Educational standards organisations

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Overview of organisations related to educational standards and educational quality control:

Contents 1 Netherlands 2 United Kingdom 2.1 England and Wales 2.2 Scotland 3 United States 3.1 Alabama 3.2 Florida 3.3 New Mexico 3.4 Pennsylvania 3.5 South Carolina 3.6 Texas 4 Australia 4.1 Western Australia

[edit] Netherlands

• http://www.minocw.nl
• http://www.onderwijsinspectie.nl
• http://www.citogroep.nl CITO (popular primary school test)
• http://www.kwaliteitsring.nl
• http://www.slo.nl SLO (Stichting Leerplan Ontwikkeling)

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] England and Wales

• http://www.qca.org.uk QCA (Qualifications and Curriculum Authority)
• http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk
• http://www.qaa.ac.uk (Quality Assurance Association for higher education)
• http://www.jisc.ac.uk (Joint Information Systems Committee)
• http://www.cetis.ac.uk (Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards)
• http://www.lifelonglearninguk.org/ (Lifelong Learning UK is the Sector Skills Council responsible for the professional development of all those working in community learning and development; further education; higher education; libraries, archives and information services; and work-based learning)

[edit] Scotland

• http://www.sqa.org.uk SQA (Scottish Qualifications Authority)
• http://www.scqf.org.uk SCQF (Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework)

[edit] United States

• http://www.ncte.org NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English)
• http://standards.nctm.org NCTM (National Council Teaching Mathmatics)

[edit] Alabama

• http://alex.state.al.us/browseStand.php

[edit] Florida

• http://www.firn.edu/doe/menu/sss.htm

[edit] New Mexico

• http://www.ped.state.nm.us/standards/index.html

[edit] Pennsylvania

• http://www.pde.state.pa.us/ PDE (Pennslyvania Department of Education)

[edit] South Carolina

• http://www.myscschools.com/offices/cso/

[edit] Texas

• http://www.scotthochberg.com/taas.html TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills)

[edit] Australia

• http://www.avcc.edu.au (Australian Vice-chancellors Committee)

[edit] Western Australia

• http://www.tac.wa.gov.au (Training Accreditation Council)
• http://www.des.wa.gov.au (Higher Education Office of the Department of Education Services)
• http://www.acas.wa.edu.au (Australian Centre for Advanced Studies)