See also guides to web resources in:
U.S.
Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/
Student financial assistance information, statistics, news and events,
and publications, are some of the links provided on this federally sponsored
web page.
Massachusetts Department of Education
http://www.doe.mass.edu
See below for MCAS
information.
Elementary and Secondary Education Act / NCLB (U.S. Department of Education)
http://www2.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center, US Dept. of
Education)
http://www.eric.ed.gov/
ERIC provides free access to more than 1 million citations and abstracts for journal articles and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full text.
Education World
(American Fidelity Educational Services)
http://www.educationworld.com/
This site contains links to many interesting education sites which
include links for school administrators, lesson planning, curriculum development,
special topics (e.g. Underground Railroad), professional development, State
and National Standards, and much more.
Digital Youth Research
http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu/
"The digital youth project explores how kids use digital media in their everyday lives." Web site provides information about this 3-year project and links to many valuable full-text resources (articles, book, etc) related to the project.
The Nation's Report Card
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/
The Nation's Report Card: State Profiles
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/states/
Select your "jurisdiction" (state) for a profile including Student
Characteristics, Racial/Ethnic Background, and School District Characteristics.
On the bottom of the page you will find scores for Mathematics, Reading,
Science, and Writing.
Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL)
State Wide Information
50 States Certification
Requirements (University of Kentucky)
http://education.uky.edu/AcadServ/content/50-states-certification-requirements
Massachusetts Comprehensive
Assessment System (MCAS)
http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/overview.html
Test Link (test collection database)
http://www.ets.org/tests_products
Contains information about over 25,000
tests and producst that reside in the library of Educational Testing Service.
Search by keywords, view alphabetical list or view by category. Results provide information about the tests. Tests are not available online.
Glossary of Testing, Measurement, and Statistical Terms
http://www.riverpub.com/scoring/glossary/default.jsp
Validity & Reliability:
Performance Assessment Overview (Scholastic: Samuel J. Meisels, Ed.D.)
http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/assessment/perfassess.htm
Variables, Validity, and Reliability (AllPsych Online)
http://allpsych.com/researchmethods/validityreliability.html
Assessing Project Based Work
http://fcit.usf.edu/assessment/performance/assessb.html
Performance Assessment:
Developing Performance Assessment Tasks (Prince George’s County Public Schools)
http://www.pgcps.org/~elc/developingtasks.html
A Process for Designing Performance Assessment Tasks (Prince George’s County Public Schools)
http://www.pgcps.org/~elc/designsteps.html
Scoring Performance Assessment Tasks (Prince George’s County Public Schools)
http://www.pgcps.org/~elc/scoringtasks.html
Cognitive Learning Theory and Performance Assessment (Prince George’s County Public Schools)
http://www.pgcps.org/~elc/clt.html
Rubrics:
Rubistar
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
"RubiStar is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics but
does not have the time to develop them from scratch." Find templates
for various subject areas as well as for types of assignments and activities.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Assessment & Rubric Information
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/assess.html
A "collection of assessment rubrics and graphic organizers that may be helpful to you as you design your own." Also provides links to sites that discuss what rubrics are and to rubric tutorials.
Facts About School Choice (Center for Education Reform)
http://www.edreform.com/issues/choice-charter-schools/facts/
Information about the different kinds of school choice - from vouchers to open enrollment amongst public schools. This site offers a pro- school choice perspective.
School Vouchers
(National Education Association)
http://www.nea.org/home/16378.htm
This site provides educational, social, legal, and other arguments against vouchers.
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
http://nces.ed.gov/
National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education Reports
http://www.highereducation.org/reports/reports_center.shtml
"Consists of the national report card for higher education and fifty state report cards. Its purpose is to provide the public and policymakers with information to assess and improve postsecondary education in each state."
Chronicle
of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/
"The No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators."
Federal
Financial Aid Student Guide
http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/publications/student_guide/index.html
FinAid - The Financial Aid Information
Page
http://www.finaid.org
Universities.com
http://www.universities.com/
Information about post-Secondary distance learning and on-campus colleges and universities.
Special Education (Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education)
http://www.doe.mass.edu/sped/
LD
Online: Teacher's Home Page
http://www.ldonline.org/educators
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html
Early
Intervention Resources (Family Village School)
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/education/ei.html
Especially for Schools and Administrators (National
Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities)
http://nichcy.org/schools-administrators
Higher Education
Distance Education
Clearinghouse
http://www.uwex.edu/disted/index.cfm
Rubric for Online Instruction
(California State University at Chico)
http://www.csuchico.edu/celt/roi/
K - 12
iNACOL (International Association for K-12 Online Learning)
http://www.inacol.org/
iNACOL "facilitates collaboration, advocacy, and research to enhance quality K-12 online teaching and learning."
National Reasearch Center for Career and
Technical Education
http://www.nccte.org/
"The NRCCTE works to improve the engagement, achievement, and transition of high school and postsecondary CTE students through technical assistance to states, professional development for CTE practitioners, and dissemination of knowledge derived from scientifically based research."
Perkins Collaborative Resource Network (U.S. Department of Education)
http://cte.ed.gov/
This site contains
links to standards, performance measures, transitions, as well as statistics.
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Updated November 14, 2011