidence supporting a variety of programs available for students in grades K-12.
Campbell Collaboration www.campbellcollaboration.org	The Campbell Collaboration provides reviews and research articles on various interventions from a social science, behavioral science, and educational perspective.
Cochrane Collaboration* www.cochrane.org	The Cochrane Collaboration provides reviews of the evidence for and against the effectiveness of a variety of interventions and treatments in the fields of medicine and education.
Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) www.fcrr.org	The FCRR provides reports of reading programs. The reports describe specific programs and their use, as well as information regarding the consistency of the programs with scientifically based research in reading.
The International Dyslexia Association (IDA) www.interdys.org	The IDA website offers resources for reading and dyslexia, including a matrix comparing multisensory, structured-language reading programs, some of which have served as interventions in neuroimaging studies.
Massachusetts Branch of the International Dyslexia Association (MABIDA) www.dyslexia-ma.org	The MABIDA website offers current events and resources in the Massachusetts area. Membership to MABIDA includes the following: no-fee session with a qualified clinician to discuss assessment results and reports fact sheets referral services access to IDA publications on reading, writing, and dyslexia automatic membership with IDA alerts to community events information on current research studies to join
What Works Clearinghouse www.ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc	The What Works Clearinghouse, an initiative of the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES), compiles empirical research on educational products and provides reviews based on its evaluation of the available empirical research.
SharpBrains www.sharpbrains.com	SharpBrains includes a useful checklist for brain fitness software and training games, as well as other resources relevant for brain-based products.
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