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Math/Science Education Standards

• Educational Standards and Curriculum Frameworks for Math http://putwest.boces.org/StSu/Math.html
• Educational Standards and Curriculum Frameworks for Science http://putwest.boces.org/StSu/Science.html
  Annotated lists of Internet sites with K-12 educational standards and curriculum frameworks documents, maintained by Charles Hill and the Putnam Valley Schools in NY.

http://project2061.aaas.org/tools/benchol/bolframe.html
An extremely rich site of benchmarks for math and science skills, developed by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

http://standards-e.nctm.org/1.0/normal/index.html
A draft document of Principles and Standards for School Mathematics.

http://www.negp.gov/webpg50.htm
A variety of resources to help you find out about the Eight National Educational Goals, our nation's and each state's progress toward them, key issues in the area of education reform, events, and programs.

http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses.html
The full text of the National Science Education Standards.

http://www.maa.org
The world's largest organization devoted to the interests of collegiate mathematics.

http://www.ccsso.org
Resources on a wide range of educational issues, including Standards and Assessments.

http://www.fairtest.org/states/survey.htm
Links to reports on assessment systems in individual states.

http://timssonline.cse.ucla.edu
Test items from the Eighth Grade math portion of TIMSS. Additional items in science and from other grade levels to be added.

http://timss.enc.org
Resources for learning about and discussing TIMSS, and materials and information to help educators, teacher educators, parents, and students understand and work with TIMSS data.

http://nces.ed.gov/TIMSS/
Texts of the Pursuing Excellence and Attaining Excellence reports, the TIMSS resource kit, and more.

http://www.mathematicallycorrect.com/
Concerns raised by parents and scientists about the New-New Math and the need to restore basic skills to math education, and pointers to articles on problems with both the NCTM Standards and TIMSS.

 

http://www.ericse.org
Information on teaching and learning about science, mathematics, and the environment, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.

http://scrtec.org/solutions
Links to "solutions" to various problems faced by teachers and administrators—from lesson plans to standards questions.

http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/pathwayg.htm
An integrated set of links to articles and other sites with many identified critical issues.