STEM Education Caucus

Key Reports:

• The Federal Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Portfolio, December 2011
• Update on STEM Developments in the 112th Congress – CRS Report
• Change the Equation STEM Vital Signs
• State-by-State STEM Education Report Cards

Recent Reports 2011-2012:

• Successful K–12 STEM Education: Identifying Effective Approaches in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, June 2011
• A Framework for K–12 Science Education, July 2011
•  The Nation’s Report Card, Mathematics 2011: National Assessment of Educational Progress at Grades 4 and 8, National Center for Education Statistics 
• The Nation’s Report Card, Mathematics 2011: Trial Urban District Assessment Results at Grades 4 and 8, National Center for Education Statistics 
•  STEM: Good Jobs Now and for the Future, U.S. Department of Commerce. July 2011
• What’s It Worth: The Economic Value of College Majors, July 2011
•  STEM Teachers in Professional Learning Communities: From Good Teachers to Great Teaching, July 2011
• The Condition of College and Career Readiness: 2011, August 2011
•  STEM Learning in Afterschool: An Analysis of Impact and Outcomes , September 2011
• High Hopes, Few Opportunities for California Students to Learn Science, October 2011
•  All Over the Map—Comparing States’ Expectations for Student Performance in Science, December 2011
•  Building a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education Agenda: An Update of State Actions, National Governors Association, December 2011
• The Federal Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Portfolio, December 2011
• Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education: Strategic Planning Needed to Better Manage Overlapping Programs across Multiple Agencies, GAO, January 2012
• Report to the President, Engage to Excel: Producing One Million Additional College Graduates with Degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology February 2012
• Coordinating Federal Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Investments: Progress Report, a report from the Federal Coordination in STEM Education Task Force, Committee on STEM Education, National Science and Technology Council, February 2012
• Attitudes Toward Science Education: Key Findings From a National Survey, March 2012
• The Role of Informal Science in the State Education Agenda, March 2012
• An Analysis of STEM Education Funding at the NSF: Trends and Policy Discussion, April 2012
• 2010 Federal STEM Education Inventory Data Set, April 2012

 

Archives

September 1996: The National Commission Report on Teaching & America’s Future

1996: National Research Council Report on National Science Education Standards

2000:  Before It’s Too Late: A Report from the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21^st Century, U.S. Department of Education

2000:  Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 

2000:  Results from the Seventh Mathematics Assessment of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 

2000 How People Learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school (Expanded Edition ed.) National Academy of Sciences

2001:  Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics, National Academies Press

December 2001: Report of the 2000 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education

January 8, 2002: No Child Left Behind, Public Law 107-110, Section 9101(23)

2002: The Talent Imperative: Meeting America’s challenge in science and engineering, ASAP from BEST (Building Engineering & Science Talent)

2003:  Results and Interpretations of the 2003 Mathematics Assessment of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 

2003: Rand Mathematics Study Panel, Mathematical proficiency for all students: Toward a strategic research and development program in mathematics education

March 2003: The Merck Institute for Science Education: A Successful Intermediary for Education Reform, The Consortium for Policy Research in Education Report

August 2003: National Science Board, The Science and Engineering Workforce: Realizing America ‘s Potential

2004:  Results and Interpretations of the 1990-2000 Mathematics Assessments of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

May 2004: The Bayer Facts of Science Education X: Are the Nation’s Colleges and Universities Adequately Preparing Elementary Schoolteachers of Tomorrow to Teach Science?, Market Research Institute Inc.

December 2004: Council on Competitiveness, National Innovation Initiative (NII), Innovate America Report, December 2004.

December 2004: 2003 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)

June 2004: Sustaining the Nation’s Innovation Ecosystem Report on Maintaining the Strength of Our Science & Engineering Capabilities, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Workforce/Education Subcommittee

October 5, 2004: No Time to Waste: The Vital Role of College and university Leaders in Improving Science and Mathematics Education

October 12, 2005: National Academy of Sciences Rising Above the Gathering Storm

2005:  How Students Learn: History, Mathematics, and Science in the Classroom

2005: A Commitment to America ‘s Future: Responding to the Crisis in Mathematics and Science Education

2005: Systems for State Science Assessment

February 2006: National Science Board, America ‘s Pressing Challenge — Building a Stronger Foundation

February 2006: Are We Losing Our Edge?

