CMC/EBSS WebliographyNational Standards
Current Selector: Beth Broyles
Sites That Provide an Overview of Educational Standards
Content Knowledge: A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K12 Education
John S. Kendall and Robert J.Marzano are the authors of this site which provides background and history to the development of the national standards along with links to the standards themselves. http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks/
Developing Educational Standards
An annotated list of Internet sites with K-12 educational standards and curriculum frameworks documents Maintained by Putnam Valley Schools (Putnam Valley, NY), this site includes links to the standards documents along with links to curricula utilizing the standards in various geographic locations. http://edstandards.org/Standards.html
GOALS 2000 Legislation
Sites for Specific Agencies Responsible for Standards http://www.ed.gov/legislation/GOALS2000/TheAct/index.html
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
An independent organization working to develop professional standards for teachers. Its site currently offers a policy statement and five propositions that form the rationale for the creation of such standards, a desciption of the process used for standards development, and summaries of the standards already prepared (full text copies must be ordered from the board). Standards documents currently completed or in preparation include ones ones for teachers of different age groupings as well as content-specific ones for teachers of middle level students and up. http://www.nbpts.org/
Subject Area Standards
American Association for the Advancement of Science's Project 2061
K-12 educational reform to improve science and technology literacy for all citizens. http://www.project2061.org/research/learning.htm?nav
ISTE Recommended Foundations in Technology for All Teachers
Computer technology standards for all teachers which were developed by the International Society for Technology Education and adopted by NCATE [National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education]. ISTE website also includes Curriculum and Contents Standards for PreK12 students. http://cnets.iste.org/
National Council for the Social Studies
Links to an abbreviated version of its Curriculum Standards for Social Studies and Teacher Education Standards. The latter is a lengthy presentation of what the NCSS believes individuals should know and be able to do. http://www.ncss.org/
National Council of Teachers of English
The National Council of Teachers of English has ordering information for the English Language Arts Standards and several supplementary books, a short summary of the standards, and several relevant news articles. Its site also shows a link to guidelines for the preparation of English teachers but the link was not active as of December 1, 1997. http://www.ncte.org/
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Follow the links on The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics homepage to an Overview, Executive Summary, and FAQ of the current standards as well as information on ordering the complete standards. http://www.nctm.org/
National Science Teachers Association
The National Science Teachers Association home page has links under "Professional Info" to NSTA Science Guides which includes lesson plans, websites, and activities aligned to the National Science Education Standards. Also of interest is Standards for Science Teacher Preparation.http://www.nsta.org/
U.S. History Standards
The National Center for History in the Schools site is at UCLA. The web version contains partial reproduction of the standards (omitting some charts, etc.) and order information for the print editions. http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/nchs/standards.html
