Accelerating Gains in K-12 Engineering Education

November 27, 2019

States’ efforts to incorporate technology and engineering into K-12 science instruction appear to be bearing fruit: More than five years after states began adopting K-12 science standards that feature technology & engineering, eighth graders have notched higher scores on a national assessment of those subjects. This report presents Education Commission of the States’ analysis of results from that assessment, National Assessment of Educational Progress in Technology and Engineering Literacy (TEL).

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whitePaper | August 19, 2020

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whitePaper | September 16, 2022

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whitePaper | March 28, 2021

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whitePaper | September 21, 2022

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