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Evaluating Web Sites
How can you tell if a web site is trustworthy or not? It's not always easy, but there are things that you can look for that will help you decide.
- Who is the author? Are they qualified to talk about this subject?
- How accurate is the information? You may need to compare what you find with another source to answer this question.
- Who is the audience? This can influence how much detail is included.
- What point of view is being represented? All sites have a bias, but is it obvious or are they trying to hide something?
- How up to date is the site? Older information may no longer be accurate.
- How comprehensive is the page? Some pages may leave out critical information.
Local and Regional Resources
- Afterschool AllianceCompiles facts, resources, news, and funding opportunities for afterschool programming.
- Connecticut Department of EducationProvides information for teachers, families and students on a wide variety of topics including, school choice, special education, adult education and school discipline.
- Massachusetts School and District ProfilesProfiles of Massachusetts schools and school districts (public, charter, special, collaborative, etc.) prepared by the Mass. Dept. of Education.
- English Language Learners (Massachusetts)From the Mass. Dept. of Education. Provides links to laws and regulations, compliance information, curriculum and instruction tools and other useful information for teachers of English to speakers of other languages in Massachusetts.
- Massachusetts Curriculum FrameworksOnline access to current and archived Massachusetts curriculum frameworks plus a search tool to search through learning standards.. From the Massachusetts Department of Education.
- Massachusetts Department of EducationProvides educator services (curriculum frameworks, certification), assessment/accountability and school district information.
- MCASResults, test schedules, test items, notices and other information about MCAS (Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System) provided by the Mass. Depatrment of Education.
- MTEL (Mass. Dept. of Education)Test schedules, test preparation resources, registration, notices and other information about MTEL (Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure) provided by the Mass. Dept. of Education.
- National Charter School Resource CenterFrom the U.S. Department of Education. Provides information and statistics from all aspects of charter schools.