"Preparing America's students for success"

"Located in the heart of social, technological, and educational change at UCLA, CRESST strives to raise student learning to the highest international levels. In an increasingly digitally connected age, our work empowers teachers, impacts students, and improves institutions through the creation of dynamic models and tools, as well as a powerful knowledge base. It’s a deep commitment to quality education—at all levels."

"The Test Collection at ETS is a database of more than 25,000 tests and other measurement devices, most of which were created by authors outside ETS. It makes information on standardized tests and research instruments available to researchers, graduate students and teachers. With information about tests from the early 1900s to the present, the Test Collection at ETS is the largest compilation of such materials in the world."

"IEA (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement) is an international cooperative of national research institutions, governmental research agencies, scholars, and analysts working to research, understand, and improve education worldwide."

"Part of the U.S. Department of Education, the IAP supports a variety of activities to make international comparative data available on education and learning. Our main activities are to support U.S. participation in international studies of student knowledge and adult skills and make available the data and findings from these studies."

"PISA is the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment. PISA measures 15-year-olds’ ability to use their reading, mathematics and science knowledge and skills to meet real-life challenges."