Miles to Go and Promises to Keep

摘要

Last winter, the New York Times reported the 2012 “Trend in International Mathematics and Science Study” results, indicating that US 8th graders ranked 9th in math and 10th in science. Although there were small gains at this level in science scores, the ranking remains problematic for many educational leaders. But I am less worried about standardized test scores than I am in decreasing interest among our young people in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers, and in the fact that, though we have made some progress during the past 40 years, we still attract few women to STEM.