Helpful Links

Louisiana Department of Education
The official Louisiana Department of Education site provides news about education reform and information about statewide curriculum and assessment, including LEAP, GEE, and iLEAP, and provides educational resources. On this site, click on "The Tests."
http://www.louisianaschools.net

Education Resources Information Center
This site is dedicated to reading and language arts education, and offers teachers lesson plans, Web resources, links to reading research, information about students' literature, database searches, and more.
http://www.askeric.org/

U.S. Department of Education
This site contains information about education policy and trends, as well as Internet links to additional educational sites.
www.ed.gov

National Assessment of Educational Progress
This site provides information about the annual National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) testing program. This program tracks the progress of United States students in a variety of content areas.
http://www.nces.ed.gov/naep

Education Week on the Web
Education Week is published by Editorial Projects in Education, a non-profit organization, and presents information on a variety of topics in education, as well as current events and trends in the field.
http://www.edweek.org

Teacher Pathfinder
Primarily geared toward teachers, this site offers professional development information, classroom tools, lesson plan and field trip ideas, and additional information for educators.
http://teacherpathfinder.org/

International Reading Association
Dedicated to "promoting literacy worldwide," this site provides information and resources related to reading and reading instruction.
www.reading.org

National Council of Teachers of English
This site provides news, information, and resources to teachers of English.
www.ncte.org

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
This site provides news, information, and resources to teachers of mathematics.
www.nctm.org