Key Initiatives
High-stakes testing in key subject areas has become a significant factor in determining teacher and school quality and student achievement. Increasingly, statewide test results have become the basis for funding and policy decisions and for student advancement or graduation. But how effective are these tests at evaluating what students really know?
Center for Curriculum Materials in Science
The Center for Curriculum Materials in Science (CCMS) is a partnership of AAAS, Michigan State University, Northwestern University, and the University of Michigan. It is focused on the analysis, design, and use of science curriculum materials.
Interagency Education Research Initiative
This five-year study funded by the Interagency Education Research Initiative (IERI) Project 2061 is helping to identify factors that improve student learning in middle grades mathematics.
Partnership for Science Literacy
Articles
Mapping a Coherent Learning Progression for the Molecular Basis of Heredity (2006)
Roseman, J. E., Caldwell, A., Gogos, A., Kurth, L.
Linking Learning Goals
and Educational Resources through Interactive Concept Map Visualizations
(2005)
Sumner, T., Ahmad, F., Bhushan, S., Gu, Q., Molina,
F., Willard, S., Wright, M., Davis, L.
A
Web Service
Interface for Creating Concept Browsing Interfaces (2004)
Sumner, T., Ahmad, F., Bhushan, S., Gu, Q., Molina, F., Willard, S.,
Wright, M., Davis, L., Janée, G.
Dynamically
Generating
Conceptual Browsing Interfaces for Digital Libraries Using
SVG (2004)
Gu, Q., Ahmad, F., Sumner, T., Molina, F.
Supporting Goals-Based
Learning
with
STEM
Outreach
(2004)
Kesidou, S., Koppal, M.
Research Issues in the
Improvement of Mathematics
Teaching and Learning through
Professional Development
(2004)
DeBoer, G., Morris, K., Roseman, J. E., Wilson, L.,
Capraro, M. M., Capraro, R.,
Kulm, G., Willson, V.,
Manon, J.
Meeting the Challenge
of Science Literacy: Project 2061 Efforts To Improve Science
Education (2004)
Koppal, M., Caldwell, A.
Project
2061 Study Seeks to Improve Student Learning in Mathematics
(2003)
Davis,
S.
Accountability & Assessments (2002)
Bricker, L.
Ohio should keep 'Intelligent Design' out of science
class (2002)
Leshner, A.
Analysis of Students' Assessments
in Middle School Curriculum Materials: Aiming Precisely at Benchmarks and
Standards (2002)
Stern, L., Ahlgren, A.
Solving the Equation: Project
2061 Studies Factors That Improve Student Learning
in Mathematics (2002)
Tramontana, C.
New study is one for the
books (2002)
Manser, A.
How Well Do Middle School Science Programs Measure
Up? Findings from Project 2061's Curriculum Review (2002)
Kesidou, S., Roseman, J. E.
Rocket Science (2002)
Clark, J.
Less Is More: Trimming the
Overstuffed Curriculum (2002)
Fratt, L.
Choosing Content That's Worth Knowing (2001)
Nelson, G.
Textbook Alignment (2001)
Stern, L., Roseman, J. E.
Group Dissects Science Literacy (2001)
Henry, T.
Errant Texts: Why some
schools may not want to go by the book (2001)
Raloff, J.
Putting Textbooks to the
Test (2001)
Roseman, J. E., Kulm, G., Shuttleworth, S.
The Trouble With Textbooks
(2001)
Budiansky, S.
Putting Science on the Map (2001)
Steiny, J.
Aligning Assessment with
Learning Goals (2000)
Nielsen, N.
Heavy Books Light
on Learning: AAAS Project 2061 Evaluates Middle Grades
Science Textbooks (1999)
Roseman, J. E., Kesidou, S., Stern, L., Caldwell, A.
Science Literacy for All
in the 21st Century (1999)
Nelson, G.
The 2061 Challenge (1999)
Hundt, L.
A Benchmarks-Based
Approach to Textbook Evaluation (1999)
Kulm, G., Roseman, J. E., Treistman, M.
Evaluating Mathematics Textbooks
(1999)
Kulm, G.
Science and Math Education
for the 21st Century (1999)
Nelson, G.
Racing a Comet (1999)
Brearton, M. A., Shuttleworth, S.
Ten Questions to Ask Your Neighborhood School About Local Science Education (1998)
Is Your Child's Science Education What It Should Be? (1998)
Math, Science, Technology & Habits
of Mind (1998)
Vuko, E.
Science Literacy for All:
An Achievable Goal? (1998)
Nelson, G.
From Sputnik to TIMSS:
Reforms in Science Education Make Headway Despite
Setbacks (1998)
Frelindich, N.
Mathematics Curriculum
Materials Analysis Reliability Study (1998)
Kulm, G., Grier, L.
You Don't Have to be
a Rocket Scientist to Think Like One (1998)
Nelson, G.
Guide Book To Examine School Curricula: The Project 2061 Curriculum-Analysis Procedure (1998)
Benchmarks and Standards
as Tools for Science Education Reform (1997)
Nelson, G.
Lessons from Project
2061: Practical Ways to Implement Benchmarks and Standards
(1997)
Roseman, J. E.
Project 2061: Science
Literacy in Museums (1997)
Nielsen, N.
Identifying Curriculum
Materials for Science Literacy. A Project 2061 Evaluation
Tool (1997)
Roseman, J. E., Kesidou, S., Stern, L.
Project 2061 — Having
an Impact (1996)
Zucker, A. A., Young, V. M., Luczak, J. M.
Summary of Science for All Americans (1995)
Science Literacy for
All Americans: Is It Possible? (1994)
Alvarado, R.
Where Is Project 2061
Today? (1993)
Ahlgren, A., Rutherford, F. J.
Research on Student
Learning (1993)
Ahlgren, A.
Creating Benchmarks
For Science Education (1993)
Ahlgren, A.
Vital Connections:
Children, Books, and Science (1991)
Rutherford, F. J.