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Civics and Government	Mathematics
Economic Education	Music
English/Language Arts	Science
Foreign Language	Social Studies
Geography	Technology for Students
Art Education	Physical Education

National Standards for Civics and Government

Sponsored by the Center for Civic Education. For a complete description of the standards, see the Center for Civic Education’s National Standards for Civics and Government  (1994). Available online: http://www.civiced.org/

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Standards for Economic Education

Sponsored by The National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) in partnership with the National Association of Economic Educators and the Foundation for Teaching Economics.  Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics (2000). Available with benchmarks online: http://www.economicsamerica.org/standards/index.html

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Standards for English Language Arts

Sponsored by National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association.  Available online: http://www.ncte.org/standards/standards.shtml  For more information about the standards, http://www.ncte.org/standards/    

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Foreign Language Standards

Sponsored by the National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center, A Guide to Aligning Curriculum with the Standards.  (1999).  Available online: http://www.educ.iastate.edu/nflrc/publications/stds.htm

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National Geography Standards for Grades K-12

Sponsored by the National Council for Geographic Education, The Eighteen Naitonal Geography Standards (1998). For more information about the standards visit the National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education/standards.html

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Principles and Standards for School Mathematics

Sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. (2000). Available online: http://standards.nctm.org/ 

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Music Standards

From National Standards for Arts Education. Copyright © 1994 by Music Educators National Conference (MENC).  The K-12 National Standards, PreK Standards, and What They Mean to Music Educators. Available online: http://www.menc.org/publication/books/prek12st.html

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Science Education Standards

Sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences: National Research Council. For a complete description of each standard, see National Research Council’s  National Science Education Standards (1995).  Available online: http://books.nap.edu/html/nses/html/index.html

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Social Science Standards

Sponsored by the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
For a complete description of each standard, see Expectations of Excellence: Curriculum Standards for Social Studies (1994).  Available online: http://www.ncss.org/standards/toc.html

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Technology Standards for Students

Sponsored by International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) the ISTE National Educational Standards for Students (2000). Available online: http://cnets.iste.org/index2.html

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