National Standards

The development of national education standards seemingly pits the benefits of standardization against those of innovation. Still, national standards provide excellent starting points for areas not covered by state or local standards and often shape the content and offerings of text book publishers. This segment covers a variety of national standards as well as perspectives on philosophical issues surrounding the value of national standards.

Oregon Correlations

Guidelines for correlating Oregon standards with national standards, and for developing school or district standards in areas not covered by the Oregon Standards document.

District Technology Program Guidelines

Recommended student outcomes, content and benchmark standards, and assessment system for student technology skills, drafted by the Oregon Educational Technology Consortium (OETC).
http://www.oetc.org/tech/index.html

Oregon Information Literacy Guidelines

A correlation of Oregon content and benchmark standards with the AASL/AETC national information literacy guidelines and with OETC's guidelines for student technology skills, drafted by the Oregon Educational Media Association (OEMA), February, 1997.
http://www.oema.net/infolit/infolit.html

Guidelines for the Arts

A possible match between the Oregon Arts Content Standards and national standards for the Arts, drafted 1997.
http://www.open.k12.or.us/jitt/district/std_arts.htm

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Policies

Selected National Standards

Links to national standards in the areas of science, history, geography, civics and government, the arts, mathematics, English language arts, second languages, and technology, as well as the professional organizations that publish them and the philosophy behind them.
http://www.open.k12.or.us/jitt/district/nation01.htm

Content Knowledge: a Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K-12 Education

A browsable and searchable database of content standards and benchmarks, including the arts, foreign language, health, physical education, behavioral studies, life skills, with connections to Web-based resources for each content area.
http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks/

Developing Educational Standards

An exhaustive lightly annotated list of Internet sites with K-12 educational standards and objectives.
http://edStandards.org/Standards.html

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Perspectives

A Seamless Curriculum

A thought-provoking article by Marion Brady, advocating a humanistic refocusing of curriculum based on the integrated nature of knowledge and our intuitive systems for organizing knowledge.
http://home.cfl.rr.com/marion/page1.html

Also by Mr. Brady, Education Reform: Shaping the Future (MS Powerpoint, 742 KB). "Goals 2000 (Standards and Accountability) and 'No Child Left Behind' are well-intentioned....But they are products of the conventional wisdom, and the conventional wisdom is wrong." A poignant presentation designed to promote dialog, and action, on the future of education for our children, our society. August, 2002.
http://users.aol.com/mbrady222/private/PowerPointPresentation.html

No Child Left Behind Act of 2001

Summary, overview, fact sheet, and actual text of P.L 107-100 (H.R. 1), the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, signed by the President on January 8, 2002.
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/esea/summary.html

Goals 2000: Educate America Act

The actual text of the H.R. 1804, Educate America Act.
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/GOALS2000/TheAct/index.html

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