National Standards
Lisa Huelskamp, Future City Competition Regional Coordinator for the State of Ohio, prepared the following information on National Standards. Ms. Huelskamp is the Coordinator of Gifted Education for the Westerville City Schools in Ohio. Professor Karen F. Zuga, from Ohio State University, reviewed Ms. Huelskamp's documentation of the National Standards' applicability to the Future City Competition. Professor Zuga is a recognized authority in technology education and has published numerous articles and received many awards of distinction.
National standards documents for math, science, and technology education.
1. Benchmarks for Science Literacy
(www.project2061.org)
This is the full text of the Project 2061 Benchmarks, maintained by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. A hard copy of this document is also included in the Future City Competition Teacher/Volunteer Handbook. To download, as applied to the Future City Competition, please click here.2. National Educational Technology Standards
(www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/html)
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), in partnership with a number of organizations and educators across the country, has developed standards defining what technological knowledge and skills students should learn. These national standards are coupled with student performance indicators by grade level. To download, as applied to the Future City Competition, please click here.3. Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
(standards.nctm.org/document/chapter6/index.htm)
The electronic version of NCTM's latest standards was released concurrently with the print version in April, 2000. To download, as applied to the Future City Competition, please click here.4. National Science Education Standards
(cnets.iste.org)
The National Academy Press has the full text of the science standards online. These standards were created by the National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences. A hard copy of this document is also included in the Future City Competition Teacher/Volunteer Handbook. To download, as applied to the Future City Competition, please click here.5. National Standards for Technological Literacy
(http://www.iteawww.org/TAA/Publications/STL/STLMainPage.htm)
The International Technology Education Association (ITEA) has published Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology. ITEA is the largest professional educational association focused on experiential technology education in the academic arena for grades K-12. Please refer to the ITEA website for more information on these standards. Taken in part from: www.enc.org/professional/standards/national/
