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Setting the standard for standards-based education
McREL is a nationally recognized leader in standards-based education. We work with educators to review, revise, or develop new standards; prioritize standards to ensure balanced and realistic curricula; design classroom activities and assessments aligned with standards; and integrate performance standards into classroom instruction. Our Compendium of K-12 content standards and related tools offers educators a rich resource for designing standards-based units. |
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 | Compendium of K-12 Standards
McREL's online Compendium is a synthesis of standards documents from professional subject-area organizations and selected state standards. Standards and benchmarks are presented in 14 content areas. New with the 4th edition are pre-kindergarten benchmarks and specific knowledge and skill statements developed from an analysis of content-area benchmarks. |
| | High School Standards and Expectations for College and the Workplace
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This report found that state standards for high schools in Central Region states cover most of the language arts topics but only 57 percent of the mathematics topics identified as important for success in college and the workplace. |
| | What States Can Learn About State Standards and Assessment Systems from No Child Left Behind Documents and Interviews with Central Region Assessment Directors
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This report describes the NCLB requirements for state standards and assessment systems and highlights the issues and challenges states face in developing and implementing approved systems. |
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 | Standards Development - Technical Services |
| | Standards Improvement - Technical Services |
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| | Designing a School or District Curriculum Audit in Science |
| | Teaching Vocabulary |
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| | A Comprehensive Guide to Designing Standards-Based Districts, School, and Classrooms |
| | A Handbook for Classroom Instruction that Works |
| | Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement |
| | Essential Knowledge: The Debate Over What American Students Should Know |
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| | Classroom Instruction that Works: Participants' and Facilitators' Manuals |
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| | PreK-12 Standards: Keys to Learning |
| | A Framework for Early Literacy Instruction: Aligning Standards to Developmental Accomplishments and Student Behaviors |
| | Shapes, Shapes Everywhere! A Second/Third Grade Unit |
| | Awash in a Sea of Standards |
| | Comprehensive Accountability Systems: A Framework for Evaluation (revised edition) |
| | Digging Deeper: Where Does the Public Stand on Standards-based Education? |
| | High School Standards and Expectations for College and the Workplace |
| | Including At-Risk Students in Standards-Based Reform: A Report on McREL's Diversity Roundtable II |
| | McREL Insights - Standards-based Education: Putting Research into Practice |
| | Noteworthy Perspectives on Implementing Standards-Based Education |
| | Noteworthy Perspectives: Exploring Beliefs and Research to Promote Thoughtful Practice |
| | Standards in the Early Childhood Classroom |
| | The Fall and Rise of Standards-Based Education: A National Association of School Boards of Education (NASBE) Issues in Brief |
| | What States Can Learn About State Standards and Assessment Systems from No Child Left Behind Documents and Interviews with Central Region Assessment Directors |
| | Changing Schools, Fall 2005 |
| | Changing Schools, Spring 2002 |
| | Changing Schools, Spring 2003 |
| | Changing Schools, Summer 2002 |
| | Changing Schools, Winter 2002 |
| | Why one size doesn't fit all [Fall 2007 Changing Schools article] |
| | Policy Brief - Raising the Achievement of Low-Performing Students |
| | Policy Brief - Standards-Based Accountability Systems |
| | Policy Brief - Students With Disabilities and Standards-Based Reform |
| | Policy Brief: Fulfilling the Promise of the Standards Movement |
| | Standards in Classroom Practice Research Synthesis |
| | Teacher Survey of Standards-Based Instruction: Addressing Time |
| | The Influence of Standards on K-12 Teaching and Learning: A Research Synthesis |
| | What Americans Believe Students Should Know: A Survey of U.S. Adults |
| | A Distillation of Subject-Matter Content for the Subject Areas of Geography and History |
| | A Distillation of Subject-Matter Content for the Subject Areas of Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science |
| | A Report Documenting the Process for Developing an Integrated Standards-Based Instructional Unit |
| | A Technical Guide for Revising or Developing Standards and Benchmarks |
| | Challenging Standards in English: Are High Schools Missing Essential Content? |
| | Challenging Standards in Mathematics: What Are High Schools Missing? |
| | Connecting Ideas: A Strategy for Extending the Curriculum |
| | Content Knowledge: A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K-12 Education |
| | Designing a Sustainable Standards-Based Assessment System |
| | Eight Questions You Should Ask Before Implementing Standards-Based Education at the Local Level |
| | Exemplary English Language Arts Standards Among the Seven States in the Central Region |
| | Exemplary Geography Benchmarks Among the Seven States in the Central Region |
| | Exemplary History Benchmarks Among the Seven States in the Central Region |
| | Exemplary Mathematics Standards Among the Seven States in the Central Region |
| | Exemplary Science Benchmarks Among the Seven States in the Central Region |
| | Finding the Time to Learn: A Guide |
| | Models of Standards Implementation: Implications for the Classroom |
| | Noteworthy Perspectives: Keeping the Focus on Learning |
| | Sequenced Benchmarks for Geography and History |
| | Sequenced Benchmarks for K-12 Language Arts |
| | Sequenced Benchmarks for K-12 Mathematics |
| | Sequenced Benchmarks for K-8 Science |
| | Standards for Career Education |
| | The Systematic Identification of Performance Standards |
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 | Achieve
Helps states raise academic standards, measure performance against those standards, and establish clear accountability for results |
| | Developing Educational Standards
A repository for Internet information about education standards and curriculum frameworks from all sources (national, state, local, and other) |
