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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 and include pre-kindergarten benchmarks and specific knowledge and skill statements. |
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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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 | PreK–12 Standards: Keys to Learning |
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 | A Framework for Early Literacy Instruction: Aligning Standards to Developmental Accomplishments and Student Behaviors |
 | Shapes, Shapes Everywhere! A second grade geometry unit |
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 | Comprehensive Accountability Systems: A Framework for Evaluation (revised edition) |
 | 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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 | Policy Brief—Students With Disabilities and Standards-Based Reform |
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 | 21st Century Skills: What do We Expect of Students? |
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 | 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 |
 | Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement |
 | Connecting Ideas: A Strategy for Extending the Curriculum |
 | Designing a Sustainable Standards-Based Assessment System |
 | Essential Knowledge: The Debate Over What American Students Should Know |
 | 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 |
 | Sequenced Benchmarks for Geography and History |
 | Sequenced Benchmarks for K–12 Language Arts |
 | Sequenced Benchmarks for K–8 Science |
 | Sequenced Benchmarks for K-12 Mathematics |
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 | Classroom Instruction that Works: Participants' and Facilitators' Manuals |

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 | Awash in a Sea of Standards |
 | High School Standards and Expectations for College and the Workplace |
 | Issues Brief: Digging Deeper: Where Does the Public Stand on Standards-based Education? |
 | McREL Insights - Standards-based Education: Putting Research into Practice |
 | Noteworthy Perspectives on Implementing Standards-Based Education |
 | 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 |
 | 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: Fulfilling the Promise of the Standards Movement |
 | Policy Brief: Standards-Based Accountability Systems |
 | High School Standards and Expectations for College and the High-Skills Workplace [Research in Brief] |
 | 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 |
 | Thinking & Learning Skills: What Do We Expect of Students? |
 | What Americans Believe Students Should Know: A Survey of U.S. Adults |
 | 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? |
 | Content Knowledge: A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K-12 Education |
 | Eight Questions You Should Ask Before Implementing Standards-Based Education at the Local Level |
 | Models of Standards Implementation: Implications for the Classroom |
 | 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) |