National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Join NCTM, participate in the forum for the development of new math
education standards, find out about job openings around the world.
National Education Goals Panel
Find the most recent information on how much progress the nation and
states are
making toward the Education goals.
A
Nation at Risk
The U.S. Department of Education's National Commission on Excellence
in Education published the report, A Nation At Risk, in 1983. Find the
commissions recommendations here.
SCANS’
Competencies
The Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) studied
the kinds of skills that workers must have to succeed in today's workplace.
The results of the study were published in a document that has had a profound
impact on education.
McREL:
Life Skills Standards
Scroll through this list of standards that include: Life Work, Self
Regulation, Thinking and Reasoning, and Working With Others.
Regional Labs
For more information about regional educational laboratories, see the
National Network of Regional Educational Laboratories Web site that links
to a graphic representation of service areas and descriptions of the programs
each site offers.
New Standards
Performance Standards
This Web site from the National Center for Education and the Economy
in Washington, D.C., highlights a small sample of performance standards
from science. As you browse, consider the differences between content,
curriculum, and performance standards.
ED's Oasis
ED's Oasis Teachers' Guild Library fosters professional development
through an informal "apprenticeship" model and focuses on using the Internet
in curriculum-based student-centered activities.
TCET Instructional
Units
These lesson plans and resources were provided by teachers and are
designed to be used as examples and suggested strategies for teaching the
TEKS.
The Gateway to Educational
Materials
Here is a huge list of educational materials on the Internet. You can
search it by keyword or browse through particular subjects. There are a
number of lesson plans related to the desert here.
Statewide
Centers and Resources
TEKStar:
This Web site will connect you to all of the Centers for Educational
Development supported by the Texas Education Agency.
TEKStar is a multimedia tool for developing a Texas Essential Knowledge
and Skills (TEKS) curriculum. More than 600 K- 12 teaching units are available.
Teachers correlate activities to Learning Styles, Critical Thinking Skills
and Multiple Intelligences.
T-Star
T-STAR was established to expand the telecommunication capabilities
of the Texas public education system. Funds were provided for school districts
to install a T-STAR/TVRO (Television Receive Only) satellite dish and receiver.
Math Hall
of Fame
This lesson requires students research famous mathematicians and then
recommend to a committee those mathematicians they believe should be inducted
into the Math Hall of Fame.
TEKSbase
TEKSbase offers the complete Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills in
a word searchable format that can easily be searched, copy and pasted and
printed.
National
Educational Technology Standards for Students
To live, learn, and work successfully in an increasingly complex and
information-rich society, students must use technology effectively. Within
a sound educational setting, technology can enable students. This site
explores these tools.
McREL:
Life Skills Standards
Scroll through this list of standards that include: Life Work, Self
Regulation, Thinking and Reasoning, and Working With Others.
McREL:
Working with Others Standards
These standards include: Contributes to the overall effort of a group;
Uses conflict-resolution techniques; Works well with diverse individuals
and in diverse situations; Displays effective communication skills; Demonstrates
leadership skills.
McRel
Report: Life Skills Standards
Life skills are useful across the content areas as well as important
for the world of
work. This category is comprised of four areas: Thinking and Reasoning,
Working
with Others, Self-Regulation, and Life Work.
Texas Education
Agency’s Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
This Web site lists the TEKS for all grade levels and all subject matter.
Scroll
through the list of standards for your teaching field.
Filamentality
Looking for an easy way to create a simple Web page with links to educational
sites
for your students? Let Filamentality lend a hand!
Assessment:
Adopting, Adapting, or Developing an Aligned Assessment
Find information about using portfolios and how to make sure the needs
of all
students are addressed.
Critical
Issue Rethinking Assessment and Its Role in Supporting Education
This resource contains links to video clips of interviews with teachers,
a review of the
need for standards and assessment, and links to examples of assessment
use.
Critical
Issue: Integrating Assessment and Instruction in Ways to Support
On this site, teachers share their experiences of the value of informal
assessment
and of sharing results with parents. Learn about challenges to expect
when using
performance assessment.
Student Self-Assessment
This Houghton Mifflin site serves as a stepping stone to get you to
one of the these
locations: Students as Active Partners, Self-Assessment methods, and
Self-Assessment Opportunities. The information provides strategies
for student
self-assessment.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Education Agency links to all Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
and
supporting documents.
Texas Education Network
The purpose of TENET is to provide useful, up-to-date resources for
the education
community, including teachers, administrators, parents and students.
Teaching Portfolio
Florida State University Program for Instructional Excellence presents
information on
teaching portfolios.
Indicators
of Engaged Learning
Determine whether or not your students are actively involved in the
learning process.
This page provides descriptions of what engaged learning looks like
for a number of
variables, including assessment.
PBS Teacher Source
PBS Teachersource allows educators to sign up for an email newsletter
that informs
them of what's to come on their show. In addition, the site contains
curriculum
suggestions that relate to current broadcasts and gives glimpses of
things to come.
