Re: [seul-edu] Standards and Requirements

[Les Richardson <richl@mail.tfsd.sk.ca>]

Could we place these on the links page under "EducationalStandards"?

Les


On Mon, 24 Dec 2001, Dave Prentice wrote:

> 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
> >
>