Arts. National Standards for Arts Education: What Every Young American Should Know and Be Able To Do in the Arts [ISBN: 1-56545-036-1] was developed by the Consortium of National Arts Education Associations (American Alliance for Theatre & Education; Music Educators National Conference; National Art Education Association; and National Dance Association.) Copies are available from the Music Educators National Conference, 1806 Robert Fulton Drive, Reston, VA 22091. Telephone: 800-828-0229. A companion report, The Vision for Arts Education in the 21st Century [ISBN 1-56545-025-6] contains the ideas and ideals behind the development of the national standards for education in the arts.
Automotive Technicians. National skill
standards for automobile, autobody, and truck (medium and heavy)
technicians are being devleoped by the National Automotive Technicians
Education Foundation, 13505 Dulles Technology Drive, Herndon VA 22071-3421.
Contact: Bob Weber or Patricia Linquist at 703-713-3800 or -0100; Fax:
703-713-0727.
Bioscience.
National Standards are provided in Gateway to the Future: Skill
Standards for the Bioscience Industry. In addition, the project
has prepared Bioscience Education and Training Program Directory
which lists programs across the nation that meet these standards.
Educational Development Center, 55 Chapel Street, Newton, MA 02158-1060.
Telephone: 617-969-7100; Fax: 617-244-3436. Contact: Judith
Leff.
CADD. National skill standards for Computer-Aided
Drafting and Design (CADD) are being developed by the Foundation for
Industrial Modernization, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 1500 North
Tower, Washington DC 20004-1703. Contact: Jane Beardsworth at
202-662-8970; Fax: 202-637-3182.
Chemical Technicians.
National Skill
Standards for the Chemical Process Industries are being developed by the
American Chemical Society, 115 16th Street NW, Washington DC.
Contact: Kenneth Chapman at 202-872-8734.
Civics. National Standards for Civics and
Government. The Center for Civic Education at 5146 Douglas Fir Road,
Calabasas, California 91302-1467. Telephone: 818-591-9321.
Construction. National skill standards
for heavy highway construction and environmental remediation and
demolition are being developed by the Laborers AGC Education and Training
Fund, 37 Deerfield Road, P. O. Box 37, Pmfret Center, CT 06259. One
report, Concrete Worker Skill Standards, is available in draft form.
Contact: John Tippie 203-974-0800; Project Director: James
Warren.
Economics. National Standards for Economics
Education. The National Council on Economic Education, 1140 Avenue of the
Americas, New York, NY 10036; Telephone: 212-730-7007.
Educational Technology. National Educational Technology
Standards. Expectations for what students should know about
technology and be able to do with technology; for how technology should be
used throughout the curriculum for teaching, learning, and instructional
management; and for staff development and support services necessary to
make students technologically literate. Published in July 1998 by the
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), 1787 Agate
Street, Eugene, OR 97403-1923; Phone: 541-346-4414; Fax: 541-346-5890.
Copies may be ordered from ISTE at 480 Charnelton Street, Eugene, OR
97401-2626; Phone: 800-336-5191; Fax: 541-302-3778; E-mail:
cust_svc@ccmail.uoregon.edu.
English. Standards for the English
Language Arts. Published jointly by NCTE and IRA in 1996, these
Standards seek "to ensure that all students are knowledgeable and
proficient users of language." National Council of Teachers of English,
1111 W. Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096; Telephone: 800-369-6283 or
217-328-3870; Fax: 217-328-9645. International Reading Association, 800
Barksdale Road, Newark, DE 19712-8139; Telephone: 800-336-7323 or
302-731-1600; Fax: 302-731-1057.
Electronics. Setting the Standard: A
Handbook on Skills Standards for the High Tech Industry. American
Electronics Association (AEA), 1225 Eye St., NW, Washington, DC.
Telephone: 202-682-9110. AEA Customer Service Center, P. O. Box 54990,
Santa Clara CA 95056; telephone: 408-987-4200. Contact: Cheryl
Field Tyler at 800-284-4232.
Electrical Construction. The skills
standards project for electrical construction is sponsored by the National
Electrical Contractors Association, 3 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 1100,
Bethesda, MD 20814. Contact: Charles Kelly: 301-657-3110.
Foreign Languages. American Council on the
Teaching of Foreign Languages, Six Executive Plaza, Yonkers, NY
10701-6801; Telephone: 914-963-8830.
Forest Products. National skill standards for
Forest and Wood Products Production and Manufacturing are being developed
by the Foundation for Industrial Modernization, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Suite 1500 North Tower, Washington DC 20004-1703. (This is part of the
advanced high performance manufacturing initiative.) Contact: Jane
Beardsworth at 202-662-8970; Fax: 202-637-3182.
Geography. Geography for Life: The
National Geography Standards was published in 1994. National Council
for Geographic Education, 1145 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036-4688;
Telephone: 202-775-7832; 800-368-2728. Executive Director: Anthony de
Souza.
Groceries. National skills standards for the
grocery trade is being developed by the National Grocers' Association,
1825 Samuel Morse Drive, Reston VA 22090. Contact: James Williams
(703)437-5300.
Hazardous Materials. National
Voluntary Skills Standards: Hazardous Materials Management Technology
has been prepared by the Center for
Occupational Research and Development (CORD), P. O. Box 21689, Waco,
TX 76710. Contact: Dan Hull or Jim Johnson at 817-772-8756.
Health. Association for the Advancement of
Health Education, 1900 Association Drive, Reston, VA 22091; Telephone:
703-476-3437. Educational goals are set forth in America 2000 and
Turning Points, health promotion goals in Healthy People
2000 and Code Blue.