ExplorASource
This site features a resource browser that matches Learning Needs by
grade,
subject, and topic. Books, Web sites, software, and video tapes are
included. Look
for national, state, and district standards that match the selected
resource.
Apple Learning Interchange
The Apple learning Interchange offers educators a wealth of information.
Explore this
site for lesson plans, resources, ideas on professional development,
forums, news
and events, and more.
National
Geographic's Lesson Plans
Search for educational materials by subject, resource type, and grade.
Free
teacher-tested lesson plans are just a click away.
McREL Educators Resources
Visit this site to find lesson plans, activities, and curriculum resources
already linked
with corresponding subject area content standards for your convenience.
Texas Center for Educational Technology
The START Project (Sharing Technology Applications Resources with Teachers)
which provides a wealth of resources for the new Technology Applications
TEKS and
to encourage the integration of technology throughout the curriculum.
TCET’s Technology
Application Introduction
This Web site gives a short introduction to the Technology Application
TEKS found
throughout all grades K-12.
Milkin’s
Exchange’s Texas Profile
This profile of technology in Texas gives a synopsis of several state
initiatives that
help teachers implement the TEKS into their curriculum.
The
Center for Reading and Language Arts Activities and Handouts
These activities and handouts will come in handy when trying to get
an overview of
the layout of the TEKS. They can also be used in staff development
situations.
TrackStar
TrackStar helps instructors organize and annotate online resources
and file them in
the TrackStar database. The list of resources, remains visible throughout
the lesson
allowing the user/student to easily browse through the lesson and stay
on track.
Standards
and Assessments
This Web site comes from the Los Angeles County Office of Education
and lists
various links to standards and assessment sites.
Aeis It: Academic Excellence
Indicator System-Improving TAAS
Aeis It, pronounced "Ace It", is a comprehensive test data analysis
tool for Texas
Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) and End-of-Course (EOC) exams
developed
specifically for Texas educators.
Reflective Teaching: Situating
Our Stories
Listen to an Realaudio Interview with Prof. Kathi Bailey, President-Elect
of TESOL
(1997-1998) and Visiting Scholar of The Chinese University of Hong
Kong
(1996-1997), Hosted by Hugh Chiverton on on Feb. 28, 1998.
Multimedia Mania
'99 Rubric
This rubric acts as a guideline for teachers in assigning points based
on goals the
students obtain in a multimedia lesson.
Kathy
Schrock's Guide - Assessment Rubrics
Well-known educational site guru Kathy Schrock features this page on
age-appropriate rubrics that students can use in evaluating Web content,
oral
presentations, and more.
Apple Learning Interchange
The Apple Learning Exchange is an excellent resource of detailed ideas
and
examples for teaching with technology. The units are categorized by
subject and
grade level.
TEA’s
Teacher Toolbag
Here's a tool bag of plans, references and professional development
all sponsored by
Texas Education Agency.
Math CED
This site is intended to provide resources for implementing the mathematics
Texas
Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and for improving mathematics
programs in
Texas.
Science CED
The purpose of this Web site is to provide the science education community
with
resources for implementing the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
(TEKS) for
science.
Social Studies
CED
One of the key SSCED missions is to support the dissemination and implementation
of the new Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).
Texas Education Service Centers
This site links to all of the 20 Educational Service Centers in the
state of Texas.
TEKS
Lesson Plans
Teachers will find a collection of lesson plans where they can select
the
corresponding subject area for each grade level.
START: Sharing
Technology and Resources with Teachers
The Technology Applications TEKS are organized by benchmarks. Students
should
demonstrate proficiency with specific grade cluster TEKS before they
exit the target
grades 2, 5, and 8. In high school there's an in-depth study of technology.
Bill
Burrall
The ED's Oasis spotlight is on Bill Burrall. Read about this junior
high school teacher
and find out why he's so special.
Spotlight
on Success
Read Bill Burrall's lesson plan on designing an interactive presentation
using
technology.
Spotlight
on Success: Internet R&R
Visit this site to view student work samples submitted by ED's Oasis
acclaimed Bill
Burrall.
Teacher Testimony
This article describes one teacher's experience with student-authored
multimedia
projects.
Filamentality
Activity Formats
For a wealth of helpful hints to read through before getting started,
visit this site.
An
Essay by Keith Nuthall
Read Keith Nuthall's essay on integrating technology into the curriculum,
as featured
on ED's Oasis.
Texas
Education Code Chapter 28
Read about Texas' essential knowledge and skills standards in Chapter
28 of the
Education Code.
College of Education
Visit this site of the University of North Texas' College of Education.
The Texas
Center for Educational Technology is housed here.
University of North Texas
Here's the Web site for this Dallas-Fort Worth area University.
Mathematics
TEKS Toolkit
If you're a Texas educator, interested in learning about TEKS standards
for grade 3
math, this is the place to look!
TCET Lesson Template
This TCET lesson template provides you with an adaptable form to guide
your
standards based lesson plans. Just follow the instructions and type
your information
into the template, and you'll have an organized lesson that covers
all necessary
topics.