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Kindergarten through High School

  • Boston Public Schools Home Page
  • Massachusetts school profiles (search by town/city or type of school)
  • Boston Magazine reports on best public and private high schools (The Library also has paper copies of Boston Magazine.
  • Search directory for Public and Private Schools and Colleges -- National Center for Education Statistics' database for elementary, middle and high schools and colleges in the United States.
  • Camps for Children, listings from the American Camping Association.

    • Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and MCAS

  • Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks
  • MCAS (Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System) Information.
  • MCAS practice tests
  • MCAS test items, what is covered in the tests.
  • 866-622-7220 (or 866-MCAS220) is a toll-free information number staffed by Department of Education employees during normal business hours. People can ask questions about education reform, or the test.

    • Colleges and Universities

    College catalogs and contact and general information

  • CollegeSource ONLINE Subscription database funded by the Boston Public Library.
  • Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts
  • Higher Education Information Center (scholarship, grant, application, etc. information)
  • Boston Public Library's Teen Lounge College Advice
  • Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education
  • Massachusetts Mentor connection to independent colleges and universities in Massachusetts.
  • Search directory for Public and Private Schools and Colleges -- National Center for Education Statistics' database for schools and colleges in the United States.

    • College financial assistance

  • Student gateway to the U.S. government Information on preparing and paying for college.
  • FAFSA - Free application for Financial Student Aid
  • Federal school code - search for codes.

    • College rankings

  • College and University Rankings - Education and Social Science Library - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education Groups institutions according to degree-granting activity.
  • U.S. News college rankings.
  • U.S. News graduate school rankings.

    • Community Resources and Adult Education

  • Educational Opportunities of Greater Boston for Adults
  • Literacy:
           Boston Public Library literacy services
           Adult Literacy Programs in Greater Boston

    • Educational Resources, Teacher Certification, etc.

  • Teacher certification Massachusetts.
  • Tests for Educator Licensure - overview of the tests, not actual study
  • Teacher resources and educational materials, Massachusetts site.
  • Gateway to educational materials. U.S. Department of Education site.
  • To search for educational research reports and periodicals, search The Educator's Reference Desk Eric Database. It is the world's largest source of education information, with more than 1 million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice.
             References found in the ERIC Database that have an ED number are ERIC documents--typically research reports, conference papers, issue papers, or monographs. These documents are on microfiche and can be found in the Library's Microtext Department.
             References found in the ERIC Database that have an EJ number are ERIC journals--articles, reviews, reports etc. that have appeared in a journal publication.
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