Websites for Administrators

American Association of School Administrators
http://www.aasa.org

AASA, founded in 1865, is the professional organization for over 14,000 educational leaders across America and in many other countries. AASA’s mission is to support and develop effective school system leaders who are dedicated to the highest quality public education for all children. The four major focus areas for AASA are improving the condition of children and youth, preparing schools and school systems for the 21st century, connecting schools and communities and enhancing the quality and effectiveness of school leaders.

Assessment and Testing
http://www.pde.state.pa.us/a_and_t

The annual Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) is a standards based criterion-referenced assessment used to measure a student's attainment of the academic standards while also determining the degree to which school programs enable students to attain proficiency of the standards. Individual student scores can be used to assist teachers in identifying students who may be in need of additional educational opportunities, and school scores provide information to schools and districts for curriculum and instruction improvement discussions and planning.

A clearinghouse of internet resources that best address education assessment, evaluation and research.

Assessment FAQs
http://ericae.net/faqs

Answers to frequently asked questions about assessment and evaluation to point educators and others to internet and print resources.

Awesome Library - K-12 Education Directory
http://www.awesomelibrary.org

The Awesome Library, a K-12 education directory, organizes the web with 20,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education. Includes doorways for teachers, kids, teens, parents, librarians and college students.

Catalog of School Reform Models
http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/catalog/modellist.asp

The Catalog was designed to help educators find an external model that meets the needs of their school. It provides descriptions of 27 entire-school models plus additional entries on reading/language arts, mathematics, science, and "other" models. Each entry analyzes the general approach, results with students, implementation assistance, and costs, among other elements. Demographic data and contact information for at least four sample sites are also included.

Census Bureau Home Page
http://www.census.gov

The preeminent collector and provider of timely, relevant and quality data about the people and economy of the United States.

Council on Foundations Resources for Foundations
http://www.cof.org/resources/grantresources

A nonprofit membership association of grantmaking foundations and corporations offering assorted conferences, workshops and publications.

EDLAW, Inc
http://www.edlaw.net/frames.html

The Center provides assistance for legal issues relating to children with disabilities who are attempting to attain free appropriate public education as promised by the law. The Center works with parents, schools and attorneys representing both sides to identify problem areas and develop possible solutions at the systemic level.

Education 370-670
http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/edu/ed370

Examination of federal and state constitutional and statutory influences on public schools. Emphasis is placed on Pennsylvania statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions affecting teachers and students.

Education Commission of the States
http://www.ecs.org

The Education Commission of the States is an interstate compact created to improve public education by facilitating the exchange of information, ideas and experiences among state policymakers and education leaders. As a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization involving key leaders from all levels of the education system, ECS creates unique opportunities to build partnerships, share information and promote the development of policy based on available research and strategies.

Educational Policy Links
http://www.ncrel.org/policy/links

A list of internet web sites relating to educational policy.

Education Finance (EDFIN) Home Page
http://nces.ed.gov/edfin

Run by the National Center for Education Statistics, EDFIN provides finance information on elementary, secondary and private education.

Education Resources - Education Research
http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/researc.asp

A service of McREL, a private, non-profit organization whose purpose is to improve education through applied research and development. McREL provides products and services to promote the best instructional practices in the classroom.

Electronic CatalogSubject Index A-Z
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/subindx.asp

A directory of National Center for Education Statistics products available for educators.

ERIC-AE Full Text Internet Library
http://ericae.net/ftlib.htm

A library of full-text, online documents include full-text books, reports, journal articles, newsletter articles and papers that address educational measurement, evaluation and learning theory.

EPUB.USERSEARCH Record 1 to 20 of 74
http://oeri4.ed.gov/BASISDB/EDPUB/search/SDF

A web-based ordering system for publications produced by the US Department of Education.

ERIC -- Educational Resources Information Center
http://www.eric.ed.gov

ERIC is a national information system containing over one million records of journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, and books. ERIC, through its 16 subject-specific clearinghouses, provides a variety of services and products that include research syntheses, electronic journals, online directories, reference and referral services, and document delivery.

