Home educators have views on standards which range from a "who cares?" attitude to slavish emulation of formal schooling practices. Regardless of your position, the following external links lead to web sites which can be profitably mined for ideas and resources.

- The McREL Standards Database
- CRESST Links - All Standards (CRESST is affiliated with Graduate School of Education & Information Studies at UCLA)
- Foreign Language (http://www.actfl.org/)
- Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning (American Library Association)
- National Science Standards (National Academy of Sciences)
- National Math Standards (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics)
- National Social Studies (National Council for the Social Studies)
- National Standards for Civics and Government (Center for Civic Education)
- Economics Standards (The National Council on Economic Education)
- National History Standards (National Center for History)
- National Geography Standards (National Geographic Society)