Secondary Education

includes state-by-state links

"The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) is dedicated to the improvement and expansion of the teaching and learning of all languages at all levels of instruction."

"The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is a continuing and nationally representative measure of trends in academic achievement of U.S. elementary and secondary students in various subjects."

Provides National Standards for Arts Education and a searchable database of lesson plans

"Science for All Americans (SFAA) answers the question of what constitutes adult science literacy, recommending what all students should know and be able to do in science, mathematics, and technology by the time they graduate from high school. Benchmarks specifies how students should progress toward science literacy, recommending what they should know and be able to do by the time they reach certain grade levels. Together, the two publications can help guide reform in science, mathematics, and technology education."

"There are five sets of ISTE Standards [students, teachers, administrators, coaches, computer science educators] that work in concert to support students, educators and leaders with clear guidelines for the skills, knowledge and approaches they need to succeed in the digital age."

- National Standards for Financial Literacy
- Common Core State Standards
- Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics
- State Standards

"Established in 1987, the National Board is an independent, nonprofit organization working to advance accomplished teaching for all students."

"NCHS has developed a range of publications and professional development programs by working closely with teachers, scholars, school districts, and funding agencies. The Center’s first projects were the National History Standards for History for grades 5-12 and a second set of standards for kindergarten through 4th grade."

Dance, Media Arts, Music, Theatre And Visual Arts

"NCSS serves as an umbrella organization for elementary, secondary, and college teachers of history, civics, geography, economics, political science, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and law-related education."
The website includes a summary of "National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies: A Framework for Teaching, Learning, & Assessment"

"Principles and Standards for School Mathematics outlines the essential components of a high-quality school mathematics program."

"The Standards for the English Language Arts is designed to complement other national, state, and local standards and contributes to ongoing discussion about English language arts classroom activities and curricula."

"Standards for the 21st-Century Learner offer vision for teaching and learning to both guide and beckon our profession as education leaders. They will both shape the library program and serve as a tool for school librarians to use to shape the learning of students in the school."

"CPALMS is an online toolbox of information, vetted resources, and interactive tools that helps educators effectively implement teaching standards. It is the State of Florida’s official source for standards information and course descriptions."

"The Just Read, Florida! office provides training and professional development through reading academies, coach academies, statewide and regional conferences and face-to-face professional development to learn the latest in evidence-based reading research. With the ever constant mission of training and developing teachers, the Just Read, Florida! office continues to offer professional development via webinars, online trainings, regional and district face-to-face trainings."

"Search the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards by selecting a subject, level, and/or keyword"

"The mission of the Bureau of Standards and Instructional Support is to provide quality services, resources, guidance and professional development to our educational partners."