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"The terms and circumstances of human existence can be expected to change radically during the next human life span. Science, mathematics, and technology will be at the center of that change--causing it, shaping it, responding to it. Therefore, they will be essential to the education of today?s children for tomorrow?s world. What should the substance and character of such education be? The purpose of this report is to propose an answer to that question." That was how Science for All Americans (SFAA), the first Project 2061 publication, identified itself. Now those words serve equally well to introduce Benchmarks for Science Literacy, a companion report. SFAA answers the question of what constitutes adult science literacy, recommending what all students should know and be able to do in science, mathematics, and technology by the time they graduate from high school. Benchmarks specifies how students should progress toward science literacy, recommending what they should know and be able to do by the time they reach certain grade levels. Together, the two publications are guiding reform in science, mathematics, and technology education. This new on-line and searchable version of Benchmarks is now changing how we approach science education assignments in courses for prospective and practicing teachers.

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