Curriculum Frameworks and Instructional Resources (CFIR)
“Curriculum frameworks are the blueprints for implementing the content standards adopted by the California State Board of Education.” This site will tell you what to teach.
Awesome Library
The Awesome Library is a large collection of selected educational materials organized by broad academic discipline (social science, mathematics, etc.), by type of resource (lesson plans, special education, etc.), and by user (students, teachers, counselors, etc.).
Digest of Education Statistics
Annual publications of Education Statistics
Full text publications online from the National Center of Education Statistics; see also: International Comparisons in Education.
TestLink Test Locator
“The ETS Test Collection includes an extensive library of 20,000 tests and other measurement devices from the early 1900s to the present. The collection is the largest in the world.”
GEM The Gateway to Educational Materials
This site describes itself as "The key to one-stop, any-stop access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet!" The opening page has a search engine for retrieving the resources.
PBS TeacherSource
From the Public Broadcasting Service, includes 3,500 lesson plans and other curriculum materials organized by subject and then by grade level.
The National Council for Agricultural Education
The council serves as a national voice for Agricultural Education.
NEA National Education Association
From this official NEA site you can access thousands of educational sites. Also provides access to NEA Today, a publication.
Smithsonian Education
Under Educators tab search for resources by key word and grade.
What to Expect Your First Year of Teaching
Just that, shared experiences and advice from ones who have been through it all.
World Lecture Hall
From the University of Texas, links to university-level course materials in over 80 categories. Includes courses to be taught over the Internet.
WWW VL Education
“The Educational Testing Service (ETS) Test Collection database contains descriptions of over 15,000 tests and research instruments.” You can search for the names and addresses of over 900 major commerical test publishers.
Lesson Plans Library
“Find hundreds of original lesson plans, all written by teachers for teachers.” Organized by subject, grade, or both.
ERIC (Database of US Department of Education Publications))
"Find any publication produced or funded by the U.S. Department of Education since its creation in 1980 which appears in ERIC...." ERIC is also one of the University Library's Databases.
Bruce Emerton
blemerton@csupomona.edu
October 2008