May, 2006: National Assessment of Educational Progress In Science: 2005 “Nation’s Report Card”

May, 2006: National Mathematics Advisory Panel

October 2006: What Works Best in Science & Mathematics Education, A Report on the National Science Foundation’s Urban Systemic Program

Dec. 6, 2006: The Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning, California ‘s Teaching Force 2006: Key Issues and Trends

2006: Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Science Competencies for Tomorrow’s World

2006: Project Kaleidoscope, Report on Reports II, Transforming America’s Scientific and Technological Infrastructure Recommendations for Urgent Action

2006: National Commission on Teaching and America ‘s Future, Scope and Consequences of K12 Science Mathematics Teacher Turnover

2006:  Curriculum Focal Points for Prekindergarten through Grade 8 Mathematics: A Quest for Coherence, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

January 2007: NRC Report Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in K-8

February 2007: Research America , Americans Support Bridging the Sciences

Apr. 23, 2007(Updated):CRS Report for Congress, Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Education: Status and Issues

May 2007: Academic Competitiveness Council (U.S. Department of Education)

August, 2007: The National Math and Science Initiative, Bringing Government, Corporations, Foundations and Educators Together to Improve STEM Education

October 1, 2007: National Science Board, A National Action Plan For Addressing the Critical Needs of the U.S. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education System

October 30, 2007: National Science Board Commission on 21^st Century Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

October 30, 2007: The Urban Institute, Urban Institute Report Assess Science and Engineering in America , Houston , Do We REALLY Have a Problem Here?

2007: Educational Testing Service, Policy Information Report, America’s Perfect Storm Three Forces Changing Our Nation’s Future

2007: National Academy of Sciences , Is America Falling Off the Flat Earth

2008:  Focus in High School Mathematics: Reasoning and Sense Making, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 

January 22, 2008: Congressional Research Service Report for Congress, America COMPETES Act: Programs, Funding, and Selected Issues

March 2008: The National Mathematics Advisory Panel, Foundations for Success

April 2, 2008: Rowing Together Panel Briefing on Science Generation, A National Imperative, An American Museum of Natural History Summit

May 2008: Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, Attrition of Public School Mathematics and Science Teachers Issue Brief

June, 2008: High School Level STEM Initiatives in the States

December, 2008: TIMSS 2007 International Mathematics and Science Reports

January 2009: Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits

June 2009: The Opportunity Equation: Transforming Mathematics and Science Education for Citizenship in the Global Economy, Carnegie-IAS Commission on Mathematics and Science Education, Science and Mathematics Teacher Imperative

July 2009: Career and Technical Education’s Role in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

September 2009: Engineering in K-12 Education: Understanding the Status and Improving the Prospects

December 2009: NAEP Math Scores Released

March 2010: Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

April 2010: Math and Science Partnership (MSP) Program National Impact Report

May 2010: Preparing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators

September 2010: Report to the President: Prepare and Inspire: K-12 Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) for America’s Future

September 2010: Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5 (2010)

October 2010: Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America’s Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads

2010: Running on Empty: The Failure to Teach K–12 Computer Science in the Digital Age

2011:  The Nation’s Report Card, Mathematics 2011: National Assessment of Educational Progress at Grades 4 and 8, National Center for Education Statistics 

2011:  The Nation’s Report Card, Mathematics 2011: Trial Urban District Assessment Results at Grades 4 and 8, National Center for Education Statistics 

January 2011: NAEP 2009 Science Report Card

April 2011: STEM Education Data and Trends

May 2011: Slow Off the Mark: Elementary School Teachers and the Crisis in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education

June 2011: Successful K–12 STEM Education: Identifying Effective Approaches in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

July 2011: A Framework for K–12 Science Education

July 2011: STEM: Good Jobs Now and for the Future

July 2011: What’s It Worth: The Economic Value of College Majors

July 2011: STEM Teachers in Professional Learning Communities: From Good Teachers to Great Teaching

August 2011: The Condition of College and Career Readiness: 2011

August 2011 U.S. News’s STEM Education Resource Center

September 2011: STEM Learning in Afterschool: An Analysis of Impact and Outcomes

October, 2011: High Hopes, Few Opportunities for California Students to Learn Science

December 2011: All Over the Map—Comparing States’ Expectations for Student Performance in Science

December 2011:  Building a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education Agenda: An Update of State Actions, National Governors Association