[K12OSN] Open Source Curriculum Site?

[Luis Montes]

Steve Hargadon wrote:

>Has anyone created a website for collaboration on Open Source
>curricula for schoolteachers?  Maybe something with moodle or drupal?
>
>Seems like a ready resource for classroom instructional materials
>would be a good pull to bring devoted teachers to Open Source.  And
>likely a necessary step for helping expand k12ltsp into schools
>without an Open Source technical guru.
>
>If it exists, I'd like to be able to point people to it.  If it
>doesn't exist, is it something others feel is worth creating?
>
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>
I'm not an educator, just a software engineer. I'm not aware of a good 
open source curricula effort, but I've had an idea I've been kicking around:

An open source replacement for Accelerated Reader.  Not just the 
software, but the data as well.

First off, testing software is brain-dead simple and renlearn.com has 
done a horrible job at it so far. They have shown zero interest in 
making their software cross-platform.
What they have done right is provided a large amount of tests.

I  would need the help of teachers in providing testing data based on a 
wide array of reading materials for grades k-12.

I'd be more than happy to develop the software (web based) for the 
testing  as well as building a site for teachers to submit tests and 
forums for discussion, rating, and auditing the tests.

We would need to be very careful so as not to copy anything from 
accelerated reader, so I would need help in auditing that part as well.

If  we could establish a good standard as to the format of the tests, I 
think at the very least we would have a nice free database of 
educational content.

Any thoughts?

Luis