2008

The Brookings Institution

• ... named ED.gov among "the top-ranking federal websites" in a report, State and Federal Electronic Government in the United States, 2008.

2007

Center for Public Policy at Brown University (July 2007)

• ... ranked ED.gov among the top ten of 48 federal websites in its annual report, State and Federal E-Government in the United States.

2006

Center for Public Policy at Brown University (September 2006)

• ... ranked the ED website in the top ten among 61 federal websites in a report titled State and Federal E-Government in the United States, 2006.

2004

Center for Public Policy at Brown University (September 2004)

• ... ranked the ED website 1st among cabinet agencies, and 3rd overall among 60 federal government sites, for the presence of various electronic features such as online publications and databases, citizen responsiveness, security, privacy, foreign language translation capabilities, and disability access in a study titled State and Federal E-Government in the United States, 2004.

STEP: Inside Design magazine (March 2004)

• ... included www.ed.gov as one of only 9 web sites in its Design Annual 100, a selection of the 100 best designs of the past year selected by a panel of judges. (March/April 2004 issue, Vol. 20, No. 2)

Neilson/NetRatings (February 2004)

• ... reported that the ED.gov domain was the fourth most popular destination in the "Education & Careers" category, trailing only Monster.com, CareerBuilder, and Yahoo HotJobs, for the week ending 2/22.

In 2004, the Internet Scout Report cited the following new ED web resources:

• National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (September 2004)
• Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (August 2004)

2003

Math Forum Internet News (April 2003)

• ... highlighted the Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) as one of three featured resources.

Florida Educational Technology Corporation (January 2003)

• ... featured the Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) in the Winter 2003 issue of FETConnections.

techLEARNING.com (January 2003)

• ... selected No Child Left Behind as its 'Site of the Day' for January 13.

In 2003, the Internet Scout Report cited the following new ED web resources:

• National Center for Early Development & Learning (December 2003)
• Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Math/Science Education (October 2003)
• AskERIC (August 2003)
• Condition of Education 2003 (June 2003)
• Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy (January 2003)

2002

Learning Is For Everyone's LIFE Homeschooling Handbook (November 2002)

• ... a resource guide to parent-directed education in Florida, recommended several ED-funded resources: ED Education Resources page, Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE), Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM), Virtual Reference Desk (VRD), and National Library of Education (NLE).

Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University (September 2002)

• ... ranked the ED web site tied for 16th among 58 federal government sites evaluated on dimensions such as service delivery, citizen responsiveness, security, privacy, foreign language translation capabilities, and disability access, in a study titled State and Federal E-Government in the United States, 2002.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Endowment for the Business of Government (August 2002)

• ... rated ED the third best of 148 federal agency websites in The State of Federal Websites: The Pursuit of Excellence. ED.gov had the highest score of any site examined in the services category.

Pacific Bell's Knowledge Network Explorer (August 2002)

• ... gave its Blue Web'n award to the Northeast & Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium (NEIRTEC) Technology Briefs for NCLB Planners.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators (May 2002)

• ... featured the Appalachian Technology in Education Consortium's 170 Ideas and Resources for Teachers: Integrating Technology into Planning and Curriculum as "Site of the School Day".

Public Education Network (PEN) Weekly NewsBlast (May 2002)

• ... cited Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) and the ED Forecast of Funding Opportunities.

Tufts University Child & Family WebGuide (April 2002)

• ... awarded a five star rating to the ED web site.

FirstGov Citizen Gateway (April 2002)

• ... featured Finding Student Financial Aid in its "In the News" section.

Learning & Leading with Technology (April 2002)

• ... the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) magazine featured the Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) in an article "Opening the Gateway."

Internet Tourbus (April 2002)

• ... included the Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) in its list of the 21 most essential Web sites.

Nielsen/NetRatings (February 2002)

• ... cited ed.gov as the second-most visited government domain - trailing only IRS - the week of February 17, as reported by the Center for Media Research.

Education World (February 2002)

• ... cited No Child Left Behind in its School Issues Article.

Pacific Bell's Knowledge Network Explorer (February 2002)

• ... gave its Blue Web'n award to the NCES Create a Graph site.

Teaching preK-8: The Professional Ideabook for Teachers (January 2002)

• ... selected the NCES Classroom as site of the week for January 14.

In 2002, the Internet Scout Report cited the following new ED web resources:

• National Institute for Literacy (December 2002)
• Nations Report Card: Geography 2001 (November 2002) [PDF]
• Department of Education Annual Plan 2002-2003 (September 2002) [PDF]
• Common Core of Data (CCD) Build a Table Tool (August 2002)
• A New Era: Revitalizing Special Education for Children and their Families (July 2002)
• Meeting the Highly Qualified Teachers Challenge: The Secretary's Annual Report on Teacher Quality (June 2002)
• The Final Report and Findings of the Safe School Initiative: Implications for the Prevention of School Attacks in the United States [PDF] (June 2002)
• The Condition of Education, 2002 (June 2002)
• The No Child Left Behind web site (May 2002)
• Twenty-third Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (May 2002)
• Digest of Education Statistics, 2001 [PDF] (April 2002)
• ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management's Directory of Organizations (April 2002)
• the National Institute for Literacy's America's Literacy Directory (March 2002)
• The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (January 2002)
• Internet Resources for Children (from the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology) (January 2002)

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