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Educator's Reference Center
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More than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education. Most of the full-text titles included are also found in the ERIC database. Access funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the six Regional Massachusetts Library Systems.

The Educator's Reference Desk: Provides education information to teachers, administrators, counselors and anyone interested in education in the United States.

Adult Education
Boston Center for Adult Education
Brookline Adult & Community Education
Cambridge Center for Adult Education
Literacy Volunteers of America - Quincy
Massachusetts Adult Basic Education Directory
Quincy Public Schools Adult & Continuing Education

Online Learning
Electronic Campus: Find online courses offered by colleges and universities in the southern U.S.
U.S. Distance Learning Association: Links to distance learning institutions offering degrees, certificates and courses in distance education and training.
World Lecture Hall: A guide to free online course materials from around the world.

Colleges & Universities
CollegeBoard.com
CollegeNET: A starting place for schools, financial aid, scholarships, etc.
Higher Education Information Center
Petersons.com: The Education and Career Center: Information about schools & applications you can download.
Web U.S. Universities, by State: A list of university Web sites.

Financial Aid
FastWeb
One of the leading websites for information about scholarships.
Federal Student Aid: Financial Aid from the U.S. Department of Education
FinAid: The SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid: Information on loans and other sources of aid from the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority
A step-by-step guide to applying for college aid, including everything from federal application forms to the information needed to process student loans. MEFA is a self-financing, not-for-profit state authority dedicated to assisting students, parents, colleges and universities in meeting the challenges of financing higher education.
Yahoo! Education / Financial Aid

Private Schools
Association of Boarding Schools
National Association of Independent Schools
The Best High School for Your Kid from Boston Magazine, September 2006

Public Schools
Massachusetts Department of Education
Massachusetts School District Profiles
The Best High School for Your Kid from Boston Magazine, September 2006
SchoolMatters: a place for parents, educators and leaders to research information about public schools.

Curriculum
Libraries and Frameworks: Leads to information that supports Mass. Curriculum Frameworks
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks

MCAS
See Tests & Testing

Special Education
Massachusetts Association of Special Education Parent Advisory Councils (MASSPAC)
Massachusetts Department of Education Special Education page

Vocational/Technical Schools
Directory of Massachusetts Vocational/Technical Schools

Tests & Testing
Boston.com MCAS page

CollegeBoard.com: Taking the Tests

LearningExpressLibrary (a completely interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series for academic and licensing tests)

MCAS Practice Tests

Mass. Dept. of Education MCAS page

Study Guide Zone (free study guides on a variety of standardized admissions, licensing, vocational, and educational assessment tests)

Test Prep Review
Contains practice questions for the TEAS® Exam

TOEFL Online




Last Modified: October 18, 2007
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