Standards - Information and Directory

How can they be compared?

National documents continue to be created as K-12 standards or other curricular documents.
Each use different categories to organize descriptions of their view of literacy in their subject.
Four common domains have been identified that all disciplines or subject areas are known to have.
These four categories are:

    1. process/inquiry,
    2. attitude/disposition,
    3. perspectives, and
    4. content/subject knowledge. ---->>>>>  Additional information!
    Charts that relate these four categories to the national subject area categories for ->

Science, Mathematics, Technology, and Habits of the Mind - Project 2061

Benchmark Documents -->> online at project2061.org - 
List of Content Categories -->> online at the Hob 
Annotated Outline of Benchmarks for second, fifth, and eighth grade -->> online at the HOB - 

Annotated Outline of Benchmarks for second grade - project 2061 --->>> online at the Hob 
Annotated Outline of Benchmarks for fifth grade - project 2061 --->>> online at the Hob 
Annotated Outline of Benchmarks for eighth grade - project 2061 --->>> online at the Hob

Mathematics - National Council Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) 

Overview - 120 days free access to full document - Overview and Summary -
Frequently asked questions - 
ALL -->>>> online at NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) .

Comparison NCTM Content Standards to NE Math Standards for Kindergarten - second grade
Comparison NCTM Content Standards to NE Math Standards for Three - grade Five
Comparison NCTM Content Standards to NE Math Standards for Six - grade Eight

Common Core State Standards Math

List of Common Core State Standards for Mathematics

Science - National Science Standards (NSTA)

Complete documents of National Science Standards at the NAP (National Academy Press) -->> online reading room site - 

New Framework for K-12 Science Education Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas

Outline of all the National Science Standards (NSTA) -->> online at the Hob - 
Outline of National Science Education Content Standards -->>> K-4 and 5-8 online at the Hob 
Outline of Topics or Checklist for ALL of the - National Science Standards (NSTA) -->> online at the Hob - 
List of the CONTENT standards categories for the National Science Standards -->> online at the Hob - 
Chart of the CONTENT standards for the - National Science Standards -->> online at the Hob - 
Chart of the Target Proficiencies in Science and Engineering for K-12 Students from The National Research Council

Other Standards

    McREL index to all standards
    www.mcrel.org/compendium/browse.asp 
    McREL Language Arts
    www.mcrel.org/compendium/SubjectTopics.asp?SubjectID=7 
    International Reading Association – with the National Council of Teachers of English
    www.reading.org/resources/issues/reports/learning_standards.html 
    National Communication Association (Speaking, Listening and Media Literacy standards)
    www.natcom.org/nca/Template2.asp?bid=269 
    – click on “NCA K-12 Standards of Communication” (PDF)
    National Council for Social Studies
    www.socialstudies.org/standards/execsummary/ 
    National Association for Health Education
    www.aahperd.org/aahe/template.cfm?template= 
    natl_health_education_standards.html
    National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
    www.nctm.org/standards 
    National Council for the Arts
    www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teach/standards/standards.cfm