Re: [seul-edu] Standards and Requirements

[Dave Prentice <dprentice@uno.edu>]

While they are not mandatory nationwide standards, the National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics site www.nctm.org gives guidelines for math that
most states are trying to follow. I think there are probably similar sites
for various sciences and other disciplines. Those might be good to check
out. The Natl. Science Teachers' Assn. has a list of science standards at
http://www.nvc.vt.edu/nsta-ncate/november98.htm.

Dave Prentice
prentice@instruction.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Hornbaker <chrishornbaker@earthlink.net>
To: seul-edu@seul.org <seul-edu@seul.org>
Date: Monday, December 24, 2001 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: [seul-edu] Standards and Requirements


>Doug Loss wrote:
>> You know, compiling a list of the US standards state by state might be
>> very useful for people developing courseware and curricula.  Outside the
>> US such things are generally more centralized, I think, and adding
>> non-US standards to such a list could be as easy as adding a new US
>> state's standards.  Anyone want to have a go at compiling such a list?
>> It doesn't need to be comprehensive from the outset, but as more
>> standards are added it would become more useful.
>
>This is what I'm working on. I'm trying to make a "common base" so that
>people can have something to follow. I just wanted to know if there was one
>central site I could have gone to instead of going to each states site.
>
>> Does the US Department
>> of Education keep information on the developmental standards used in the
>> various states in some centralized location?  If so, is it available
>> over the internet?
>
>Don't know. You'd think they would, but I haven't turned anything up yet.
>
>
>C. Hornbaker
>