Developing Indicators for Undergraduate STEM Education

国家研究委员会的科学教育委员会与测试与评估委员会和高等教育与劳动力委员会合作，正在召集一个由12名成员组成的专家委员会，以制定一个框架和一套指标，以记录社区学院和四年制大学本科STEM教育的现状和质量，并用于跟踪多年来国家层面的改进情况。目前，没有一个全面的、全国性的系统来记录本科STEM教育的重要方面，也没有一个分析框架来思考需要哪些指标来充分记录改进的进展。该委员会将召开6次会议，收集信息，审议证据，并准备一份报告。在第三次会议之后，将提供一份临时报告供公众评论。最终报告将经过严格的同行评审，并以免费PDF格式提供。通过确定所需的研究和数据来源，该研究将增强教育工作者、研究人员和政策制定者可获得的信息，从而为更深入地了解有助于成功的高等教育STEM教育的实践和条件奠定基础。该项目将为美国国家科学基金会、其他联邦机构、私人基金会和专业组织提供重要指标的指导，以衡量中学后STEM教育的现状和质量。

The Board on Science Education at the National Research Council, in collaboration with the Board on Testing and Assessment and the Board on Higher Education and the Workforce, is convening a 12 member expert committee to develop a framework and set of indicators that can document the status and quality of undergraduate STEM education at both community colleges and 4-year institutions and be used to track improvements at the national level over multiple years. At present there is no comprehensive, national system for documenting important aspects of undergraduate STEM education nor is there an analytic framework for thinking about what indicators are needed to adequately document progress toward improvement. The committee will meet 6 times to gather information, deliberate on the evidence, and prepare a report. After the third meeting, an interim report will be made available for public comment. The final report will undergo rigorous peer review and be available in free PDF format. By identifying needed research and data sources, the study will enhance the information that is available to educators, researchers, and policy makers, thereby laying the foundation for a deeper understanding of the practices and conditions that contribute to successful postsecondary STEM education. The project will provide NSF, other federal agencies, private foundations and professional organizations with guidance on important indicators to track in gauging the status and quality of postsecondary STEM education.