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Art Education

National Standards for Arts Education
Full version available in CML LB2321.C65 Ar 1994 PMC and online.
ArtsEdge provides arts standards developed by the Consortium of National Arts Education Associations.
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teach/standards/standards.cfm

Business Education

National Standards for Business Education
Full version available online.
The National Standards for Business Education web site provides guidelines regarding what constitutes a quality education in business.
http://www.nbea.org/curriculum.html

English/Language Arts

The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE): Standards for the English Language Arts
Full version available in CML LB1576 .N274 1996 PMC. Overview available online.
The National Council of Teachers of English web site provides a list of standards, table of contents, and introduction of the Standards for the English Language Arts book.
http://www.ncte.org/about/over/standards

ESL

Center for Applied Linguistics
Full version available online in PDF form.
The Center for Applied Linguistics web site provides information about instructional standards for English as a second language.
http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/digest_pdfs/standards.pdf

World-class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA)
Full version available online in PDF form.
Consortium site provides proficiency standards and information for English language learners in K-12.
http://www.wida.us/Resources/standards/

Foreign Language

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
Executive summary available online in PDF form.
Information on foreign language standards from a national organization dedicated to the improvement and expansion of the teaching and learning of all languages at all levels of instruction.
http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3324

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Health

National Health Education Standards
Full version available in CML LB2321.J65 He 1995 PMC, abbreviated version online in PDF form.
Information on health education standards from the American Association for Health Education. http://www.aahperd.org/aahe/natl_health_education_standards.html

History

National Standards for United States History for Grades K-12
Full version available in CML D16.3 .N27 1996 PMC and online.
Standards also available in the CML in these three separate titles.
National Standards for History for Grades K-4 CML LB2321 .N27Hi 1994 PMC.
National Standards for United States History Grades 5-12 CML LB2321 .N27Un 1994 PMC.
National Standards for World History Grades 5-12 CML LB2321 .N375 Wh 1994 PMC.
The National Center for History in the Schools web site provides history standards for students K-12.
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/nchs/standards/

Library Media

Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning
Full version available in CML Ref. Z711.2 I49 1998 and online in PDF form.
The American Association of School Librarians presents the core standards of information literacy. AASL has also created Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning, which expands on these standards with guidelines and principles for creating library information programs. The full version of this can also be found at CML Ref. Z675 .S3 A4475 1998.
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/informationpower/InformationLiteracyStandards_final.pdf

National Educational Technology Standards for Students
Full version available online.
The National Education Technology Standards web site provides information about standards for effective use of technology to support learning, teaching, and educational management.
http://cnets.iste.org/currstands/cstands-il.html

Math

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
Full version available in CML QA13 .P735 2000 PMC. Overview available online.
Overview of Principles and Standards for School Mathematics from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
http://standards.nctm.org/document/chapter3/index.htm

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Curriculum, and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics
Full version available in CML QA11.N29 1989 PMC.
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics web site provides information about standards in math and science for K-12 students.
http://www.goenc.com/

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Music

National Standards for Music Education
Full version available in CML LB2321.C65 Ar 1994 PMC and online.
Standards for teaching music from the National Association of Music Education.
http://www.menc.org/publication/books/prek12st.html

Physical Education

Moving Into the Future: National Standards for Physical Education
Full version in CML GV443.N258 2004 PMC.
Companion guide to content and assessment available in CML LB2321.N275 Ph 1995 PMC. Overview of the printed version online.
The National Association for Sport and Physical Education provides an overview of the book version of the standards in physical education.
http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/template.cfm?template=publications-nationalstandards.html

Reading

Standards for Reading Professionals
Full version available in CML LB2844.1.R4 S83 2004 PMC.
The International Reading Association web site provides an online version that reproduces the core content of the printed version.
http://www.reading.org/resources/issues/reports/professional_standards.html

Science

Benchmarks for Science Literacy
Full version available in CML Q183.3.A1 B46 1993 PMC and online.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science offers the benchmarks through Project 2061, a long-term initiative to reform K-12 science education nationwide.
http://www.project2061.org/publications/bsl/online/ch1/ch1.htm

National Science Education Standards
Full version available in CML LB2321 .N364 sc 1996 PMC and online.
The National Science Education Standards web site provides standards for science education. http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/html/3.html

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Social Studies

National Standards for Civics and Government
Full version available in CML LB2321.C45 Ci 1994 PMC and online.
The Center for Civic Education web site provides a complete version of National Standards for Civics and Government for students in K-12.
http://www.civiced.org/stds.html

Expectations of Excellence: Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Full version available in CML Reserves LB1584 .E863Ex PMC.
The National Council for the Social Studies web site provides an executive summary, the introduction, and the ten thematic strands in social studies as they appear in the book.
http://www.socialstudies.org/standards

Voluntary National Content Standards for Economic Education
Full version available in CML HB74.8 .V65 1997 PMC. List of standards available online.
The National Council on Economic Education web site provides standards, information, and lesson plans to meet standards in educating students of economics.
http://ncee.net/ea/standards/

National Geographic Society: National Geography Standards
Full version available in CML LB2321 .G46 Ge 1994 PMC. List of standards available online.
The National Geographic Society web site provides a list of the geography standards, which are thoroughly dealt with in the book version.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education/standardslist.html

Technology

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
Full version coming soon to CML. Abbreviated version available online.
ISTE has developed National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for the most effective use of information technology in schools.
http://www.iste.org/inhouse/nets/cnets/currstands/index.html

Theater

National Standards for Arts Education
Full version available in CML LB2321.C65 Ar 1994 PMC and online.
ArtsEdge provides arts standards developed by the Consortium of National Arts Education Associations.
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teach/standards/standards.cfm

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