Health Care. The National Health Care Skill
Standards has been published by the Far West Laboratory for
Educational Research and Development, 730 Harrison Street, San Francisco,
CA 94107-1242; telephone: 415-565-3070; Fax: 415-565-3000.
Contact: Graham Charles at gcharle@fwl.org Project
Director: Sri Ananda.
HVAC. National standards for heating,
air-conditioning, and refrigeration are being developed by the
Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States (V-TECS), 1866
Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097. Contact: Victor Harville at
800-248-7701; Fax: 404-679-4556.
History. National Standards for United
States History, World History, and K-4 History. Published by The National Center for History in
the Schools, UCLA, 1100 Glendon Avenue, Suite 927,
Box 951599, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1588. Fax: 310- 794-6740; E-Mail:
history@lands.sscnet.ucla.edu. On-line versions:
On-line access to some of the debate about the National History Standards
can be found at the Web site
Debate over National Standards for World History maintained by Haines
Brown (E-mail: brownh@ccsu.ctstateu.edu). A detailed review
entitled History in the Making is available for $8.00 from the
Council for Basic Education, 1319 F St., N.W., Suite 900, Washington, DC
20004; Telephone: 202-347-4171.
Hospitality and Tourism. The National Skills
Standards for Hospitality and Tourism are being developed by the
Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education. Contact:
Doug Adair at 202-331-5990.
Human Services. The Community Support Skills
Standards Project is being develped by the Human Services Research
Institute (2336 Massachusetts Avenue., Cambridge, MA 02140) and the
Educational Development Center in cooperation with The Arc.
Contact: Valerie Bradley at 617-876-0426.
Industrial Laundry. National skill standards
for industrial laundry are being devleoped by the Institute of Industrial
Launderers, 1730 M St. NW, Washington DC. Contact: David Dunlap at
202-296-6744 Project Director: Geoffrey Northrey.
Manufacturing. National skill standards
for Advanced High-Performance
Manufacturing are being developed by the Foundation for Industrial
Modernization, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 1410 North Tower, Washington
DC 20004. Contact: C. J. Schroll at telephone 202-662-8968, Fax
202-662-8969 or e-mail at chshroll@aol.com.
Mathematics (School).
Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics.
Published in 1989 by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
(NCTM), 1906 Association Drive, Reston, Virginia 22091; Telephone:
703-620-9840; Fax: 703-476-2970 ; E-mail: infocentral@nctm.org.
Subsequent volumes, also published by NCTM, deal with pedagogy
(Professional Standards for Teaching Mathematics) and assessment
(Assessment Standards for School Mathematics).
Mathematics (College).
Crossroads in
Mathematics: Standards for Introductory College Mathematics Before
Calculus. Published in 1995 by the American Mathematical Association of Two
Year Colleges (AMATYC), State Technical Institute at Memphis, 5983
Macon Cove, Memphis, TN 38134. Telephone: 901-383-4663; Fax:
901-383-4503; E-mail: amatyc@stim.tec.tn.us.
Metalworking. National skill standards
for metalworking are being developed by the National Tool and Machining
Association, 9300 Livingston Road, Ft. Washington, MD. Contact:
William Ruxton at 301-248-6200.
Photonics. The report National Photonics
Skill Standard for Technicians has been prepared by the Center for Occupational Research and
Development (CORD), P. O. Box 21689, Waco, TX 76710. Contact:
Darrell Hull at 817-772-8756. A Photonics Education web
server has been created to provide follow-up information.
Physical Education. Outcomes of Quality
Physical Education Programs was published in 1992; work continues on
national standards for teaching and performance assessment. National
Association for Sport and Physical Education, 1900 Association Drive,
Reston, VA 22091; Telephone: 703-476-3410.
Printing. The National Printing Skill and
Knowledge Standards were published in three volumes in November 1995
by the graphic arts industry:
Retail Trades. National skills standards for
the retail trades are being developed by the National Retail Federation,
701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington DC. Contact: Robert Hall
at 202-783-7971.
Science. National Science
Education Standards. Published in December 1995 by the National
Committee on Science Education Standards and Assessment (NCSESA) of the
National Research Council. [ISBN 0-309-05326-9]. Copies can be ordered
from the
National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC
20055. Telephone: 800-624-6242. Single copy $19.95, 2-9 copies
$16.50 each, 10+ copies $13.95 each.
Social Studies. National Council for the
Social Studies, 3501 Newark Street NW, Washington, DC 20016-3167;
Telephone: 202-966-7840.
Speech. Voluntary national standards for speech
and commmunication have been published in a pamphlet entitled "Speaking,
Listening, and Media Literacy Standards for K-12 Education." Free
copies are available from the Speech Communication Association, 5105
Backlick Road, Building E, Annandale, VA 22003; Telephone: 703-750-0533;
Fax: 703-914-9471; E-mail: rberko@scassn.org.
Technology. The National Education Technology Standards outline
what students should learn about technology by the end of the second,
fifth, eighth, and twelfth grades. Prepared by the International Society for Technology in Education
(ISTE) in Eugene, Oregon. Telephone: 541-346-4414.
Printed copies can be ordered from the UCLA Store (Telephone:
310-206-0788; Fax: 310-825-0382; e-mail: asucla@ucla.edu.
The price for each volume is $20 or $49 for all three. Additional shipping
charges apply. Order from: The Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (GATF),
4615 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213i-3796; Telephone: 800-910-GATF
(-4283) or 412-621-6941; Fax: 412-621-3049. Nonmembers must prepay.
Contact the Order Department (Jack Simich) for details. Project
Director: John Burgess.