Similar to last year, educators recognize that successful STEM education extends much past the acronym. When educators are asked to describe successful STEM education in a pre-test and a post-test of the AdvancED STEM Summit, they consistently use the acronym less in the post-test.

The bubbles below are prepopulated words that occur often in the 11 indicators of the AdvancED STEM Certification. When you click on a bubble, the quotes from participating educators will appear below. By using the search tab, you can type in words that you might find crucial to successful STEM education. A new bubble with your word will appear. By clicking on that bubble, then you can read the quote from the participating educator as well. For example, if you type the word ‘partnerships’, then you will see more than twice the emphasis during the post-test versus the pre-test.

Number of mentions per 1,000 words
by PRE and POST

“Please write as many things as you can that indicate successful STEM education is happening at a school.”


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