NSRF/NY @ NYU

Looking at Student Work maintained by the National School Reform Faculty, offers extensive resources for studying student work.
http://www.lasw.org.

National School Reform Faculty provides a collection of material supporting the development of Critical Friends Groups.
http://www.nsrfharmony.org/resources.html

National Center for Restructuring Education Schools and Teaching (NCREST) at Teachers College, Columbia University supports restructuring efforts by documenting successful initiatives, creating reform networks to share new research findings with practitioners, and linking policy to practice.
http://www.tc.edu/ncrest/

AED, founded in 1961, is an independent, nonprofit organization committed to solving critical social problems in the U.S. and throughout the world through education, social marketing, research, training, policy analysis and innovative program design and management. Major areas of focus include health, education, youth development, and the environment.
http://www.aed.org

The Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University develops, shares and acts on knowledge that improves the conditions and outcomes of schooling in America, especially in urban communities and in schools serving disadvantaged children.
http://www.annenberginstitute.org

The Small Schools Project provides a range of services to new and emerging small schools that have an organizational structure and philosophical commitment compatible with the attributes of high achieving schools.
http://www.smallschoolsproject.org/

New England Small Schools Network, launched through a generous grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has as its mission to demonstrate the power of small schools in successfully educating our increasingly diverse student population and preparing them for productive future lives in a democratic world. The Network seeks to transform the face of public education to focus on creating small schools which embrace the values of democracy, equity, and personalization.
http://www.nessn.org/

"Looking Collaboratively at Student Work: An Essential Toolkit’’ by Kathleen Cushman, Horace 13 (2), November 1996. Horace is a publication of the Coalition of Essential Schools. Describes several strategies for examining student work.
http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/resources/view/ces_res/57

"Hoover Middle School Teachers Examine Student Work’’ by John Norton describes the work of the history team at Hoover Middle School in Long Beach, Calif., which meets weekly to scrutinize student work and their own lessons. On the web version, listen in on an actual "critical friends" session, examine the student work yourself, and review the Hoover teachers’ tips for other teachers who want to start their own collaborative groups. www.middleweb.com/Hooverpromo.html

National Writing Project offers extensive resources for teachers and staff developers.
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/doc/resources.csp

Teaching Diverse Learners is a resource dedicated to enhancing the capacity of teachers to work effectively and equitably with all students.
http://www.alliance.brown.edu/tdl/