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ing,” based on NCTM and anticipated NRC standards.
1996 NRC publishes National Science Education Standards, including standards for teach-
(Jan.) ing, professional development, assessment, content, science programs, and systems.
1996 Governors and business, education and community leaders meet for a National
(March) Education Summit that aims to establish high academic standards, assessment, and
accountability and improve the use of school technology as a tool to reach high stan-
dards. The summit leads to the creation of Achieve, Inc.
1996 ITEA’s Rationale and Structure document is published, supported by an NSF grant
and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This document provides a
foundational guide for the development of standards in technological literacy.
1997 President Clinton, in his State of the Union Address, calls on every state to adopt high
(Feb.) national standards and declares, “By 1999, every state should test every 4th grader in
reading and every 8th grader in math to make sure these standards are met.”
1998 AAAS Project 2061 publishes Blueprints for Reform.
1998 The Council for Basic Education publishes Standards For Excellence in Education,
which includes standards in science, history, geography, English language arts, mathe-
matics, civics, foreign language, and the arts.
2000 ITEA publishes Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Tech-
nology, which had been revised four times after three public reviews and reviews by
the NRC Standards Review and Technical Review committees and the National
Academy of Engineering Special Review Committee.
2000 International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) publishes National Educa-
tional Technology Standards for Students: Connecting Curriculum and Technology.
2000 NCTM publishes Principles and Standards for School Mathematics.
2000 NRC publishes Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards: A Guide for
Teaching and Learning.
2001 AAAS Project 2061 publishes Designs for Science Literacy.
2001 AAAS Project 2061 publishes Atlas of Science Literacy, Vol. 1.
2001 NRC publishes Classroom Assessment and the National Science Education Standards.
2005 Revised mathematics framework for state NAEP developed after a period of public
comment.
2006 NCTM publishes Curriculum Focal Points for Prekindergarten through Grade 8
Mathematics.
2007 AAAS Project 2061 publishes Atlas of Science Literacy, Vol. 2.
2007 NAEP Science Framework approved for 2009 assessment, the first time Project 2061
Benchmarks and NRC National Science Education Standards have been incorporated.
2009 NCTM publishes Focus in High School Mathematics: Reasoning and Sense Making.
2010 Release of common core standards for English language arts and mathematics by the
(June) National Governors Association and Council of Chief State School Officers.
2010 The National Research Council is expected to publish its framework for a new genera-
(winter) tion of science standards.

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