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Standards, Assessments, and Accountability
English Language Arts Web Resources
Information Sites
English Language Arts National Content Standards
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)
The SREB is one of five founding members of the American TelEdCommunications Alliance, which links education and telecommunications to provide schools, colleges, state agencies, libraries, and other nonprofit groups with several benefits in telecommunications services.
Evaluating Education Sites with EvaluTech
EvaluTech is a searchable database that contains more than 5000 reviews of instructional materials recommended for classroom use in kindergarten through grade 12. Trained reviewers using extensive criteria evaluate these materials. Products evaluated include computer software, audio/visual materials, CD-ROM-based reference databases, websites, and print materials.
http://www.collegeboard.com
Inside source for information and news about colleges for students, parents, and professionals that includes finding, applying, planning, and paying for college, and also test-taking.
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Teaching/Learning Sites
http://www.readingonline.org
A journal of K--12 practice and research, published by the International Reading Association. Contains articles, international perspectives, editorials, ideas, and information about technology, discussions, and online conversations.
http://ToRead.com
The purpose of this web page is to improve the quality of reading instruction through the study of the reading process and teaching techniques. It will serve as a clearinghouse for the dissemination of reading research through conferences, journals and other publications. Click on the following links to search for developments in literacy, professional materials, research and critical issues.
http://www.carolhurst.com/index.html
A collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics.
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/index.html
Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists. Build your own maze or print our specialty hand-drawn mazes created around holidays and classroom topics.
http://www.4teachers.org/
The online space for teachers integrating technology into the curriculum
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Professional Organizations
National Council of Teachers of English
The Louisiana Council of Teachers of English (LCTE)
The LCTE helps the teachers of English language arts, grades kindergarten through graduate school, stay abreast of the latest changes in the field and to help them enable their students to reach their greatest potential.
http://www.reading.org/
A professional membership organization dedicated to promoting high levels of literacy for all by improving the quality of reading instruction, disseminating research and information about reading, and encouraging the lifetime reading habit. Members include classroom teachers, reading specialists, consultants, administrators, supervisors, university faculty, researchers, psychologists, librarians, media specialists, and parents.
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