Guide to Finding Curriculum Standards
- Ohio and National Curriculum Standards Sources
Listed below are sources of state and national curriculum standards. Some of these are reference books found in the CRC Reference area while others are Web sites.
Ohio Academic Content Standards
http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEPrimary.aspx?Page=2&TopicRelationID=305
General/Multi – Subject
Content Knowledge: A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K-12 Education CUR/Ref/LB3060.3/.K45/2000
Content Knowledge: A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K – 12 Education (online)
http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks/
Provides nationally developed standards for all major disciplines, grades primary through senior high school. Contains an excellent search capability to locate standards and supporting items which relate to searched concepts and terms.
Developing Educational Standards
http://edstandards.org/Standards.html
Provides a comprehensive listing of sites where curriculum standards for most K-12 curriculum areas can be found online or information about the standards can be found. The standards documents have been prepared by various states and professional organizations.Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/standards/state/toc/index.shtml
This site provides access to the national standards for the various curriculum areas. Also links are provided to the curriculum area standards developed by each state.
Arts
The National Visual Arts Standards CUR/Ref/N85/.N28/1994
Artsedge Curriculum Connection
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/
Provides access to curriculum standards and frameworks for the arts.
Language Arts
Academic Content Standards K – 12 English Language Arts (Ohio Department of Education) CUR/Ref/LB1629/.O3/O353/2002
Academic Content Standards K – 12 English Language Arts (Ohio Department of Education) (online)
http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelationID=330&ContentID=489&Content=2416Standards of the English Language Arts (National Council of Teachers of English) CUR/Ref/LB1576/.N274/1996
Standards for the English Language Arts (National Council of Teachers of English) (online)
http://www.ncte.org/store/books/bestsellers/105977.htm?source=gs
Mathematics
Academic Content Standards K – 12 Mathematics (Ohio Department of Education) CUR/Ref/QA11/.A232/2002
Academic Content Standards K – 12 Mathematics (Ohio Department of Education) (online)
http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelationID=333&ContentID=801&Content=13794Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) CUR/Ref/QA13/.P735/2000
Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) (online)
http://standards.nctm.org/
MusicMENC The National Association for Music Education
http://www.menc.org/publication/books/standards.htm
These National Standards for Music Education were developed by MENC The National Association for Music Education. This site also provides links to the music education standards of the various states as well as to various publications dealing with implementation of the national standards.
Science
Academic Content Standards K – 12 Science (Ohio Department of Education) CUR/Ref/Q181/.A22/2003
Academic Content Standards K – 12 Science (Ohio Department of Education) (online)
http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelationID=334&ContentID=834&Content=25863National Science Education Standards CUR/Ref/Q183.3/.A/N364/1996
National Science Education Standards (online)
http://books.nap.edu/html/nses/html/index.html
Social Studies
Academic Content Standards K – 12 Social Studies (Ohio Department of Education) CUR/Ref/LB1584/.A323/2003
Academic Content Standards K – 12 Social Studies (Ohio Department of Education) (online)
http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelationID=335&ContentID=852&Content=18582Expectations of Excellence: Curriculum Standards for Social Studies (National Council for the Social Studies) CUR/Ref/LB1584/.E863/1994
National Standards for Social Studies Teachers (volume 1) (National Council for the Social Studies) CUR/Ref/H62.5/.U5/N384/2000
National Standards for Social Studies Teachers (National Council for the Social Studies) (online)
http://www.socialstudies.org/standards/National Standards for Social Studies Teachers (volume 2): Program Standards for the Initial Preparation of Social Studies Teachers CUR/Ref/H62.5/.U5/N384/2000/v.2
National Standards for Social Studies Teachers (volume 3): Guidebook for Colleges and Universities Preparing Social Studies Teachers CUR/Ref/H62.5/.U5/N384/2000/v.3
National Standards for History (National Center for History in the Schools) CUR/Ref/LB1642/.U5/N37/1996
National Standards for History (National Center for History in the Schools) (online)
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/nchs/standards/National Standards for Civics and Government (Center for Civic Education) CUR/Ref/LB1584/.N37/1994
National Standards for Civics and Government (Center for Civic Education) (online)
http://www.civiced.org/index.php?page=national_standards_for_civics_and_governmentGeography for Life: National Geography Standards (National Geographic Society, et al) CUR/Ref/G72/.G46/1994
U.S. National Geography Standards, 2001 (National Geographic Society) (online)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/standards/matrix.htmlVoluntary National Content Standards in Economics (National Council on Economic Education) CUR/Ref/HB74.8/V65/1997
Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics (National Council on Economic Education) (online)
http://www.ncee.net/ea/program.php?pid=19
Technology
National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers: Preparing Teachers to Use Technology (International Society for Technology in Education) CUR/Ref/LB3060.83/.I59/2002
National Educational Technology Standards for Students: Connecting Curriculum and Technology (International Society for Technology in Education) CUR/Ref/LB3060.83/.I58/2000
Ohio Department of Education
- Curriculum Standards for Various States and Applications of Curriculum Standards by School Districts
- Below are two portal Web sites that provide links to the state department of education for each state. Searching state departments sites is one approach to finding curriculum standards that they have developed.
