Standards: Mathematics and Science Compared To Technological Literacy

Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology was released in April 2000 by the International Technology Education Association (ITEA, 2000). This was the first attempt by the ITEA to set forth comprehensive specifications regarding what students should know and be able to do within each of four grade bands from kindergarten through 12th grade. The purpose of this article is to compare the technological literacy standards with those that have been developed for preK-2 in mathematics (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics [NCTM], 2000) and K-12 in science (National Research Council [NRC], 1996). (Contains 8 tables.)