Research Development & Evaluation
Kentucky's STEM Imperative: Competing in the Global Economy: STEM Task Force Final Report and Recommendations (http://cpe.ky.gov/news/reports/cpe_reports/stem.htm)
Report of the statewide Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Task Force on developing a statewide P - 20 strategic action plan to accelerate Kentucky's performance within the STEM disciplines.
Kentucky State Highlights from Education Week's Quality Counts (http://www.edweek.org/media/ew/qc/2008/18shr.ky.h27.pdf)
This report grades states on their performance outcomes as well as on their policy efforts, including policy alignment from early-childhood education to postsecondary study and training and a set of indicators on the teaching profession that looks at state efforts to attract, develop, and deploy talent in education.
ALL STUDENTS REACHING THE TOP: Strategies for ClosingAcademic Achievement Gaps (http://www.ncrel.org/gap/studies/thetop.htm)
The report of the National Study Group for the Affirmative Development of Academic Ability maintains that intellectual competence is not fixed but developed and, therefore, developable. This is a report of their effort to marshal the chunks of knowledge needed to systematically nurture intellectual competence and eliminate the academic achievement gaps among children.
Left Behind By Design: Proficiency Counts and Test-Based Accountability (http://www.aei.org/docLib/20070716_NealSchanzenbachPaper.pdf)
Results from fifth grade test scores from the Chicago Public Schools, show that accountability systems often provide incentives for teachers and principals to target children near current proficiency levels for extra attention, but these same systems provide weak incentives to devote extra attention to students who are clearly proficient already or who have little chance of becoming proficient in the near term.
Preparing STEM Teachers: The Key to Global Competitiveness http://www.aacte.org/Governmental_Relations/AACTE_STEM_Directory2007.pdf This report from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education contains selected profiles of STEM teacher education programs around the country.
Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future (http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309100399)
This congressionally requested report makes four recommendations along with 20 implementation actions that federal policy-makers should take to create high-quality jobs and focus new science and technology efforts on meeting the nation's needs, especially in the areas of education and clean, affordable energy.
School Readiness and Later Achievement (http://www.ccpr.ucla.edu/seminars/Seminar%20Papers/
School_Readiness_Duncan.pdf)
Using 6 longitudinal data sets, the authors estimate links between three key elements of school readiness -- school-entry academic, attention, and socioemotional skills -- and later school reading and math achievement. Across all 6 studies, the strongest predictors of later achievement are school-entry math, reading, and attention skills. A meta-analysis of the results shows that early math skills have the greatest predictive power,
STEM Education Coalition (http://www.stemedcoalition.org/content/reports/default.aspx)
The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Coalition works to support STEM programs for teachers and students at the U. S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, and other agencies that offer STEM related programs. This is a link to several of their research reports.
Tapping America's Potential: The Education for Innovation Initiative (http://www.tap2015.org/about/TAP_report2.pdf)
This is an action plan from a cross-section of American business groups with five major recommendations for strengthening STEM education.
Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)
(http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pisa/index.asp)
PISA is a system of international assessments that focus on 15-year-olds' capabilities in reading literacy, mathematics literacy, and science literacy. PISA is organized by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental organization of industrialized countries.
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) (http://nces.ed.gov/timss/index.asp)
This study provides data on the mathematics and science achievement of U.S. students compared to that of students in other countries. TIMSS data has been collected in 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007.