This page provides an entry point into the extensive and growing research and policy literature on improving STEM education in California and the United States and related issues.

California

• Basic Skills as a Foundation for Student Success in California Community Colleges (2007, second edition, Center for Student Success of the Research and Planning Group of the California Community Colleges)
• Contextualized Teaching & Learning: A Faculty Primer (2009, Center for Student Success of the Research and Planning Group of the California Community Colleges & Academic Senate for California Community Colleges)
• Creating a Well-prepared Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce: How Do We Get from Here to There? (2009, California Teacher Advisory Council)
• Critical Path Analysis of California's Science and Mathematics Teacher Preparation System (2007, California Council of Science and Technology & Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning)
• Critical Path Analysis of California's Science and Technology Education System (2002, California Council of Science and Technology)
• Dissecting the Data: The STEM Education Opportunity Gap in California (2010, Level Playing Field Institute)
• High Stakes: STEM Education - The Essential Ingredient for California Competitiveness (2008, California Space Education and Workforce Institute & Alliance for Regional Collaborations to Heighten Educational Success)
• Integrating Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education: Articulating a Vision and Opportunities for a California STEM Innovation and Learning Network (2009, California Council on Science and Technology)
• Nurturing and Sustaining Effective Programs in Science Education for Grade K-8: Building a Village in California (2009, National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering)
• Pathways Out of Poverty for Vulnerable Californians: Policies that Prepare the Workforce for Middle-Skill Infrastructure Jobs (2010, Policy Link)
• The Preparation of Elementary School Teachers to Teach Science in California (2010, California Council in Science and Technology)
• A Priority for California's Future: Science for Students - Analysis of Public Opinion Research (2010, Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning)
• Profile of the California Partnership Academies, 2009-2010 (2011, Career Academy Support Network & California Department of Education)
• Raising Expectations for Mathematics Instruction in California: Algebra and Beyond (2010, California Collaborative on District Reform)
• School Readiness and Student Achievement: A Longitudinal Analysis of Santa Clara and San Mateo County Students (2010, Applied Survey Research)
• Shaping the Future: California's Response to Rising Above the Gathering Storm (2006, California Council of Science and Technology)
• The status of science education in the Bay Area: Research brief (2007, Lawrence Hall of Science & WestEd)   
• Technical Difficulties: Meeting California's Workforce Needs in Sceince, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Fields (2009, Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy)
• Working Toward an Assessment System with Value: Informing and Strengthening STEM Teaching and Learning (2011, California Teacher Advisory Council)

National

• Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics (2001, National Research Council)
• An American Imperative: Transforming the Recruitment, Retention, and Renewal of Our Nation's Mathematics and Science Teaching Workforce (2007, Business-Higher Education Forum) 
• Benchmarking the success of Latino and Latina students in STEM to achieve national graduation goals (2009, USC Center for Urban Education)
• A Commitment to America's Future: Responding to the Crisis in Mathematics & Science Education (2005, Business-Higher Education Forum) 
• Enhancing the Community College Pathways to Engineering Careers (2005, National Academy of Engineering & National Research Council) 
• Engineering in K-12 Education: Understanding the Status and Improving the Prospects (2009, National Academy of Engineering & National Research Council)
• Foundations for Success: The Final Report of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel (2008, National Mathematics Advisory Panel)
• Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits (2009, National Research Council)
• Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood: Paths Toward Excellence and Equity (2009, National Research Council)
• The Opportunity Equation: Transforming Mathematics and Science Education for Citizenship and the Global Economy (2009, Carnegie Corporation of New York & Institute for Advanced Study)
• Passing Through Science: The Effects of Raising Graduation Requirements in Science on Course-Taking and Academic Achievement in Chicago (2010, Consortium on Chicago School Research)
• Prepare and Inspire: K-12 Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) for America's Future (2010, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology)
• Preparing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators: Identifying and Developing our Nation's Human Capital (2010, National Science Board)
• Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Tomorrow (2005/2007, Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century)
• Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5 (2010, Members of the 2005 "Rising Above the Gathering Storm" Committee)
• Science and Engineering Indicators (2010, National Science Board)
• Successful K-12 STEM Education: Identifying Effective Approaches in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (2011, National Research Council)
• Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grade K-8 (2010, National Research Council)
• Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (2010, American Association of University Women)