September 1996: The National Commission Report on Teaching & America’s Future http://www.nctaf.org/documents/WhatMattersMost.pdf

1996: National Research Council Report on National Science Education Standards http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/html/overview.html

2000: A report to the Nation from The Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21^st Century http://www.ed.gov/inits/Math/glenn/report.pdf

December 2001: Report of the 2000 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education from Horizon Research, Inc. http://2000survey.horizon-research.com/reports/status.php

January 8, 2002: No Child Left Behind, Public Law 107-110, Section 9101(23) http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ110.107.pdf

2002: The Talent Imperative: Meeting America’s challenge in science and engineering, ASAP from BEST (Building Engineering & Science Talent) http://www.bestworkforce.org/PDFdocs/BESTTalentImperativeFINAL.pdf

March 2003: The Merck Institute for Science Education: A Successful Intermediary for Education Reform, The Consortium for Policy Research in Education Report http://www.merck.com/cr/science_innovation_and_quality/commitment_to_science_education/mise.html

August 2003: National Science Board, The Science and Engineering Workforce: Realizing America ’s Potential http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/documents/2003/nsb0369/nsb0369.pdf

September 2003: Is There Really a Teacher Shortage? By Richard M. Ingersoll University of Pennsylvania http://www.gse.upenn.edu/faculty_research/Shortage-RMI-09-2003.pdf

2003: State Indicators of Science and Mathematics Education 2003, The Council of Chief State School Officers http://www.ccsso.org/projects/science_and_mathematics_education_indicators/State_by_State_Report/

2003: Learning for the Future: Changing the Culture of math and Science Education to Ensure a Competitive Workforce, A Statement by the Research and Policy Committee of the Committee for Economic Development http://www.ced.org/docs/report/report_scientists.pdf

May 2004: The Bayer Facts of Science Education X: Are the Nation’s Colleges and Universities Adequately Preparing Elementary Schoolteachers of Tomorrow to Teach Science?, Market Research Institute Inc. http://www.bayerus.com/MSMS/web_docs/040511_Exec_Summary.pdf

December 2004: Council on Competitiveness, National Innovation Initiative (NII), Innovate America Report, December 2004.

December 2004: 2003 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) http://nces.ed.gov/timss/

June 2004: Sustaining the Nation’s Innovation Ecosystem Report on Maintaining the Strength  of Our Science & Engineering Capabilities, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Workforce/Education Subcommittee http://www.ostp.gov/pdf/finalpcastsecapabilitiespackage.pdf

October 5, 2004: No Time to Waste: The Vital Role of College and university Leaders in Improving Science and Mathematics Education, United States Department of Education http://www.ecs.org/html/Document.asp?chouseid=5480

July 2005: Tapping America ’s Potential The Education for Innovation Initiative, Business Roundtable http://www.businessroundtable.org/publications/publication.aspx?qs=2af6bf807822b0f1ad1478e

October 12, 2005: National Academy of Sciences Rising Above the Gathering Storm http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11463

2005: State Indicators of Science and Mathematics Education, The Council of Chief State School Officers http://www.ccsso.org/content/pdfs/StateIndicatorsScienceMathEd2005.pdf

2005: A Commitment to America ’s Future: Responding to the Crisis in Mathematics and Science Education http://www.bhef.com/publications/pubs.asp

2005: Systems for State Science Assessment, Mark R. Wilson and Meryl W. Bertenthal, Editors, Committee on Test Design for K-12 Science Achievement, National Research Council http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11312

February 2006: National Science Board, America 's Pressing Challenge — Building a Stronger Foundation

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsb0602/

February 2006: Are We Losing Our Edge? By Michael D. Lemonick http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1156575,00.html

May, 2006: National Assessment of Educational Progress In Science:

2005 "Nation's Report Card" http://nationsreportcard.gov

May, 2006: National Mathematics Advisory Panel

http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/mathpanel/about.html

June 2006-October 2006: Council of Chief State School Officers Mathematics and Science Education Task Force Report and Recommendations http://www.ccsso.org/content/pdfs/Math%20Science%20EXEC%20SUMM%20proof7.pdf

October 2006: The Cost of the Teacher Turnover in K-12 Science and Mathematics: What We Know and What We Need to Know, National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future By Edward Crowe, Ph.D.; Benjamin Schaefer; and Gary Barnes, Ph.D. http://nctaf.org.zeus.silvertech.net/documents/CostofTeacherTurnover-NSFMeeting.pdf

October 2006: What the Data Tell Us About Shortages of Mathematics and Science Teachers, by Richard M. Ingersoll and David Perda http://nctaf.org.zeus.silvertech.net/documents/WhattheDataTellUsAboutShortages.pdf

October 2006: What Works Best in Science & Mathematics Education, A Report on the National Science Foundation’s Urban Systemic Program http://www.pcgpr.com/graphics/NSFmathscience.pdf

November 2006: A Policy Statement of the Council of Chief State School Officers, Mathematics and Science Education Task Force Report and Recommendations http://www.ccsso.org/content/pdfs/Math%20Science%20Recom%20FINAL%20lowrez.pdf

December 6, 2006: The American Council on Education, Poll Reveals Gap Between Public and Policy-Makers on U.S. Competitiveness and Math and Science Education http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=20062&CONTENTID=19215&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm

Dec. 6, 2006: The Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning, California ’s Teaching Force 2006: Key Issues and Trends

http://www.cftl.org/documents/2006/TCF2006FINAL.pdf

2006: Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Science Competencies for Tomorrow’s World Volume 1: Analysis & Volume 2: Data http://www.pisa.oecd.org/document/2/0,3343,en_32252351_32236191_39718850_1_1_1_1,00.html

2006: Reality Check, A Public Agenda Initiative to Build Momentum for Improving American Schools http://www.publicagenda.org/research/pdfs/rc0601.pdf

2006: Project Kaleidoscope, Report on Reports II, Transforming America’s Scientific and Technological Infrastructure Recommendations for Urgent Action http://www.pkal.org/documents/ReportOnReportsII.cfm

2006: National Commission on Teaching and America ’s Future, Scope and Consequences of K12 Science Mathematics Teacher Turnover http://www.nctaf.org/NSFTeacherTurnoverSymposium.htm

December 2006-January 2007: The National Science Teachers Association’s Gerry F. Wheeler, Educational Leadership, Strategies for Science Education Reform http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/menuitem.a4dbd0f2c4f9b94cdeb3ffdb62108a0c/

2006-2007: National Governors Association Innovation America http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.751b186f65e10b568a278110501010a0/?vgnextoid=e34e2bad2b6dd010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=92ebc7df618a2010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD

January 2007: NRC Report Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in K-8 http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11625

February 2007: Research America , Americans Support Bridging the Sciences http://www.researchamerica.org/uploads/btspollreport.pdf

Apr. 23, 2007(Updated):CRS Report for Congress, Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Education: Status and Issues

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/98-871.pdf

May 2007: Academic Competitiveness Council (U.S. Department of Education)

http://www.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/competitiveness/acc-mathscience/index.html

June 20-21, 2007: Preparing STEM Teachers: The Key to Global Competitiveness http://www.aacte.org/Governmental_Relations/AACTE_STEM_Directory2007.pdf

August, 2007: The National Math and Science Initiative, Bringing Government, Corporations, Foundations and Educators Together to Improve STEM Education http://www.nationalmathandscience.org/

The Council of Chief State School Officers, 50-State Analysis of the Preparation of Teachers and the Conditions for Teaching, Results from the NCES Schools and Staffing Survey http://www.ccsso.org/content/pdfs/50StateAnalysisofthePreparationofTeachersrev101007.pdf

October 1, 2007: National Science Board, A National Action Plan For Addressing the Critical Needs of the U.S. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education System http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/edu_com/

October 30, 2007: National Science Board Commission on 21^st Century Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/edu_com/

October 30, 2007: The Urban Institute, Urban Institute Report Assess Science and Engineering in America , Houston , Do We REALLY Have a Problem Here? http://www.urban.org/publications/901125.html

2007: Educational Testing Service, Policy Information Report, America’s Perfect Storm Three Forces Changing Our Nation’s Future http://www.learndoearn.org/For-Educators/AmericasPerfectStorm.pdf

2007: State Indicators of Science and Mathematics Education http://www.ccsso.org/projects/Science_and_Mathematics_Education_Indicators/

2007: Population Reference Bureau, U.S. Population Data Sheet, A Profile of the Labor Force with a Focus on Scientists and Engineers http://www.prb.org/Home.aspx

2007: Bayer: Science for a Better Life, United States of America, Bridging the Diversity Gap in Science and Engineering: Introducing STEM Industries to K-12 Best Practice programs Highlights Report http://www.bayerus.com/msms/HIGHLIGHTS.pdf

2007: National Academy of Sciences , Is America Falling Off the Flat Earth, Norman R. Augustine http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12021

2007: A Report from Public Agenda, Important, but Not for Me, Parents and Students in Kansas and Missouri Talk About Math, Science and Technology Education

http://www.publicagenda.org/importantbutnotforme/pdfs/important_but_not_for_me.pdf

2007: Business-Higher Education Forum, An American Imperative, Transforming the Recruitment, Retention, and Renewal of Our nation’s Mathematics and Science Teaching Workforce http://www.bhef.com/solutions/anamericanimperative.asp

January 22, 2008: Congressional Research Service Report for Congress, America COMPETES Act: Programs, Funding, and Selected Issues http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34328_20080122.pdf

March 2008: The National Mathematics Advisory Panel, Foundations for Success http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/mathpanel/report/final-report.pdf

April 2, 2008: Rowing Together Panel Briefing on Science Generation, A National Imperative, An American Museum of Natural History Summit http://www.amnh.org/science/specials/summit/

May 2008: Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, Attrition of Public School Mathematics and Science Teachers Issue Brief http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008077