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Early Childhood Education (ECE) Resource Guide: Useful Websites/Evaluating Sources

IMPORTANT RESOURCES

Early Learning - Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
National Association for the Education of Young Children
Professional association that promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research.
Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families

Washington State Agencies

US Federal Agencies

Early Childhood Education: Institute of Education Sciences: What Works Clearinghouse
U.S. Department of Education
Office of Head Start
Administration for Children & Families, a division of the Department of Health & Human Services.

Web Organizations and Resources

Below are examples of some professional organization that maintain current information on topics related to children and child education.

How to evaluate your sources

An extremely important part of the research process is evaluating your sources. With each source, you want to answer questions such as:

Who is the author and what is their expertise, authority and background in the area they are writing on?
Does the information look accurate? How can you tell?
Is it relevant to your research topic?
Is it current enough or is the date not important?
Is the information biased? How can you tell?

For more on evalauting your sources, check out the tutorials below:

Researching Online for College Students: Five Easy Steps

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