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| Alfie Kohn | ||
| The outspoken author's virtual home. From competition to discipline to standardized testing, learn about what works in schools, according to Alfie Kohn. A complete list of articles, books, and lecture topics is provided. ( http://www.alfiekohn.org/ ) | ||
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| American Library Association: Banned Books | ||
| Various perspectives on censorship and book banning are presented along with lists of the frequently most banned books. ( http://www.ala.org/bbooks/challeng.html ) | ||
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| Assessing Reading Levels | ||
| A step-by-step guide to determining the reading grade level of a text. ( http://www.sph.emory.edu/WELLNESS/reading.html ) | ||
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| Banned Books and Censorship -- A Closer Look at Book Banning | ||
| An exciting site filled with studies of banned books and censorship issues, including a special section on books banned in the 1990s. ( http://ncrve.berkeley.edu ) | ||
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| CRESST Homepage | ||
| Funded by the U.S. Department of Education and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) conducts research on important topics related to K-12 educational testing. ( http://www.cse.ucla.edu/ ) | ||
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| FairTest: Introduction | ||
| The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) is an advocacy organization working to end the abuses, misuses and flaws of standardized testing and ensure that evaluation of students and workers is fair, open, and educationally sound. ( http://fairtest.org/index.htm ) | ||
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| International Reading Association | ||
| In addition to expected features, the site addresses national and international issues in reading and presents powerful positions taken by the Association. ( http://www.reading.org/ ) | ||
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| The Multicultural Pavilion -- Multicultural Education Resources and Dialogues | ||
| Provides resources for educators, students and activists to study multicultural issues. ( http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/ ) | ||
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| NAEP Profiles by State | ||
| An interactive site providing key data about each state's student and school population and its NAEP testing history and results. ( http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/states/ ) | ||
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| National Council of Teachers of English: Censorship | ||
| Five guidelines for addressing threats of censorship. ( http://www.ncte.org/about/issues/censorship ) | ||
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| National Multicultural Institute (NMCI) | ||
| Studies multicultural and diversity issues well beyond the schools and United States. ( http://www.nmci.org/ ) | ||
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| Promoting Peace and Cultural Understanding in the Classroom and Community | ||
| A multi-leveled intervention aimed at promoting peace and social justice among schoolchildren ( http://www.springerlink.com/(n53euxqy4fnsuf55bgasmw55)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer... ) | ||
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| Quotations by Women | ||
| Quotable quotes from famous and not-so-famous women through history. ( http://womenshistory.about.com/library/qu/blqulist.htm ) | ||
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| Science NetLinks | ||
| From the American Association for the Advancement of Science, lessons are organized by Project 2061 benchmarks. ( http://www.sciencenetlinks.org ) | ||
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| A Systemic Approach to Standards-Based Learning | ||
| An article from the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse has advice to help school personnel manage the process of standards implementation, specifically regarding math and science standards. Links lead to standards documents and many resources on assessment, inquiry, and technology aspects of standards. ( http://www.goenc.com ) | ||
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| Timeless Classics | ||
| The National Endowment of the Arts compiled this list of the most popular books read in schools. ( http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/timeless.html#credits ) | ||
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| The U.S. Department of Education | ||
| Preservice educators might as well familiarize themselves with this site early on in their preservice program. Special features include education headlines and a most requested items section and the government’s view of No Child Left Behind. ( http://www.ed.gov ) | ||
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| US History Standards | ||
| An extensive site filled with the historical thinking and understandings that evolved into the national standards. Organized by era, a subject matter specialist will find content for curriculum development and practice. ( http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/nchs ) | ||
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