TEA Student Assessment - The TEA Student Assessment page contains all that you would need to know about TAKS. http://www.tea.state.tx.us/assessment.html


NCTM’s Illuminations Website - The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics hosts an excellent site for activities and virtual manipulatives to illuminate students and teachers working toward our national standards for mathematics. http://illuminations.nctm.org/

Graphing Calculator Tutorial - Developed by Region IV (Houston), you will a user-friendly guide to help you or your students learn about some of the basics of graphing calculators. http://www.esc4.net/math/

Math TEKS Toolkit - This is an excellent resource if you are teaching math in Texas. You will be able to download the TEKS, Standards in the Classroom (3-8), Clarifying Activities and Lessons, and much more. http://www.tenet.edu/teks/math/

Mathematics Benchmark Performance Assessments - This site has performance-based assessments for the math TEKS in grades 3 through Algebra II. The assessments are a free resource to educators, parents, and students. www.mathbenchmarks.org


Texas Math Diagnostic System (TMDS) - This is the free on-line diagnostic for grades 4-8. Districts must submit some information so that teachers can use the system, but it is free to public schools in Texas. There is a bank of about 3,500 math items that teachers can use to create quizzes, homework and/or other assessments in addition to the diagnostics that are available. www.accesstmds.com/tmds/

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives - A library of virtual manipulatives aligned with NCTM mathematics standards for grades Pk-12 in the areas of number, algebra, geometry, measurement, and data && probability. http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html

Global Classroom - This site has several links to some interesting things. Look under More Resources from the GlobalClassroom. Check out #5 (Interactive Math Sites). Once at that site go to #5 for an interactive geoboard, Tangrams, pentominoes, graphs, and much more. Also check out #6 (Function Machine) which is a great way to begin exploring Input/Output Relationships for algebraic thinking in elementary school. http://www.globalclassroom.org/resource.html


Explore Math - Interactive Applets and activities that create real-time equations and graphs that help students visualize and experiment with many of the major concepts from Elementary Algebra through Pre-Calculus. http://www.explorelearning.com


Visual Fractions - This site aims to reduce fraction anxiety in adults and students by helping the user picture fractions and the operations that can be performed on them. http://www.visualfractions.com


TRACK - Free Online TAKS Help for Exit Level Students - www.track.uttelecampus.org or 1-800-839-7637

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