Achieving Contemporary Literacy
Organizations
American Library Association
American Association of School Librarians includes position statements on appropriate staffing for school library media centers, role of the school library media program, and the value of library media programs in education aligned with Information Power (ALA, 1998). 

Standards
Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning
National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS-S) 
McREL's Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks is a browsable and searchable database of content standards for K-12 curriculum. 

Curriculum
Information and Technology Literacy Curriculum designs in Mankato (MN)  and West Hartford (CT) provide powerful examples of standards-linked project-based learning. 

Assessment

Rubistar helps teachers create rubrics for project-based learning.
George Lucas Education Foundation's Edutopia: Assessment at a Glance features performance assessments, standards-based projects and assignments that require students to apply their knowledge and skills, and clearly defined rubrics to facilitate a fair and consistent evaluation of student work.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation aims to provide balanced information about assessment and resources to encourage the responsible use of data to improve education.

Learning 

Project Based Learning Checklists provides customizable checklists for different types of projects in different grade levels. 
Classroom Materials for Critical Thinking includes instructional guides and lesson plans. 
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators includes curriculum resources, critical evaluation tools, assessment rubrics and Kathy's presentations and slide shows for teaching 
WebQuests for Learning: Tom March explains how the WebQuest format can revolutionize student learning. 

Research Skills
Big6 Matrix: Use the Internet with Big6 Skills™ to Achieve Standards aligns information literacy standards and NETS-S with each of the Big6 skills and provides links to basic and advanced activities. 
Online Resources to Support Big6 Information Skills
Finding Information on the Internet: A TUTORIAL from UC Berkeley. 
Designing Research Projects Students [and Teachers] Love by Doug Johnson, Director of Media and Technology at Mankato Public Schools. 
How to Cite Internet Sources:
OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue University provides current updates to APA (American Psychological Association) and MLA Style (Modern Language Association) with detailed examples. 

Leadership

"School Libraries and Their Impact on Student Performance" Research Brief issued September 2, 2003 from ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development). Cites Lance, adds results from independent Texas study: "Smith found school libraries to have a measurable effect on student achievement."
"Proof of the Power: Quality Library Media Programs Affect Academic Achievement" by Keith Curry Lance, MultiMedia Schools (September, 2001).  See also LRS School Library Media Impact Studies (Library Research Service, CO State Department of Education). "LRS studies conducted in Alaska, Colorado and Pennsylvania in 2000 show that school media librarians and libraries help kids perform better on standardized tests." 
LM_Net Archive: stored messages from a listserv that facilitates collaboration among Library Media Specialists. View postings by date or thread. Instructions for subscribing to LM_Net. 

Resources compiled by Janet Murray for Information Technology for Learning: No School Left Behind by Ferdi Serim (Big6 Associates, 2003) October, 2002. Last updated: September 6, 2003 .