EDUC Subject Gateway

A dozen encyclopedias with topics relating to education.

 8 volumes published in 2003. Online and in Cook Library at Ref LB15 .E47.

Primary and secondary educational systems of 233 countries

Topics covered include all levels of education.

Contains articles and other  materials in all areas of education.

Identifies articles on  a variety of subjects, including education.  Much full text.

Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles.

Specializes in  psychology and related disciplines such as education.

More than 280,000 reviews of children's books--all full text from 36 review sources

Original source, but without many full text articles.

Includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.

Content is for students in grades 6-12 and is searchable by lexile. Includes more than 460 popular, high school magazines;  50,000 biographies; and 60,000 primary sources.

Contains 15 full text journals plus news of interest to literacy educators.

Indexes over 3,300 documents (dissertations, theses, articles) written 1926 to the present.

Physical education, including dance education. 

More than 50  elementary school magazines. Target audience of content: students in grades 1-6 and is searchable by lexile.

A  database covering physical education and sport medicine.

An e-book database covering more than 220 academic disciplines, including education.

A collection of over 6,000 electronic books.

An online collection of streaming video developed specifically for training and developing teachers, including videos on teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms. On completion the collection will include 1,000 videos.

Searchable video library of educational case studies and scenarios.

Films and documentaries in education, the humanities and other disciplines.

An online community for sharing instructional videos.

Enter a Lexile measure, select particular reader interests, and find books that fit the perameters. English and Spanish.

The Mental Measurements Yearbook consists of full-text descriptive entries, references, and full-text critical reviews of more than 2,200 educational, psychological and vocational assessment tools. It does not include the tests.

Overview of MD PRAXIS testing requirements.

Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. Information includes test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s), but not the tests.

 ASCD is an endorsing partner of the common core initiative and has provided resources to learn more about the common core state standards.

The Center for Applied Special Technology, CAST, is a source for Universal Design for Learning (UDL) information and lesson plans.

Child statistical information on a variety of topics including education.

Free classroom resources, including lesson plans and learning activities.

Overview of 50 major theories of learning & instruction.

Lesson plans for all ages and a wide variety of topics.

Resource for educators and parents about issues related to special education and early intervention in Maryland.

enrollment, achievement, dropout rates, finance, graduation rates, internet access, parental involvement, safety and more. Includes Nation's Report Card.
 

UDL is a flexible approach to curriculum design that offers all learners full and equal opportunities to learn. Based on research on the diverse ways people learn, UDL offers practical steps for giving everyone the chance to succeed.

NAEP - National Assessment of Educational Progress