Curriculum and Assessment Resources

General References on Curriculum Reform
 National Education Goals  
 GOALS 2000 Educate America Act  
 Pathways to School Improvement  
 Standards Development for School Improvement in Iowa  
 Iowa H.F. 2272  
 Research Methods Resources  
 Teaching to Academic Standards  

National Organizations
 North Central Regional Education Lab (NCREL)  
 Northwest Regional Education Lab (NWREL)  
 New Iowa Schools Development Corporation (NISDC)  
 Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)  
 National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST)  
 National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES)  
 National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)  
 National Education Goals Panel (NEGP)  

Subject Area Associations
 National Council of Teachers of English  
 National Science Teachers Association  
 National Council for the Social Studies  
 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics  

Learning Styles and Brain Based Learning
 Putnam Valley Schools Homepage  
 The Theory Into Practice Database  
 Caine Learning LLC  
 Funderstanding  
 The Learning Brain  
 Tapping Into Multiple Intelligences  
 SCBE Multiple Intelligence Homepage  
 Brains.Org  
 Neurosciences on the Internet  
 Personal Learning Style Inventory  
 Multiple Intelligences Developmental Assessment
Scales (MIDAS)
 

Miscellaneous School Improvement-Related Sites
 The Theories (Learning Theories)  
 Glossary of Assessment Terms  
 Systems Thinking Resources  
 Systems Thinking Practice  
 Learning Theory (U of Arizona)  
 About.Com Secondary School Educators  
 An Innovative Grading System  
 Emerging Models of Assessment (Course)  
 Guide to Theories of Learning  
 Body-Mind QueenDom (Online Tests!)  

Subject Area Resources
 Chemistry Teacher Resources  

Textbook Publishers
 South-Western Educational Publishing  
 Glencoe-McGraw Hill  
 McDougal Littell  
 Houghton Mifflin Company  
 Saxon Publishers  
 Prentice Hall  
 Bedford St. Martin's  
 Coloring Concepts, Inc.  

Instructional Tools
 JMC, Inc. (student records managment software)  
 Learning Technology Systems (IMSeries software)  
 Chancery Software Ltd. (Mac School, Win School)  
 Excelsior Company, Inc. (electronic gradebooks)  

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