Resources

In addition to the links provided in the Toolkit, and the references listed at the end of the assessment briefs and articles, here is a short list that may be helpful in preparing your own presentations and/or making suggestions to participants who want to learn more.

Parent Portal http://www.lhsparent.org/
This web site dedicated to parents and other adult caregivers of school-aged children. It is a part of the Lawrence Hall of Science website, at http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/ where you can also find a number of books and activities for parents and families, including Family Math.

Great Schools.Net http://www.greatschools.net/
The parent's guide to K-12 success. This rapidly growing and extremely useful website is accessed depending on state and contains a wealth of information about schools and school reform.

The National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) at http://www.cse.ucla.edu/
This website has a great deal of information on issues in accountability and testing. For materials of particular interest to parent educators, see: http://www.cse.ucla.edu/resources/justforparents.htm

The Center for Assessment and Evaluation of Student Learning (CAESL) http://www.caesl.org/

Popham, W. James (2000). Testing! Testing! What Every Parent Should Know About School Tests. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Barber, J., & Bergman, L. (2000). Parent Partners: Workshops to foster school, home, family, partnerships, a handbook from the Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS) program. Berkeley CA: Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California at Berkeley. Available in English and Spanish (Padres Participantes) via www.lhsgems.org

Barber, J., & Bergman, L., Parizeau, N. (2002). Spark Your Child's Success in Math and Science. Berkeley CA: Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California at Berkeley.