Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library ® Harold E. Yuker Reference Library

Arts Education Policies in the States

Provides access to the National Conference of State Legislatures¦ (NCSL) art education database, which contains summaries of the states' policies regarding arts requirements for high school and graduation and college entrance, state standards, assessment measures, arts education legislation, certification requirements for teachers, etc.
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/arts/artsed/artedhom.htm

Consortium for Equity in Standards and Testing (CTEST)

This site, based at the School of Education at Boston College, provides information on the significant issues concerning testing, assessment, and standards in schools. The site has several parts: Spotlight Issues provides documents, news articles, and links to major issues in testing and standards; Testing in the News offers relevant articles from newspapers throughout the United States; Documents has access to research articles, editorials, and journal articles; Web Links offers access to other web sites on related topics; and Citations lists American Psychological Association references of relevant journal and newspaper articles. http://wwwcsteep.bc.edu/CTESTWEB/start.html

Content Knowledge v A Compendium of Standards & Benchmarks

Features the McREL Standards Database, a compendium of standards and benchmarks for K-12 Education. The database can be browsed and a search engine allows users to search the standards and benchmarks. Links to other education standards web sites. http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks/

Developing Educational Standards

Developed by the Putnam Valley Central Schools in New York, the site provides an annotated list of Internet sites with K-12 educational standards and curriculum frameworks documents. It also offers links to standards by state and by subject area as well as links to government resources, clearinghouses, research centers, state-focused groups, newspapers and magazines, and other organizations. http://putwest.boces.org/standards.html

Education Standards: Science, Mathematics, Technology , and Geography

The site provides links to education standards for science, mathematics, technology, and geography. http://ssdoo.gsfc.nasa.gov/education/standards.html

Education World: U.S. Education Standards

This site provides educators at every educational level with significant resources. It includes links to information on the development and implementation of national education standards. Links are provided to major education organizations that have created sets of standards or guidelines to be used on a national level. In addition, the site presents the objectives of the voluntary National Education Standards for the major subject areas, including Fine Arts Standards, Language Arts Standards, Mathematics Standards, Physical Education and Health Standards, Science Standards, Social Science Standards, and Technology Standards.
http://www.education-world.com/standards/national/index.shtml

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)

NCATE is the profession¦s mechanism to help establish high quality teacher preparation. Through the process of professional accreditation of schools, colleges, and departments of education, NCATE works to make a difference in the quality of teaching and teacher preparation. The site provides information on accreditation, standards, future teachers, state partners, special projects, publications, and research. http://www.ncate.org/ncate/m_ncate.htm

National Council for the Social Studies Online

The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) provides leadership, service, and support for elementary, secondary, and university educators worldwide. This extensive site includes sixteen major section providing information on such topics as professional development for educators, NCSS journals and publications, standards, related Internet and instructional resources, educational news, and more. Subjects covered include anthropology, economics, geography, history, law, political science, psychology, and sociology. http://www.ncss.org/

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

Along with the International Reading Association, the NCTE discusses what U.S. English language arts students should know and be able to do. The site provides an online order form for and information on the NCTE¦s "Standards for English Language Arts" documents, the "Standards Consensus" series, the "Standards in Practice" series, the "Professional Summary of the Standards," and the "Parent¦s Guide to Literacy." http://www.ncte.org/standards/listtest.html

National Science Education Standards

This site provides the full test of "National Science Education Standards" from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). The site offers an examination of the organization of the standards, science teaching standards, professional development standards, assessment standards, science education programs standards, science education system standards, science content standards., and teachers of the future. There are links to the home pages of the NAS and the National Academy Press. http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/

Standards, Testing, and Accountability

The site provides a collection of Internet resources related to educational standards, testing, and accountability in the United States. Access is offered to information on state and national standards, as well as national testing. Also provides links to the best sites on the web for standards and testing. http://www.edexcellence.net/topics/standards.html

National Research Council (NRC): Tests and Teaching Quality

Provides the NRC¦s Committee on Assessment and Teacher Quality interim report. This report offers five conclusions about the current efforts of many states to test teachers as part of their licensing requirements. The online text can be browsed or searched. http://www.nap.edu/books/0309069467/html/

State Departments of Education/Curriculum Standards

The purpose of the site is to be a resource for locating specific curriculum standard information for each state. The site has links to general and national information about curriculum standards, state education departments, curriculum standards for subjects that are available on the Internet for each state, and other relevant state sites. http://www.mhschool.com/teach/music/m5.html