State Network for Developing Indicators of Science and Math Education

美国国家科学基金会和CCSO之间的合作制定科学和数学教育指标始于1986年。该项目的启动有两个目标：1)建立一个教育指标体系，提供国家分析和各州比较科学数学教育状况和趋势的能力；2)提高科学和数学教育数据的质量和有用性，以帮助国家政策制定者和项目管理者做出更明智的决定。本提案概述了国家科学/数学指标项目下一阶段的四个目标：1.根据州教育部收集的数据，收集和报告每两年一次的国家和各州选定的科学和数学教育指标的数据；2.从国家教育统计中心的学校和人员编制调查中对科学和数学指标数据进行各州分析并提出报告；3.向5-10个州提供援助，发展收集和报告科学/数学指标数据的能力；4.成立“州际学生评估替代方法联盟”，协助各州改革对学生科学和数学学习的评估。

Collaboration between NSF and CCSO to develop indicators of science and mathematics education began in 1986. The project was initiated with two goals: 1) to establish a system of education indicators that provides the capacity for national analyses and state-by-state comparisons of the condition and trends in science mathematics education, and 2) to improve the quality and usefulness of data on science and mathematics education to assist the state policymakers and program managers in making more informed decisions. The present proposal outlines four objectives for the next phase of the state science/math indicators project: 1. Collect and report biannual national and state-by-state data on selected indicators of science and math education, based on data collected by state departments of education; 2. Produce and report state-by-state analyses of data on science and math indicators from the Schools and Staffing Survey of the National Center for Education Statistics; 3. Provide assistance to 5-10 states to develop capacity for collecting and reporting data on science/math indicators; 4. Establish an "interstate consortium on alternative methods of student assessment" to assist states in reforming their assessments of student learning in science and mathematics.