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All College & Grad School materials
Click the link above to see a list of items in the TRL catalog on choosing and applying to college.

Guide to College Majors
Provides information on more than three hundred undergraduate majors, including related fields, sample college curricula, suggested high school preparation courses, and career and salary prospects for graduates.  By the Princeton Review.


All GED materials
Click the link above to see a list of items in the TRL catalog on preparing for the GED.

Cracking the GED
2011 editon. With this guide, students learn essential test-taking tips as well as how to master the subject matter and questions most likely to appear on the GED. Includes two GED practice tests


All Homeschooling materials
Click the link above to see a list of items in the TRL catalog on homeschooling.

You've Decided To Homeschool, Now What?
takes you safely through some of the most common obstacles associated with homeschooling. Along the way it will help answer all your questions and give you the confidence and ability to be successful in this new endeavor.


2011 Scholarship Handbook
provides the most complete and authoritative facts about more than 1.7 million awards, including scholarship, internship, and loan programs; and offers to undergraduates by foundations, charitable organizations, and state and federal agencies.

All Scholarships & Aid materials
Click the link above to see a list of items in the TRL catalog on scholarships and aid.


 Web Links




BrainTrack
A directory of the world's universities and colleges. It indexes and contains information about universities, polytechnics, colleges and other higher educational institutions from over 190 countries.  It includes online universities.

College Board Online
Info on their standardized tests, such as the SAT, and planning for college, as well as college searching, applications, and financing.

College Navigator
Free consumer information tool designed to help students, parents, high school counselors, and others get information about nearly 7,000 postsecondary institutions in the United States. It offers a wide range of information such as programs offered, retention and graduation rates, prices, aid available, degrees awarded, campus safety, and accreditation.

College Planning
The College Planning Web site is sponsored by Boeing Employees' Credit Union (BECU) and presented by College Planning Network (CPN), a Seattle-based, nonprofit organization, assisting people seeking educational opportunities, and serving the Pacific Northwest.

College View
College View offers hundreds of virtual tours, financial aid and scholarship information, college search with profiles of over 3,800 colleges and universities, college-related books and articles, "Ask the Experts" with professional guidance counselors, and searchable archives.

Gradschools.com
An extensive listing of over 50,000 graduate programs in the U.S. and abroad, searchable by subject and location, or limit searches to specialized programs such as distance learning, McNair Scholars, or minority programs.

Graduate School at About.com
An Internet guide to getting into graduate school and surviving once you're there, with feature articles, Website guides, and discussion forums. Topics covered include financial aid, time management, standardized tests (LSAT, GRE, MCAT, GMAT, DAT) and major graduate disciplines.

Guide to Online Schools
An education directory that specializes in online degrees, online schools, and distance learning.   Includes a school list, school reviews from former students, and info on careers, financial aid and accreditation.

Number2 - SAT, ACT, and GRE test prep courses
Number2.com website offers students access to comprehensive free online test preparation courses for the SAT, ACT, and GRE.   It was originally founded in 1999 by professors and graduate students who wanted to make high quality test preparation universally accessible.

Online Education Database (OEDb)
OEDb currently contains reviews of 1,026 programs from 89 accredited online colleges. It only lists accredited online colleges.  You can search and sort reviews by program, college, or degree level. The library section will educate you on the basics of online universities.

Princeton Review
Undergraduate, business, law, medical, and graduate program information, plus rankings, online applications, tips for higher test scores, and more.

Teacher Certification Degrees
A free resource for those looking to enter or advance in the teaching / education field. This site contains information for 30+ teaching careers as well as a proprietary collection of the standard and alternative teaching certification processes for all 50 states. Further, they feature articles such as our career leadership interview series.

TestPrepPractice.net
Free practice tests for the GRE, SAT, LSAT, GED, TOEFL, MCAT, ACT, GMAT, ASSET, COMPASS, PRAXIS, and more!

U.S. Department of Education
Provides links to college and admissions information, and other higher education resources. This site also includes links to the FAFSA form and other related information.

Washington State Colleges and Universities
The Washington Higher Education coordinating board oversees six public four-year colleges and universities, 34 public community and technical colleges, and more than 300 independent colleges, universities and career schools.   The website contains links to information about all of them.

