Math and Science Education Standards

The following links provide information and commentary on education Standards, both national and Missouri-based.

National Science Education Standards
Sites Offering Academic and Skill Standards
The growth of the Internet has provided the chance to index the sources of information about standards and place that information at anyone's electronic fingertips. This page has been established  as a repository for much information about educational standards and curriculum frameworks from the U.S. Department of Education.
http://www.ed.gov./G2K/standard.html

STATE STANDARDS

1. The Show-Me Standards for Science   http://dese.mo.gov/standards/science.html
   
   

2. The Show-Me Standards for Mathematics http://dese.mo.gov/standards/math.html
   
3. MISSOURI ASSESSMENT PROGRAM : SCIENCE
   Missouri has developed a performance-based assessment program (detailed for Elementary, Middle and High school), as called for by the Outstanding Schools Act of 1993.  The law provides that ''The statewide assessment system. . .shall be performance-based to identify what students know, as well as what they are able to do, and shall enable teachers to evaluate actual academic performance.''   See standards through 2001.
   http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/assess/
   
   

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   The Missouri School Improvement Program (MSIP) section administers several state-funded grant programs that assist districts to improve schools, expand local curriculum and improve classroom teaching practices and hosts an annual statewide educational technology conference. 
   http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/sia/msip/index.html
   
   

5. School District(s) Report Card(s)
   http://dese.mo.gov/planning/profile/rc115115.html