Curriculum Development Workshop:

Components of a K-12 Curriculum Guide

 

General Curriculum Websites:

 

General Curriculum Resources and Research Information:

 

Professional Organizations: just a sampling--check site for your content area

 

www.ascd.org [Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development�check out �Search� engine for information/resources in all curricular areas; resources on differentiated curriculum; check out �Curriculum Handbooks� for each content area at Central Office�includes research summaries and trends]

 

www.ncte.org [National Council Teachers of English]

 

 

www.reading.org [International Reading Association]

 

 

www.naea-reston.org/ [National Art Education Association]

 

 

www.ncss.org [National Council for Social Studies]

 

 

www.nctm.org [National Council Teachers of Mathematics]

 

 

www.nsta.org [National Science Teachers Association]

 

 

www.project2061.org [American Association Advancement of Science]

 

 

 

Various Federal and State-Affiliated Education Sites:

 

www.nwrel.org/national/ [National Network of Regional Educational Labs-US Department of Education�check out NWREL, McREL, and NCREL]

 

 

www.aea11.k12.ia.us/curriculum/differentiated.html [Heartland Area Education Agency�information/resources on differentiated curriculum�include some discussion on differentiated instruction in instructional model section of curriculum guide]

 

www.cast.org/ncac[National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum�Regular and Special Education--click NCAC site map-Effective Classroom Practices]

 

 

www.sreb.org/programs/hstw/specialnetworks/csr/csr-researchsupport.asp [High Schools That Work�Research Practices of HSTW]

 

 

https://research.cse.ucla.edu/[Research reports from the National Research and Development Centers�wide variety of topics]

 

 

www.ed.gov/[US Department of Education�central clearinghouse of information/resources]

 

 

www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/index.html [Office of Educational Research and Improvement, US Dept. of Ed�research reports/summaries]

 

 

www.thegateway.org[The Gateway to Educational Materials�Sponsored by US Department of Education�wide variety of resources and links; search engine]

 

 

www.enc.org/�� [ENC Online�Eisenhower Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science]

 

 

www.eric.ed.gov[Educational Resources Information Center�searching for abstracts of research summaries�ERIC documents available at UMASS/Dartmouth and Brown University]

 

 

www.ericse.org/mathindex.html�� [Eric Clearinghouse for Mathematics Education�check out Digests]

 

www.ericse.org/sciindex.html [Eric Clearinghouse for Science Education�check out Digests]

 

 

www.edpubs.org/webstore/Content/search.asp [Free Educational Reports and Studies in all content areas]

 

 

 

 

Assessment Resources:

 

www.quadro.net/~ecoxon/Reporting/rubrics.htm[The Staff Room for Ontario�s Teachers�comprehensive list of rubrics/scoring guides in all content areas]

 

 

https://school.discovery.com/shrockguide/assess.html [Discovery Channel�Teacher Helpers: Assessment and Rubric Information

 

 

Citations/References

       Please include an appropriate citation/reference if you adapt/excerpt/cite a portion of a web-based resource; you can include multiple citations for a given piece of narrative or text [see Marge Machado for citing an WWW/Internet resource]

 

 

 

Curriculum Development Resources

m. machado

 

Mc Rel-Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks

https://www.mcrel.org/Standards-benchmarks/

This site compiles standards for K-12 curriculum in both searchable and browsable formats.

 

North Carolina

http: //www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/

This web page serves as a curriculum terminal from which you can travel to specific goals and objectives based on discipline and grade level. This service provides a convenient way for teachers, administrators, and parents to verify the instructional objectives of the Standard Course of Study at a given grade and subject area.

 

Oregon Department of Education

https://www.ode.state.or.us/cifs/newspaper/

This page has printed standards, printed articles and curriculum resources.

 

Developing Education Standards

https://edstandards.org/Standards.html

This page has been developed as a repository for as much information about educational standards and curriculum frameworks from all sources (national, state, local, and other) as can be found on the Internet.

 

Curriculum Standards for Social Studies

https://www.socialstudies.org/standards/toc.html

You can find information about the standards process in social studies and the ten themes that form the framework of the social studies standards, with examples.

 

The National Association for Music Education

https://www.menc.org/publication/books/prek12st.html

Here, you can get the complete "K-12 National Standards, PreK Standards, and What They Mean to Music Educators" free of charge.

 

Colorado K-12 Academic Standards Home Page

https://www.cde.state.co.us/index_stnd.htm

This page links to Colorado�s model content standards for grades K-12, suggested grade level expectations for most subject areas, and additional information and resources

 

 

California Department of Education-Curriculum Frameworks

https://www.cde.ca.gov/cfir/curfrwk.html

Content standards and curriculum frameworks are available at this site.

 

Educational Research Network

https://www.ernweb.com/ern_members/elist.html

Our mission, both in the Educational Research Newsletter and on the web site, is to build a close-knit community among the parents, teachers, teacher educators, administrators, policy makers and researchers who produce and use educational knowledge. Through our print piece, the Educational Research Newsletter, we have been providing educators with reports on current research since 1988.

 

AskERIC

https://www.eric.ed.gov/

This is a good site for information and abstracts. Full text articles are available at a cost.

 

Infotrac

https://www.semls.org

UseInfotrac resources with your public library card bar code. Be sure to check academic resources and professional resources at this site.

 

Curriculum Search-Utah Education Network

https://www.uen.org/curriculumsearch/CurriculumSearch

Core curriculum, lesson plans, and appropriate links are available at this site.

 

Texas Educational Agency

https://www.tea.state.tx.us

The Division of Curriculum oversees the development and implementation of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) in public schools. The Division provides curriculum and professional development information and guidance in the ten Curriculum and Program Unit areas, Bilingual/English as a Second Language, Early Childhood Education, English Language Arts and Reading, Fine Arts, Health/Physical Education, Languages Other Than English, Mathematics, Master Teacher Programs, Science, and Social Studies.