Featuring Documents Adopted by the State Board of Education

		The Standards
			Printed publications can be purchased from CDE Press Educational Resource Catalog.

The Curriculum Frameworks
Reading-Language Arts (1,309 K)	Mathematics (1,777 K)	Science (4,500 K)	History-Social Science (1,400 K)
Additional documents available for Foreign Language, Health, Physical Education, and the Visual Performing Arts
How are the Curriculum Frameworks developed in California?

The Standards-Based Instructional Materials (Adopted by the State Board of Education)
English-Language Arts K-8	Mathematics K-8	Science	History-Social Science
Where can I get information about California's instructional materials adoptions?

The California Standards-Based Tests
English-Language Arts Blueprints Blueprints Preface Grades 2-10 Grades 11	Mathematics Blueprints Blueprints Preface Grades 2-7 General Math Algebra I Algebra II Geometry High School Math Integrated 1 Integrated 2 Integrated 3	Science Grades 5,9-11 Blueprints 5th Grade Science 8th Grade Science 10th Grade Science Biology/Life Sciences Chemistry Earth Sciences Physics Integrated 1 Integrated 2 Integrated 3 Integrated 4	History-Social Science Grades 8,10-11 Blueprints Grade 6/8 Grade 10 Grade 11
STAR Test Items - Public Release
	The Standardized Testing and Reporting Program (STAR) The Academic Performance Index (API) The California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE)

California Education Links
California Charter Schools	Governor's Professional Development Initiatives - AB466 (Strom-Martin)
Gifted and Talented Education (GATE)
Special Education	Office of the Secretary for Education
DataQuest	State Board of Education
Ed-Data	California Department of Education
California School Directory
National Center for Education Statistics	California Education Code
Links to other states

Education Reform References, News Services, and Organizations
Ravitch: Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms. Touchstone Books; ISBN: 0743203267; (2001)		The Education Leaders Council
Hirsch: The Schools We Need (and why we don't have them) Anchor Books; ISBN: 0385495242; (1999)		The Center for Education Reform
Stotsky (ed.): What's At Stake in the K-12 Standards War: A Primer for Educational Policy Makers. Peter Lang Publishing; ISBN: 0820444901; (2000)		National Center to Improve the Tools of Educators
Cromer: Connected Knowledge Oxford University Press; ISBN: 0195102401; (1997)		National Council on Teacher Quality
McEwan: Angry Parents, Failing Schools. Harold Shaw Pub; ISBN: 0877880190; (1998)		American Board for the Certification of Teacher Excellence
Moe (ed.): A Primer on America's Schools. Hoover Inst. Press ISBN: 0-8179-9942-6; (2001)		Mathematically Correct
Walsh: Teacher Certification Reconsidered: Stumbling for Quality Appendix - and - Rejoinder		The Education Gadfly
Evers (ed.): What's Gone Wrong in America's Classrooms. Hoover Inst. Press Publication. ISBN: 0817995323; (1998)		California Education News
Ballou & Podgursky: Teacher Pay and Teacher Quality. W.E. Upjohn Inst. ISBN 0-88099-176-3; (1997)		EducationNews.org
Klein: A brief history of American K12 Mathematics Education in the 20th Century		Education Next
Metzenberg: Science Education and Systemic Reform - and - Reading - the most important science process skill.		1999 CSUN Conference on Standards-Based Education
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