Standards, Assessment, and Accountability - Guide to Resources
The U.S. Department of Education has set guidelines on developing standards, assessment and accountability for public education in the United States. However, standards themselves are set at the state level, so links to the web pages for each of the five states are provided as well.
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U. S. Department of Education: Standards, Assessment and Accountability
http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/saa.html
Provides information on standards, assessment, and accountability, including those efforts required under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). These include the Adequate Yearly Progress provisions, regulations, guidance and resources, and the Standards and Assessment Peer Review program.
From the Department of Education's FAQ page, "...there are no federally sanctioned national standards for any academic area. Instead, standards are set at the state level." Below are links to the standards and assessment websites for each of the five grant states, as well as their Adequate Yearly Progress reports, as required by the No Child Left Behind Act. Unfortunately, because these areas are not federally regulated, the information is not uniformly provided for each state.
Arizona
Standards: http://www.ade.state.az.us/standards/contentstandards.asp
Assessment: http://www.ade.state.az.us/standards/
Adequate Yearly Progress: http://www.azed.gov/azlearns/aypdeterminations.asp
Colorado
Office of Learning and Results: http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeassess/documents/olr/index_olr.html
Standards: http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeassess/documents/olr/k12_standards.html
Unit of Student Assessment: http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeassess/index_assess.html
Adequate Yearly Progress: http://www.cde.state.co.us/FedPrograms/AYP/index.asp
New Mexico
Standards: http://www.ped.state.nm.us/educationalStandards.html
Assessment: http://www.ped.state.nm.us/AssessmentAccountability/AssessmentEvaluation/index.html
Adequate Yearly Progress: http://www.ped.state.nm.us/div/acc.assess/accountability/2007/index2007.html
Utah
Core Curriculum (Standards): http://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/core/
Assessment: http://www.schools.utah.gov/assessment/default.aspx
Adequate Yearly Progress: http://www.schools.utah.gov/nclb/
Wyoming
Standards: http://www.k12.wy.us/SAA/standards.asp
Standards & Assessment Unit: http://www.k12.wy.us/sa.asp
Adequate Yearly Progress: http://www.k12.wy.us/SAA/ayp.asp
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