Gathering basic statistics and conducting assessments of what students know are also supported. Research into vocational education, children with disabilities, and bilingual technical assistance activities are an additional part of the Department's research portfolio. These brochures offer concise research-based answers to parents' concerns about their children's education. Prepared by ERIC, topics covered include homeschooling, strengthening a child's self esteem, identifying high quality preschool programs, acquiring a second language, environmental education, and using computer networks in the classroom. These popular pamphlets and brochure are designed to address parents' concerns about their children's education.
Brochures focus on helping a child to learn math, reading, history, and science.
Others focus on using the library, getting ready for school and doing homework. These are syntheses of the best, most current research on a topic. Topics covered are determined by the questions most frequently asked each of the sixteen subject-oriented ERIC Clearinghouses. A full-text searchable collection of more than 1,600 ERIC Digests is maintained at the Department of Education. This site provides a list of known, publicly-available web, gopher, telnet, and TN3270 sites for searching ERIC databases.