Technology and Engineering Literacy Briefing

Are You Smarter Than an 8th Grader? Find Out at a Briefing on the First-Ever Nation’s Report Card for Technology and Engineering Literacy (TEL)

Thursday June 16, 2016

Noon – 1:30 p.m.

Rayburn House Office Building, Room B339

The National Assessment Governing Board and the Museum of Science, Boston's National Center for Technological Literacy®, in conjunction with the STEM Education Caucus, invite you to learn more about the first-ever Nation’s Report Card: Technology and Engineering Literacy.

Join us on Thursday, June 16, for a dynamic briefing to learn more about this new assessment and what these results mean for the nation. You can even test your skills on sample assessment tasks (anonymously, of course)!

The TEL assessment measures how students use and evaluate technology and principles of engineering to solve real-world problems. These are the problem-solving skills that all students, not just those interested in STEM careers, need today to address the challenges of our increasingly technology-driven society. This National Assessment of Educational Progress was conducted with a nationally representative sample of 21,500 eighth graders across the country, enabling comparisons of scores among various demographic groups and geographic areas. The results provide insights on students’ performance and related experiences both in and outside of school.

Lunch will be provided thanks to the following sponsors:

National Center for Technological Literacy, Museum of Science, Boston (NCTL/MOS)
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA)
Oracle
Society of Women Engineers (SWE)

Speaker and Presenter Information

Confirmed speakers include:

Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-Mass.)
Rep. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.)
Nate Ball, Mechanical Engineer, TV Host, Entrepreneur, and Author
Bill Bushaw, Executive Director, National Assessment Governing Board
Peggy Carr, Acting Commissioner, National Center for Education Statistics
Ioannis Miaoulis, President and Director, Museum of Science, Boston; Founder, National Center for Technological Literacy®
Tonya Miles, Member, National Assessment Governing Board, and Chief Departmental Administrator, Office of the General Counsel, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Claus von Zastrow, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Research, Change the Equation