BadgerLink Public Resources: Education Links

Wisconsin School Performance Report (SPR)
The SPR encompasses a wealth of information on school and district performance, and student achievement.

Wisconsin Student Assessment System (WSAS)
WSAS regular assessments include the two statewide standardized testing programs, the Wisconsin Reading Comprehension Test (WRCT): An Assessment of Primary-Level Reading at Grade 3 and the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations (WKCE) at grades 4, 8, and 10.

Wisconsin"s Information Network for Successful Schools (WINSS)
WINSS is an electronic resource guide for educators, parents and community members to key local, state and national information about success in education.

Curriculum Planning

abcteach
The abcteach site includes print, elementary level worksheets, bookmarks, flashcards, word puzzles, etc.

CLN
Community Learning Network helps K-12 teachers integrate technology into their classrooms.

Education World
Education World includes links to 500,000 plus sites — topical headings include lesson planning, books on education, and administrators.

IDEAS
IDEAS provides Wisconsin educators access to high-quality, highly usable, teacher-reviewed web-based resources for curricula, content, lesson plans, professional development and other selected resources.

IPL
Internet Public Library for Teens — TeenSpace is a site designed to show high school and college students how to write research papers.

Scholastic Lesson Plans
Scholastic Lesson Plans provides lesson plans and teaching resources covering various subjects.

Scholastic Online Activities
Scholastic Online Activities provides learning activities for a wide variety of subjects.

Thinkfinity
The Thinkfinity program provides no-cost, standards-based Internet content for the K-12 teacher and classroom, developed by the nation's content experts.

Math & Science

ECB Surf Report
The Surf Report is a monthly annotated list of great websites for teaching and learning. Create a virtual rock collection, tour the geology of the National Parks, measure glaciers and watch them grow and sink as you change variables, or explore plate tectonics with an interactive map.

EEK
EEK (Environmental Education for Kids) brings you Teaching Activities and Resources for teaching Science, Math, Language Arts, and Social Studies. These resources include lesson plans, service-learning information, multimedia, and reference materials. EEK is brought to you by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

GCFLearnFree.org
GCFLearnFree.org creates and provides quality, innovative online learning opportunities to anyone who wants to improve their technology, literacy and math skills. Over 750 different lessons available.

goENC
The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse features 13 highly reviewed sites on science or math each month.

NASA Education
NASA provides formal and informal educators unique resources and development opportunities to strengthen the overall teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Sci-Math World
The Sci-Math World workshop is designed for all teachers and librarians who wish to expand their knowledge of science and math education Web resources.

Technology

Educational Communications Board (ECB)
The Educational Communications Board serves as a resource for the Wisconsin education community by providing educational media, classroom resources, and professional development training opportunities in cooperation with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), Wisconsin Public Television, Wisconsin Public Radio, and the University of Wisconsin Extension. As an agency of the State of Wisconsin, the mission of the ECB is to provide a statewide telecommunications system and assistance in the diffusion of advanced technologies in support of education.

US History

American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
American Memory is a project of the Library of Congress, providing access to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States.

Historical Voices
This site is designed to create a fully searchable online database of spoken word collections from the 20th century. The database will continue to be updated with contributions of significant collections from cooperating institutions.

The New York Times
The New York Times Learning Network — Teacher Connections site is updated daily, includes lesson plans and an archive of lesson plans, most of which deal with history and social studies.

PBS NewsHour Extra
PBS NewsHour Extra provides quality educational resources based on current issues and events including news articles written for students, videos, high-quality, free lesson plans and teaching tools, as well as a Student Voices component offering essays by students from across the country.

Smithsonian Institution Digital Library
This is the gateway to digitized images from the Smithsonian’s museums, archives, and libraries. The collection is browsable by general topic and searchable through the main Smithsonian Web site search.

Education Sites

Assessment

Curriculum Planning

Math & Science

Technology

US History