Federal, State, and Local Governments - Main Page
http://www.census.gov/govs/www

Information from the US Census Bureau about federal, state and local governments.

FindLaw - Law, Lawyers and Legal Resources
http://www.findlaw.com

Online directory for virtually every aspect of the legal system.

FindLaw Legal Subjects Education Law Web Sites
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/37education/sites.html

Education Law category of FindLaw.

Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org

A service of the University of Michigan School of Information, the IPL provides library services to Internet users. Available activities include finding, evaluating, selecting, organizing, describing, and creating information resources.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide

A categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth.

Legal Resources for Special Education
http://teis.virginia.edu/go/cise/ose/resources/legal.html

A categorized list of sites relating to legal resources relating to special education and disabilities.

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
http://nces.ed.gov

NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other nations.

National School Safety Center
http://www.nssc1.org

The National School Safety center advocates for school safety as part of a total academic plan; trains educators, law enforcers, and other youth-serving professionals in school crime prevention and safe school planning; and provides international leadership to the safe school movement.

Office for Civil Rights
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OCR

The Office for Civil Rights ensures equal access to education and promotes educational excellence throughout the nation through vigorous enforcement of civil rights.

PASA-NET
http://www.pasa-net.org

The Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators promotes high quality public education systems for all learners through the support and development of professional leaderships.

Pennsylvania Department of Education
http://www.pde.state.pa.us

The official homepage of the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Regional Educational Laboratories
http://www.ed.gov/prog_info/Labs

The largest research and development investment by the US Department of Education, the Regional Educational Laboratory Program helps educators, policy makers, and communities improve schools and help all students attain their full potential.

REL Network
http://www.relnetwork.org

The network of 10 Regional Educational Laboratories works to ensure that those involved in educational improvement at the local, state, and regional levels have access to the best available information from research and practice. The Laboratories work as vital partners with state and local educators, community members, and policymakers in using research to tackle the difficult issues of education reform and improvement.

School District Demographics System - Census 2000 School District Profiles
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/sdds/c2000d.asp

A service of NCES, the School District Demographics System provides access to demographic data from all US school districts derived from the Census 2000.

Standards for School Leaders
http://www.ccsso.org/standrds.html

Professional standards for school administrators.

Third International Mathematics and Science Study
http://nces.ed.gov/timss

Reliable and timely data on the mathematics and science achivement of our students compared to that of students in other countries.

The Council of Chief State School Officers
http://www.ccsso.org

The Council of Chief State School Officers is a nation-wide, non-profit organization composed of public officials who lead the departments responsible for elementary and secondary education in the states, the US extra-state jurisdictions, the District of Columbia, and the Department of Defense Education Activity.

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 - Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
http://www.nochildleftbehind.gov

On January 8, 2002, President Bush signed into law the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The Act is the most sweeping reform of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) since ESEA was enacted in 1965. It redefines the federal role in K-12 education and will help close the achievement gap between disadvantaged and minority students and their peers. It is based on four basic principles: stronger accountability for results, increased flexibility and local control, expanded options for parents, and an emphasis on teaching methods that have been proven to work.

The History of Education and Childhood
http://www.socsci.kun.nl/ped/whp/histeduc

International archive of links and source materials on the history of education and the history of childhood.

Trends & Issues
http://eric.uoregon.edu/trends_issues

ERIC Resource on recent major issues, trends and topics in educational management.

U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov

Official website of the United States Department of Education.

UVa Special Education Web Site
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/specialed

Special education resources from the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia.

Welcome to AskERIC
http://www.askeric.org

Over 3000 resources on a variety of educational issues compiled in response to questions received.

Yahoo! Education
http://dir.yahoo.com/Education

Part of the Yahoo! Directory; covers topics from the Internet related to Education.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Achieve
http://www.achieve.org

Achieve, Inc., is an independent, bipartisan, nonprofit organization that helps states raise academic standards, measure performance against those standards, establish clear accountability for results and strengthen public confidence in our education system.

