A Conference on Progress and Factors That Contribute to Closing the STEM Achievement Gap

美国教师教育学院协会(AACTE)将主办一次会议，特别关注通过培养有效的科学和数学教育工作者以及协作的跨学科伙伴关系来缩小成绩差距。《从国际视角缩小成就差距：转变STEM以实现有效教育》一书将用于强调其他国家为解决科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)成就差距而实施的创新干预措施。该书的合著者将被邀请与科学家、教师教育工作者和政策制定者一起参加会议，讨论缩小STEM成就差距的有效战略。这些战略将为未来培养有效的科学和数学教育者和改善PK-12 STEM教育的教育者准备工作指明方向。这次拟议会议的目的是：(1)审查当前关于数学和科学成就差距的研究，重点关注对低收入和少数族裔学生的成绩产生不利影响的与学校有关的变量；(2)讨论STEM的教师质量和有效教学；(3)确定促进教育公平和缩小STEM成就差距的有效战略和模式；以及(4)建立跨学科的合作伙伴关系，以解决美国在STEM方面的成就差距。与会者将确定造成STEM长期存在的教育不平等和成就差距的社会和文化障碍，并讨论有效的教育政策和一些国家为促进缩小STEM成就差距而实施的创新举措。在会议期间，小组讨论将对这一主题进行系统的看法，首先是对教师资格和成就差距的跨国分析，这些差距横跨美国、加拿大、墨西哥、英国、土耳其、中国、日本、巴西、新加坡、韩国、南非和澳大利亚等50个特别感兴趣的国家。通过对促进少数群体和低收入人口STEM成就的制度变革倡议的国际模式的研究，会议小组成员将探索从其他国家吸取的教训和有效的战略，这些战略可能可以借鉴到美国的教育体系。

The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) will host a conference with a special focus on closing the achievement gap through the preparation of effective science and mathematics educators and collaborative interdisciplinary partnerships. The book "Closing the Achievement Gap from an International Perspective: Transforming STEM for an Effective Education" will be used to highlight innovative interventions other countries have implemented to address the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) achievement gap. Co-authors of the book will be invited to participate in the conference along with scientists, teacher educators, and policy makers to discuss effective strategies for closing the STEM achievement gap. The strategies will inform the future direction of educator preparation in developing effective science and mathematics educators and improving PK-12 STEM education. The objectives of this proposed conference are to: (1) review current research on the achievement gap in mathematics and science with a focus on school-related variables that adversely affect outcomes from low-income and minority students; (2) discuss teacher quality and effective teaching in STEM; (3) identify effective strategies and models that promote equity in education and close the STEM achievement gap; and (4) build collaborative, interdisciplinary partnerships for addressing the U.S. achievement gap in STEM. Conference participants will identify social and cultural barriers that contribute to persistent education inequities and achievement gaps in STEM and discuss effective education policies and innovative initiatives that select countries have applied to promote progress in narrowing STEM achievement gaps. During the conference, a panel discussion will take a systematic view of the subject, beginning with a cross-national analysis of teacher qualifications and the achievement gap that spans 50 countries with special interest in the United States, Canada, Mexico, England, Turkey, China, Japan, Brazil, Singapore, Korea, South Africa, and Australia. Through an examination of international models of system-changing initiatives that promote gains in STEM achievement for minority and low-income populations, conference panelists will explore lessons learned and effective strategies from other countries that are potentially transferable to the American education system.