IDEANET
http://www.doe.state.in.us/htmls/states.htmlEROD
http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/Programs/EROD/org_list.cfm?category_cd=SEA
- Below is a portal that provides links to the Websites of many school districts from across the United States. Visiting these Websites can possibly provide access to curriculum guides, many of which show applications of curriculum standards, produced locally or at least contact information so that these can be obtained.
EduHound Schools on the Web
http://www.eduhoundschoolsontheweb.com/
- Another approach for locating curriculum standards developed by various states and school district applications involves using KCDL Online. KCDL Online is a great resource for locating curriculum standards and frameworks that may be available online for various states. It can also be used for finding curriculum guides used by various school districts that may show curriculum standards and how the districts are applying them to their curriculum.
KCDL is a library of thousands of curriculum guides, frameworks, courses of study, and curriculum standards. Through the online index KCDL Online, you can locate online full-text copies of newer curriculum guides (since 2000) as well as earlier guides located on microfiche and filed in the CRC.
To access KCDL Online:
- Go to the University Libraries homepage – http://www.libraries.uc.edu
- Click in the upper right of the center section on “A-Z List of Databases”
- Click on “K” in the alphabet list
- The first database will be KCDL Online. Click on “Connect”
- You are now at the KCDL Index. At this point you can type in a “Keyword” or preferably scroll down a ways to the “Primary Section” and choose a curriculum area, such as social science, by scrolling down in the “Primary Section” window until social science appears. Click on this term.
You may also combine the above curriculum area with a specific subject. Just scroll down in the “Subject” window until you find an appropriate subject, for example, United States History. Select this term by clicking on it.
- Next, by going to the window marked, “Educational Content” and holding down the mouse key, you will find that you have a choice of various items, depending on what you are looking for in your curriculum guide. If you are mainly interested in those documents that contain curriculum standards, choose the term, academic standards. Also, by holding down the Control Key, you can click in this window on more than one of these terms to use in your search.
You can click on the appropriate grade level(s) in the “Grade Level” window or possibly a state(s) in the “State” window as well. You can also select particular years by holding down the control key and clicking on your suggestions. HINT: by choosing at least 8 years, more variety will be found.
If you wish to find full-text guides only, click in the box labeled “Results with Full-Text Documents.” Most documents in the database since 2000 will be full-text.
After clicking on “Search,” you will get a list of documents that meet your criteria. If you did not limit to full-text only, the non full-text listings will provide abstracts and the number of the microfiche. Many of these microfiche are located in the CRC and can be viewed and/or printed out on the microfiche reader/printer.
- Searching the CRC Collection for Curriculum Standards and Standards-Related Materials
This approach involves searching for standards-related materials that may be located in the CRC collection or at other OhioLINK institutions. You begin with a search in UCLID (the UC Libraries online catalog)
- From a computer go to the Libraries Homepage
- Next, click on “Library Catalog”
- Click on the arrow in the “Location” area and from the pull down menu that appears select “Curriculum Resources Center.”
- Then click on the top window of the three Word Search windows (Since some books contain curriculum guide materials for various curriculum areas, selecting a “word” search will search the whole record in the catalog including contents notes that might list your specific area)
- You are now ready to enter your curriculum area for locating curriculum standards. To focus just on standards, type the phrase and standards after your curriculum area, e.g. mathematics and standards. For just Ohio standards, type mathematics and standards – Ohio in the keyword window. If you are just interested in materials related to standards in the curriculum in general and not necessarily linked to a particular curriculum subject, type curriculum and standards.
- For further searching, begin at the University Libraries Homepage and click on “OhioLINK,” then click on “OhioLINK Library Catalog,” then click on “Words” and search the words as described in “6” above.
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