The National Academies

Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

State-Focused Reform Efforts in K-12 STEM Education: A Workshop

Keck Center of the National Academies

Room 100

500 Fifth Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20001

7 March 2011

OPEN SESSION AGENDA WITH PRESENTATIONS

March 7, 2011

8:30 a.m.	Welcome
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	• Introduction of Committee Members. Jean Moon, Study Director, Committee on Large-Scale Reform in K-12 STEM Education.
	• Welcome on behalf of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Barbara Olds, Deputy Assistant Director (Acting), Directorate for Education and Human Resources
	• Welcome on behalf of the National Research Council. Martin Storksdieck, Board Director, Board on Science Education (BOSE).
	• Setting out the work of the day. Mary Kay Stein, Chair, Committee on Large-Scale Reform in K-12 STEM Education, University of Pittsburgh.	Bio
8:45 - 10:15 State-Based Reform: Historical Context and Overview
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	Committee Member: Patrick Shields, SRI International	Bio	Slides
	Panel Members:
	Margaret Goertz, University of Pennsylvania	Bio
	Brenda Turnbull, Policy Studies Associates	Bio
	Michael Knapp, University of Washington-Seattle	Bio
	• Introduction: A brief history of state-focused K-12 STEM reform efforts of the past 30 years, including an explication of the choices and constraints policy makers and practitioners face in designing and implementing large-scale STEM reforms and a brief synthesis of lessons learned from previous efforts.
	• Panel Discussion
	• Response/Q&A from Audience
	• Session Summary
10:15-10:30 Workshop Break
10:30 – 12:00 Role of Government, Networks, and Markets in Large-Scale Reform
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	Committee Members: Brian Rowan, University of Michigan	Bio
	Panel Members:
	David Burns, Ohio STEM Learning Network	Bio	Slides
	Laura Hamilton, RAND Corporation	Bio	Slides
	Robert Slavin, Success for All Foundation	Bio	Slides
	• Introduction: An overview of the role of state departments of education, inter-organizational networks, and market-based organizations in promoting STEM reform, including the reform efforts typically conducted by each organizational type along with the advantages and disadvantages of each.
	• Panel Presentations
	• Response/Q&A from Audience
	• Session Summary
12:00 – 1:00 Working Lunch – Participants continue in discussion
1:00 – 2:30 Perennial Challenges in State-Focused, Large-Scale STEM Reform
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	Committee Members:
	Jeanne Century, University of Chicago	Bio	Slides Handout
	Mary Kay Stein, University of Pittsburgh		Slides
	Iris Weiss, Horizon Research, Inc.	Bio	Slides
	Session Discussants:
	Margaret Goertz, University of Pennsylvania
	William Penuel, SRI International	Bio
	Session Overview: The session will begin with a focus on building the will and capacity for broad, deep, and enduring impact in the process of large-scale K-12 STEM reform. Committee members will present cases on capacity building and discuss them with the workshop audience. Committee members and discussants will reflect on lessons learned about capacity building in the context of STEM reforms.
	Response/Q&A from Audience
2:30 – 2:45 Workshop Break
2:45 – 4:15 Increasing Attention to Evidence: A Non-Governmental Approach to Scaling-Up
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	Committee Member: Tom Corcoran, Columbia University	Bio	Paper
	Panel Members:
	Carl Wieman ,The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy	Bio
	William Penuel, SRI International
	Robert Slavin, Success for All Foundation
	Introduction: A brief history of the challenges and tensions around taking the technical educational core of education (instruction, curriculum and assessment) as well as the professional culture in which instructional practice occurs (roles, norms, and relationships) to scale. Exploration of these challenges will include issues of instructional authority and use of evidence.
	• Panelist Remarks and Discussion
	• Response/Q&A from Audience
4:15 to 5:00 Summary and Reflections
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	Session Leader: Mary Kay Stein, Chair, Committee on Large-Scale Reform in K-12 STEM Education, University of Pittsburgh
	• Identification and Discussion of Major Ideas and Themes across Workshop Sessions
	• Audience Reflection and Discussion
5:00 PM Adjourn