http://www.bostonreview.net/
Boston Review: A Political and Literacy Forum A forum for writers to post article about standards with both pro and con perspectives. Many well-known writers have contributed.

http://www.fcsn.org
Federation for Children With Special Needs(available in English and Spanish) This site focuses on standards-based education reform for students with disabilities and those who speak languages in addition to English.

http://www.cde.ca.gov/statetests/star/resources/blueprints.html California State Department of Education/Standards This site serves as a road map of the CA standards for K-12 classes. It contains the standards, which are tested on the California Standards Test (CST).

http://edstandards.org
Developing Educational Standards Standards are arranged by subject area and by state. The writer argues that methods used in U.S. classrooms over emphasize definitions, rules, and procedures and what is lost is the deep understanding of the subject area.

http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks/
Mid Continent Research for Education and Learning A clearinghouse for educational issues, with much information regarding standards.

http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/specialed/publications/learnstand/lrnstd1.htm This site contains a framework for development of a curriculum that contains alternate performance indicators, key ideas, and sample tasks for students with severe disabilities in the state of New York.

http://nochildleft.com
This site is dedicated to fighting the myths about testing scores and education.

http://www.fno.org
There are articles and other link to research at the bottom of each article. The site itself was how to help student use technology and how to help teacher better use technology in our classrooms.

http://www.education-world.com/standards/
This one has all the nation and state standards for each subject area.

http://www.elob.org/publications/webarchive/vol9no3.html
I found an interesting article on Expeditionary Learning, an organization for a school and an approach to teaching and learning that: "allows educators to demand high-quality work; exposes students to life shaping experiences; builds a commitment to learning; and equips then with the academic background, habits of work and character, and vision for their own future that will put them on the road to school success" within the context of mandated state standards and test.

http://www.nas.edu/nrc
I found a book review for the title: Educating One and All: Students with Disabilities and Standards-Based Reform. The Committee on Goals 2000 and the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities National Research Council makes recommendations to "states and communities that have adopted standards-based reform and who seek policies and practices to make reform consistent with the requirements of special education". A Table of Contents is available for review. This book would be of interest for educators working with this population of students.