Washington State Community and Technical Colleges
This State Board is responsible for administering the Community and Technical College Act and providing leadership and coordination for the community and technical college system.  This website has links to the programs at specific colleges, directions to the colleges, employment at the colleges, how to pay for college, and much more.

WashingtonMentor
An online resource to help students and their families select a college, apply for admission, and plan to finance higher education in Washington.


American Council on Education
The official site for the GED test.

Steck-Vaughn
This publisher of GED and adult literacy materials provides free GED practice questions and feedback to help familiarize you with the types of items you will see on the actual GED test.

TestPrepPractice.net
Free online GED practice tests.

Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
This website provides a list of all GED testing centers in Washington State, as well as general information about the test.


American Homeschool Association (AHA)
Essays on the history and philosophy of the homeschool movement, plus links to book list sites, catalogs, and online support groups.

Eclectic Homeschool Online
Advice, homeschool news and curriculum from a Christian approach.

Home Based Instruction Regulations by the state of Washington
From the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, a source for homeschool laws and reports, including the "Pink Book"  of Washington laws regulating home-based instruction.

Home Education Magazine
Up-to-date homeschooling information, news and views, a free information and resource guide, online newsletters, selections from Home Education Magazine, and more.

Home Schooling on a Shoestring
Ideas and resources to help homeschoolers save money.

Homefires
Homeschooler’s resource center for ready-made curriculum, advice, support and community.

Homeschool Potpourri
A Washington-based bookstore specializing in used and low-cost textbooks for the home educator.

Homeschool.com
Message boards, links to curriculum materials, a free e-mail newsletter and more.

Homeschooling from About.com
Homeschooling topics including teaching links, information on state homeschooling laws, children with special needs, and more.

Washington Home Educators Network
WHEN is for those who understand the Home-based Instruction law. Homeschooling is not a public school program. It is one of three educational choices, where parents are responsible for the education of their children - there are no teacher meetings, no approved education plans.

Washington Homeschool Organization
A statewide, non-profit membership organization with a mission to serve the diverse interests of home-based education in Washington State.   WHO is nonpartisan, nonsectarian, and nondiscriminating in its views of homeschooling and participation in its activities


National Association of Independent Schools
Searchable directory of private and independent schools worldwide that are members of NAIS.

Peterson's K-12
Explore summer programs and private schools, summer programs, entrance exams, financial aid and more.

Private School Review
Profiles of private elementary day schools & high schools across the U.S.

Washington State Essential Academic Learning Requirements
"What our kids should know and be able to do" provides the Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs) from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.   Also provides additional information about Washington State's educational curriculum and instruction.

Washington State Schools
Links to public and private schools, and school districts.

Yahoo! K-12 School Directory
A directory of websites for schools in the U.S. and worldwide, both public and private.


101 Top College, University and Scholarship Pages
A site maintained by the American Educational Guidance Center with a descriptive list of links to major sources of college and scholarship information. The main site has a selection for retrieving college admissions postal and e-mail addresses by state, plus a few links to other financial aid sites. Otherwise, much of the scholarship information on this site is available only by fee.

FAFSA
Free Application for Federal Student Aid - required for most post-secondary (college) scholarship applications.

fastWEB
Allows the user to set up a personalized profile that will match specific skills, abilities and interests to fastWEB's database of over 400,000 scholarships.

FinAid
A comprehensive annotated collection of information about student financial aid on the web.

Peterson's
An overview of ideas plus specific details and tools on how to pay for a college education.  Includes a scholarship search tool called Scholarship Central, Federal and State Aid, College-Based Awards, Student Loan Center and Advice Center.

ScholarshipHelp.org
Basic scholarship advice including an explanation of different types of scholarships, how to find and choose the right ones to apply for, and tips for writing essays and getting letters of recommendation.  Also includes a directory of U.S. colleges and universities.

U S Dept of Education Financial Aid
Overview of financial aid available via the US government with links to features of the process.


 Database Links


Learning Express Library
This database offers practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, eBooks, and information you need to achieve the results you want—at school, at work, or in life. Especially useful when preparing for standardized tests such as the GED, SAT, GRE, and ASVAB.

WOIS/The Career Information System and National Schools and Scholarships Online
Information about occupations, education programs, and Washington schools, as well as colleges, universities, and vocational schools nationwide.


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