Minnesota Education: A Research Guide: Research Centers

The purpose of this research center is to is to improve the quality of education for all learners through neutral, rigorous research and evaluation of educational contexts and initiatives. You will find research reports on a variety of topics here.

This research center is one of the U.S. Department of Education's Title VI National Language Resource Centers, whose role is to improve the nation's capacity to teach and learn foreign languages. Look here for reports related to second language teaching, learning, and assessment.

This research center conducts applied research on reading and research on teaching approaches that facilitate reading instruction. The focus is on conducting research that supports teachers, particularly those who teach students of poverty and students from diverse backgrounds. Follow links on the left for their research reports.

Established in 1990, this center provides leadership in designing educational assessments for all students, including those with learning disabilities or English language learners. There are many resources under the headings in the left column.

This research center focuses on topics such as federal postsecondary policy, undergraduate student experiences, student access, diversity, ethical issues in research, two-year college systems, finance, faculty development, and international higher education.

Although it is unfortunate that this office closed in 2005, it produced the Minnsota Education Yearbook, still available here along with a number of other recent historical research documents and reports.

Formerly known as the Early Childhood Research Collaborative, and sponsored by the University of Minnesota and the Federal Reserve Bank, this project fosters multidisciplinary research on child development and social policy from birth through young adulthood. The coverage of topics is wide and includes evaluation and policy analysis of early learning programs, family, school, economic, and community influences as well as biological and psychological foundations of child health and well-being.