AECT Tutorial Library
http://aect.ed.psu.edu/viewlets/prerequisite.htm

There is a large library of tutorials that is open to the public covering a wide range of computing topics, everything from turning on and shutting off a computer to using Adobe Photoshop.

ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) http://www.ascd.org

The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development is a unique international, nonprofit, nonpartisan association of professional educators whose jobs cross all grade levels and subject areas. In their diversity, our members share a profound commitment to excellence in education. Founded in 1943, ASCD's mission is to forge covenants in teaching and learning for the success of all learners.

Colonial Intermediate Unit 20
http://www.ciu20.org

The redesigned CIU 20 website can be used to find information about IU 20's districts, locate dynamic instructional resources, order videos through the online catalog, search for recent grants, and learn more about Colonial Intermediate Unit 20's programs.

Developing Educational Standards
http://edstandards.org/Standards.html

One of the first and still the best source for comparative information on state standards.

Education Week
http://www.edweek.org

The online version of this periodical contains comprehensive and up-to-date information on a wide range of administrative and instructional topics.

eSchoolNews Assessment and Achievement Resource Center
http://www.eschoolnews.org/features/nclb

Under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, millions of students in grades three through eight will be required to take annual tests in reading and math, with their scores affecting for the first time how federal aid to their schools is allocated and spent. Schools with persistently low test scores would have to give some of their federal aid to students for tutoring or transportation to another public school. The reforms bring greater challenges for school leaders, who are charged with ensuring their students can meet new standards for learning. eSchool News, with generous support from Kaplan K12 Learning Services, has assembled a host of resources to help administrators in this effort.

Colonial Intermediate Unit 20 Grants Database

Funding technology initiatives can be a challenge. Click here to access a searchable online database of current K-12 grant opportunities. This dynamic resource also allows users to add grant information to the database for sharing with others.

ISTE
http://www.iste.org

The International Society for Technology in Education has recently published Technology Standards for School Administrators (http://cnets.iste.org/tssa/). These standards were used to help design the PTLA training program.

K12 Grants
http://www.schoolgrants.org

One of the most comprehensive resources on current state, federal and foundation grants. This web site also contains grant writing tips and a sizable collection of successfully funded grants.

Pennsylvania School Board Association (PSBA)
http://www.psba.org

This is a good site for finding state contacts, district information, and sample district policies.

PA State Standards - Statewide Standards Network
http://www.pastandards.org

This web site is devoted to scheduling and coordinating standards-based training initiatives via videoconferencing.

PA State Standards - PA Standards K-12 Benchmarks
http://www.pastatestandards.org

With the proposal of Pennsylvania’s Academic Standards, Berks County Public School Districts and Intermediate Unit have held a series of collaborative efforts to begin the process of aligning curricula and assessments with standards. These K-12 benchmarks represent an important component of those efforts and provide the basis for focusing both individual grade levels and structural grade groupings (primary, intermediate, middle, and high school) on the mastery of the state standards.

School Profiles
http://www.paprofiles.org

The school profiles are part of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA). The information contained in the School Profiles is meant to assist public school personnel and PA citizens in evaluating a public school.

Standard and Poors
http://www.ses.standardandpoors.com

Read S&P Observations and learn about each school system's strengths, challenges, and educational return on resources. These reports also include snapshots of important statistics and graphs that highlight comparisons and trends. Monitor progress, view benchmarks, and customize comparisons of student results, spending, learning environment, taxes, debt, demographics, and more.

Technology Leadership Academies (TLA) Web site
http://www.tlaweb.org

This PDE-sponsored web site contains information regarding both the Principals' Technology Leadership Academy and the Superintendents' Technology Leadership Academy. Principals should also use this site to register for upcoming kickoff session.

Zoomerang
http://www.zoomerang.com

Zoomerang is an online surveying tool for quickly gathering and disseminating feedback on any topic. Since it is web-based, it can be used with students, staff, and parents. The free version allows you to create surveys but only hosts the data for 30-days.