Additional Resources ERIC DATABASE http://www.ericfacility.net/teams/Login.do?action=11 http://www.eric.ed.gov/ Discipline Bibliography: http://www.indiana.edu/~safeschl/minor.html http://www.laaclu.org/Court/SRH.htm (also includes general educational rights discussion) http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/resources/action_kits/zero_tol2.php http://www.buildingblocksforyouth.org/kentucky/kentucky2.pdf Special Education http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/resources/action_kits/special_ed2.php http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/research/specialed/IDEA_paper02.php http://www.nap.edu/books/0309074398/html Tracking/Access to Curriculum Jeannie Oakes, Educational matchmaking : academic and vocational tracking in comprehensive high schools (1992) Jeannie Oakes, Keeping track : how schools structure inequality (1985) Jeannie Oakes, Multiplying inequalities : the effects of race, social class, and tracking on opportunities to learn mathematics and science (1990) http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/resources/civilrights_brief/Gatekeeping.pdf http://books.nap.edu/books/0309062802/html/index.html http://www2.edtrust.org/NR/rdonlyres/26923A64-4266-444B-99ED- 2A6D5F14061F/0/k16_winter2003.pdf --achievement gap http://www2.edtrust.org/NR/rdonlyres/9AB4AC88-7301-43FF-81A3- EB94807B917F/0/AfAmer_Achivement.pdf http://www2.edtrust.org/NR/rdonlyres/7DC36C7E-EBBE-43BB-8392- CDC618E1F762/0/LatAchievEnglish.pdf High Stakes Testing http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/resources/civilrights_brief/testing.php http://www.cep-dc.org/testing/testtalkoctober2002.pdf http://www.cep-dc.org/testing/testtalkjune2002.pdf No Child Left Behind http://www.publiceducation.org/pdf/NCLBBook.pdf http://www2.edtrust.org/NR/rdonlyres/82FA87DD-62D2-415E-8426- 32FD14CF2EF8/0/factsheetrev4.pdf http://www.centerforparentleadership.org/NCLB%20Guide.pdf http://www.schoolfunding.info/federal/NCLB/nclb_brief.php3 http://www.schoolfunding.info/federal/NCLB/implementation.php3 http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/involve/nclbguide/parentsguide.html Funding http://www.publiceducation.org/pdf/schoolfinancekit.pdf Teacher Quality http://www.publiceducation.org/pdf/TQ/PEN_CommActionGuide.pdf http://www.nctaf.org/article/index.php?g=0&c=4&sc=16&ssc=&a=6&navs=& http://www.all4ed.org/publications/TappingThePotential/TappingThePotential.pdf http://www2.edtrust.org/NR/rdonlyres/0279CB4F-B729-4260-AB6E- 359FD3C374A7/0/k16_summer98.pdf Literacy http://www.all4ed.org/publications/AdolescentsAndLiteracy.pdf Race and Education http://www.publiceducation.org/pdf/qualitynow.pdf Study Resources Brainchild Online Assessment: Provides interactive sample tests for subject area diagnostics tied to state tests. Click on a specific state, identify a grade level and subject area to select the appropriate test. The site allows user to print out scored assessments with feedback for correct and incorrect answers. http://www.brainchild.com/gen/usmap.asp Kidtest.com: Helps students from kindergarten through college improve their scores on achievement tests. The site contains several practice U.S. state and Canadian province achievement tests online and features near immediate grading and feedback reports. Includes sample Stanford Achievement Test (SAT) practice tests. Prices for tests range from $0.95 to $12.95 www.kidtest.com Computing Technology for Math Excellence is full of resources for teaching and learning mathematics (K-12 and calculus) and the standards movement in education. Math resourcesinclude over 70 software products and website links to sites for basic skills mastery, problem solving and critical thinking, standardized testing, and much more. www.ct4me.net/ Getsmarter.org is an animated, interactive testing and learning site brought to you by the Council on Competitiveness. This free site gives K-12 students or any users an opportunity to self-assess their mathematics and science skills and to compare them to other students worldwide. The site also provides materials for self improvement: practice opportunities, hints, and links to tutorials tohelp students do better. For high school students, MSTV (Math & Science Television) gives interactive, real-world examples on why those subjects are so important. Al Berkeley, Vice-Chairman of TheNasdaq Stock Market, and Richard C. Atkinson, President, University of California, chaired this initiative. http://getsmarter.org Kids Place Mathematics from Houghton Mifflin Company contains online quizzes and tests and brainteasers correlated to their mathematics textbooks for grades 1-6, and additional test taking skills. http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mhm/ Chicago Public Schools posted sample test items at http://www.intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Assessments/Preparation/preparation.html. Their Office of Accountability produced excellent documents to help prepare students for standardized tests: For Elementary School Children: http://www.intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Assessments/Preparation/ Elementary_Test_Preparation/elementary_test_preparation.html Internet4Classrooms: Access activities on specific concepts within mathematics strands for grades 1-7 and an extensive list of standardized testing practice sites for a variety of states. www.internet4classrooms.com/TCAP.htm Learning Network: Provides articles on how parents can prepare students for tests, and includes some sample questions from standardized tests. http://familyeducation.com/topic/front/0,1156,24-9028,00.html