See also guides to web resources in:

• Curriculum and Standards
• Psychology
• Sociology

General

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.

ERIC (Education Resources Information Center, US Dept. of Education)
http://www.eric.ed.gov/
ERIC provides free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full text.

Education World  (American Fidelity Educational Services)
http://www.education-world.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.

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Report Card of National Education Goals

 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.

Teacher Certification & Testing

Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL)

• Frequently Asked Questions
  http://www.doe.mass.edu/mtel/faq/
• Test Information Booklets
  http://www.mtel.nesinc.com/MA_SG_opener.asp
  This site includes sample questions and overviews for all the portions of the test.

State Wide Information

50 States Certification Requirements  (University of Kentucky)
http://www.uky.edu/Education/TEP/usacert.html

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Assessment, Testing, and Rubrics

Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) 
http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/overview.html

• Test Items    http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/testitems.html
• Sample Student Work and Scoring Guides   http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/student/

Test Collection Database
http://www.ets.org/testcoll/index.html
Contains information about over 20,000 tests that reside in the library of Educational Testing Service.  Search by keywords. Results provide information about the tests Tests are not available online.

C.A.T. Central
http://www.psych.umn.edu/psylabs/catcentral/
A global resource for Computerized Adaptive Testing research and applications

Glossary of Testing, Measurement, and Statistical Terms
http://www.riverpub.com/scoring/glossary/default.jsp

Rubrics:

Links to Educational Resources about Rubrics (Indiana University Kokomo, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment)
http://www.iuk.edu/~koctla/assessment/rubrics.shtml

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.

NorthWest Regional Education Laboratory : Assessment
http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/

California Content Standards:  Rubrics for Writing Applications
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/srubrics.htm

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School Choice / School Vouchers

Just the FAQ's - School Choice (Center for Education Reform)
http://www.edreform.com/index.cfm?fuseAction=document&documentID=57&sectionID=67
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.

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"No Child Left Behind" Act

No Child Left Behind   (U.S. Department of Education)
http://www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml

Commission on No Child Left Behind
http://www.aspeninstitute.org/policy-work/no-child-left-behind
A bipartisan commission formed to "identify and build support for improvements in federal education policy ... Following a comprehensive review process with extensive public input, the Commission in 2007 released a blueprint for strengthening the landmark No Child Left Behind Act by preserving the law’s core principles and making needed changes to accelerate progress toward achieving its goals..."

"No Child Left Behind" Act / ESEA  (National Education Association)
http://www.nea.org/esea/index.html
This site presents the position of the NEA, the country's largest professional organization of educators, on the NCLB Act.

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Education Data Sources & Statistics

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
http://nces.ed.gov/

• Annual Reports
  http://nces.ed.gov/edstats/index.asp?gLevel=1&PubSAbbr=Condition2000&seqG1=0&seqG2=0&seqG3=0&reqEdition=Curr
  Brings together data from several NCES sources including: The Condition of Education, The Digest of Education Statistics, and Projections of Education Statistics.
• Condition of Education 2009
  http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009081
• School District Profiles: 2000 (Census Bureau & the National Center for Education Statistics)
  http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/sdds/main1.asp
  "This application allows users to compare Census 2000 demographic information between any two United States School Districts."

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Higher Education

Measuring Up: the National Report Card on Higher Education
http://measuringup.highereducation.org/
"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

Index to Colleges on the Web
http://www.universities.com/

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Special Education

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

NLDline (Nonverbal learning disabilities)
http://www.nldline.com/

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html

Early Intervention Resources  (Family Village School)
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/education/ei.html

Finding Help for Young Children with Disabilities (National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities)
http://www.nichcy.org/FamiliesAndCommunity/Pages/Default.aspx

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Distance Education

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.nacol.org/
iNACOL "facilitates collaboration, advocacy, and research to enhance quality K-12 online teaching and learning."

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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."

Office of Vocational and Adult Education (U.S. Department of Education)
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/pi/cte/index.html
This site contains links to standards, performance measures, transitions, as well as statistics.

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Updated June 9, 2009