Standards Resources

Technology Related

• Technology Standards for School Administrators (TSSA) Collaborative
• International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE). Click on National Educational Technology Standards) NETS projections. There are NETS*S (students) and NETS*T (teachers)
• Profiles for Technology-Literate Teachers (ISTE)
• National Council for Accreditation for Teacher Education (NCATE) http://www.ncate.org/ . See also specific technology NCATE programs.
• Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) scroll down to Appendix C for the Maryland Teacher Technology Standards (MTTS). Scroll down to Appendices A1-A15 to see the Student Technology Standards-Tech standards are embedded within the content standards
• A different site for Maryland contains the content standards. Navigate to Understanding Standards, Assessment and AYP -> What do Students Need to Know?
• Association for Computing Machinery Ethics and Professional Standards
• IEEE Standards
• ALA American Library Association Literacy Standards for Student Learning - Benchmarks can also be seen http://www.ccsd.edu/Web/Elementary/bardonia/CCSDLibraryCurriculum/CurriculumCommittee/benchmarks.htm
• ALA American Library Association Literacy Standards for Higher Education
• The CEO Forum (known for the STAR Chart-which our own Kathleen Fulton helped develop) ran out of funding but is still a GREAT guide.
• The Big6 Skills
• Correlating the Big6 & Information Literacy Standards and the NETS*S
• enGauge and NCREL 21st century skills: - More specifics can be viewed at the Metiri Group
• Partnership for 21st Century Skills. The InfoTech Strategies has some good resources and presentations related to launching the Partnership Initiative.
• Metiri Group 21st Century Skills

Content:

• AAAS Benchmarks online (Science)
• McREL portal for different content standards
• EdHound Standards by state portal
• Education World National Content Standards

US National Content Standards

• Civics - National Standards for Civics and Government (Center for Civic Education)
• English The National Council for Teachers of English
• Economics National Council of Economic Education
• Foreign Language - Standards for Foreign Language Learning (ACTFL)
• Geography - National Geography Standards (NCGE)
• History - National History Standards (NCHS)
• Mathematics - Standards (NTCM)
• Music - National Music Education Standards (MENC)
• Physical Education - National Standards for Physical Education (AAHPERD) -
• Science - National Science Education Standards (NSTA)
• Science The National Academies
• Science AAAS Benchmarks
• Social Studies - Curriculum Standards for Social Studies (NCSS)
• Technology - National Educational Technology Standards

State:

• State Standards.con-by Scranton (interesting but needs to be updated in some states-like MD)
• Virginia Department of Education
• Maryland State Department of Education
• DCPS

Local:

• Baltimore Learning Community-Maryland Electronic Learning Community
• Maryland Links to Local Agencies (Schools Systems) by county

National Organizations

• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
• Center for Research on Learning and Technology (CRLT)
• Learning Profile Tool from NCREL
• North Central Regional Educational Laboratory