This report takes stock of what we currently know as well as what we need to know to make classroom assessment maximally beneficial for…
Resources
Spotlights on STEM Education Research
Learn about projects researching and developing student assessment to support STEM teaching and learning and the DRK-12 program's contributions to the knowledge base on student assessment.
Learn about projects that are building teacher capacity and engaging students with authentic data, showcasing integration across and beyond STEM.
Learn about projects innovating life sciences education through online games, analyzing and interpreting data, modeling, and cross-cutting concept development.
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Quality early STEM experiences provide a critical foundation for learning about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in ways that facilitate later learning. Early childhood…
Broadening participation in PreK–12 STEM provides ALL students with STEM learning experiences that can prepare them for civic life and the workforce. In this way, broadening participation has the…
DRK-12 Research and Products
There is a compelling need to strengthen professional learning (PL) regarding systems thinking, since it crosses all disciplinary boundaries and is a crosscutting concept in the Next Generation…
Design research offers an approach for developing innovations in authentic educational settings and generating knowledge about learning and the designs that support it. Yet scaling and sustaining…
This presentation, Engineering in Action: Hands-On Strategies for Students with MSD, was given at the Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) 2025 Diverse Learners Institute in Louisville, KY on…