Foundations and Assessment of Education/Edition 1/Foundations Table of Contents/Chapter 8/Additional Resources

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR CHAPTER 8 == Headline text ==

ARTICLE 8.1.1

Is it still the "Three R's" by Krista Olah explores the original idea behind the three R's which are reading writing and arithmetic. She explains why the three R's were necessary to education in the early days of public education and why they are still relevant today. Additional resources for this topic can be found at:

http://www.audiblox.com/preschool_education.htm This website details the type of instruction within each of the R's curriculum.

http://www.threersplus.com/ This website discusses the three R's and adds two more for ART and RETRIEVAL.

http://www.learninginfo.org/preschool-education.htm On this website there is information on how to prepare your children for learning the three R's when they entr school for the first time.

The Three R's is a book by Ruth Beechick is a teacher guide to instructing the early grades in three R's.

Article 8.2.1

Article 8.3.1

The Effects of Standardized Testing on School Curriculum by Arielle Jones discusses the effectiveness of standardized testing in schools. The article examines the SOL's and the cases made for and against them. Additional resources for this article can be found at: