<font size="2">Caros,<br>vejam que é uma questão pedagógica, e nao apenas de recursos tecnológicos disponíveis.</font> <br>observem também a preocupação com os estrangeiros.<br>[]s<br>Junia<b><br><br>Testing for Tech Literacy</b><br>
<i> BusinessWeek (10/28/08) MacMillan, Douglas</i>
<br>The National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) has announced plans to
develop the first nationwide assessment of technological learning in
U.S. schools in an effort to reverse the slide in test scores for
science, math, and engineering. NAGB, a government-commissioned
independent council, has awarded WestEd a $1.86 million contract to
work with educators, school officials, the business community, and the
public on constructing a test, which could reach schools in 2012. "If
you look at the business community and post-secondary work, those
sectors really need students who have science, technology, and
engineering backgrounds to fill jobs in these new and dynamic fields,"
says NAGB executive director Mary Crovo. The National Science
Foundation reports that the number of full-time graduate enrollments in
computer science and engineering courses decreased 11 percent in 2004
since peaking in 2002. The number of foreigners with bachelor's degrees
holding jobs in U.S. science and engineering almost doubled from 1990
to 2005. Supporters hope the test will establish a foundation for
renewed and deeper emphasis on science and engineering at the earliest
levels. WestEd will establish a panel of advisers that includes
instructors and representatives from tech companies such as Intel and
Google. "Our world is changing, the way we do business is changing, our
reliance on each other is changing," says Intel's Paige Kuni, a panel
member. "Kids have to be able to master those types of skills to be
ready for a U.S. economy when they come out of the school system."<br><br clear="all">leiam mais: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2008/tc20081027_279347.htm">http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2008/tc20081027_279347.htm</a><br>
-- <br>Junia Anacleto<br>Associated Professor<br>LIA - Advanced Interaction Laboratory <br>Department of Computer Science<br>Federal University of Sao Carlos<br>Brasil<br><br><br>