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Illinois Standards


* Illinois Learning Standards Homepage
One of the resources provided by the (ISBE) Illinois State Board Of Education

* Illinois Standards
Commentary on Illinois standards developed by the Putnam Valley Schools, Putnam Valley, NY.



Other Standards


* Developing Educational Standards-Overview
An annotated list of Internet sites with K-12 educational standards and curriculum frameworks documents developed by the Putnam Valley Schools, Putnam Valley, NY. Standards are organized by state and by subject.

* McREL's Standards and Benchmarks Database
-- includes link to Eight Questions You Should Ask Before Implementing Standards-Based Education at the Local Level by Robert J. Marzano. This report may help you sort through the practical issues of standards-based education.

* National Science Education Standards
Sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences; National Academy of Engineering; Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council. The Standards present a vision of a scientifically literate populace. They outline what students need to know, and understand, and be able to do to be scientifically literate at different grade levels. ...Hundreds of people cooperated in developing the Standards , including teachers, school administrators, parents, curriculum developers, college faculty and administrators, scientists, engineers, and government officials.

* National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards
This extensive document expresses the consensus of professionals in the mathematical sciences for the direction of school mathematics in the next decade.

* National Council of Teachers of English Standards
The National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association- together with teachers, parents, and policymakers from across the country- have spent three years engaged in intense research and discussion to develop Standards for the English Language Arts- national standards designed to prepare all K-12 students for the increasing literacy demands of the twenty-first century.



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