Web Links

Links about Oregon’s academic standards:

• State Content and Performance Standards. Information about what kids need to learn and how they need to perform to meet Oregon’s standards. Oregon Department of Education
• Oregon’s University System’s Proficiency-based Admission Standards System (P.A.S.S.)
• Statewide and school-level data on spending, staffing, school processes, student performance, and demographics. Oregon Department of Education Database Initiative

Useful reports about Oregon education improvement available on the web:

• Oregon Education Roundtable has published white papers that outline a new vision for Oregon education.
• What does the No Child Left Behind Act mean for Oregon? Oregon School Boards Association

General Oregon Education Links:

• Oregon Department of Education
• Oregon School Boards Association
• Oregon Public Education Network (O.P.E.N.)
• Oregon School Directory Oregon Department of Education
• Oregon’s public universities. Oregon University System
• Oregon’s community college system. Oregon Community Colleges
• Confederation of Oregon School Administrators
• Oregon Education Association

National Education Links:

• US Department of Education
• No Child Left Behind – US Department of Education
• Reality Check 2006: Public Agenda’s annual nationwide poll explores how educational reform affects parents, teachers, school administrators and students.
• Education Week
• Northwest Regional Education Laboratory

Organizations advocating for high standards:

• Achieve
• Business Roundtable
• Education Trust

Mentoring Resources:

• Oregon Mentors is a community driven effort which is dedicated to building and supporitng community-wide collaboration to bring quality mentoring to more young people.
• Northwest Regional Education Laboratory Northwest Regional Labs' National Mentoring Center (NMC) provides training and technical assistance to mentoring programs through a variety of services and conferences.
• Public/Private Ventures (PPV) PPV is an action based research, public policy and program development organization. PPV has a variety of mentoring publications.
• ASPIRE is changing the lives of young Oregonians. Trained adult volunteers mentor high school students to help them envision a future of possibilities beyond high school.
• National Mentoring Partnership The National Mentoring Partnership is an advocate for the expansion of mentoring and a resource for mentors and mentoring initiatives nationwide.
• Search Institute The Search Institute has identified forty building blocks of healthy development that help young people grow up healthy, caring, and responsible