| Briefing Date: | 11/14/2012 |
| Topic: | Monitoring Progress Toward Successful K-12 STEM Education: A Nation Advancing? |
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
National Research Council
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Board on Science Education and Board on Testing and Assessment
Committee on the Evaluation Framework for Successful K-12 STEM Education
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Congressional Briefings
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
427 Hart Senate Office Bldg. – 3:00 p.m.
and
Thursday, November 15, 2012
B-374 Rayburn House Office Bldg. – 1:00 p.m.
on
Monitoring Progress Toward Successful K-12 STEM Education:
A Nation Advancing?
This new report, from the National Academies, offers a plan for evaluating the progress toward implementing recommendations from the 2011 National Research Council report Successful K-12 STEM Education that include coherent standards and curriculum and adequate instructional time at the school and district levels, and support for STEM teachers and research programs to identify best instructional practices at the state and national levels.
This series of briefings were for members of Congress and congressional staff only. The report was publicly released on November 15, 2012 and can be found, in its entirety, on the Web site of the National Academies Press.
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