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State of School Science A Review of the Teaching of Mathematics, Science and Social Studies in American Schools, and Recommendations for Improvements. (1979) / Chapter Skim
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... The National Science Foundation, which has played a leading role in the whole effort toward improvement, sought to determine the current status of teaching and learning in elementary and secondary schools, and to reassess its own responsibility for precollege education. To that end, NSF commissioned three national studies of the status of pre-college education, and then asked eight national organizations to review those three studies and to state current needs as they saw them.
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... 5. In order to give women and members of racial or ethnic minority groups greater opportunity to become interested in and to prepare for careers in scientific and technical occupations, we recommend that scientists and engineers work with their local school systems to provide special lectures and classes; tours of local scientific, engineering, and technical facilities; opportunities to meet with appropriate role models; and other experiences intended to increase their motivation and to overcome their disadvantages in securing the education necessary for scientific and technical careers.
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... These test banks should be openly available to any teacher, school administrator, parent, child, or anyone else who is interested. Open availability of the entire bank of test items should improve the quality of test items and will give teachers latitude in selecting the test questions that match their educational objectives.
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