LibGuides: *Childhood and Early Childhood Education: General Research Guide: Websites

Standards and Teacher Performance

Resources about the Next Generation Standards, in addition to Common Core and other standards, as well as teacher performance review materials.

AASL National School Library Standards
Designed to empower leaders to transform teaching and learning, the National School Library Standards enable personalization for every learner and school librarian, allowing you to continuously tailor your school library to local needs, your own strengths, and learners’ benefit.
APPR Plans
Rubrics for the Annual Professional Performance Review from NY State.
Engage NY
The New York State Education Department discontinued support for the EngageNY.org website on July 7, 2022. The NYSED encourages educators to download any EngageNY content they wish to use in the future from our archive sites
ISTE Standards
The standards for learning, teaching, and leading in the digital age from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).
NCTE / IRA Standards for the English Language Arts
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.
New York State Next Generation English Language Arts and Mathematics Learning Standards
The revised standards for NY State.
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards
The official website for NY's ELA and Math standards.
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are K–12 science content standards. Standards set the expectations for what students should know and be able to do. The NGSS were developed by states to improve science education for all students.
World Book's Educator Tools: Curriculum Correlations
Connect lesson plans and other materials to the standards.

Organizations

Professional Societies and Organizations often provide valuable information on their websites: publications, news, workshops and competition announcements.

Association for Childhood Education International
ACEI is a global community of educators and advocates who unite knowledge, experience, and perspectives in order to exchange information, explore innovation and advocate for children.
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is a professional membership organization that works to promote high-quality early learning for all young children, birth through age 8, by connecting early childhood practice, policy, and research.
National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators
NAECTE members are people from all across the United States and from countries around the globe. We are joined together by our common interest in Early Childhood Teacher Education.
National Institute for Early Education Research
The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) conducts and communicates research to support high-quality, effective early childhood education for all young children.
The Division for Early Childhood
DEC is one of 17 divisions of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), the largest professional organization dedicated to improving the educational success of individuals with disabilities and/or gifts and talents.
Zero to Three
ZERO TO THREE is a national nonprofit organization that provides parents, professionals and policymakers the knowledge and the know-how to nurture early development.