A few resources from Jeff Bush

STEM Education Coalition: http://www.stemedcoalition.org/

Tech Tally: Approaches to Assessing Technological Literacy www.nap.edu

Technically Speaking: Why all Americans need to know more about technology www.nap.edu

Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology www.iteaconnect.org

National Educational Technology Standards for Students: www.iste.org

Learning Institute for Technology Education/LITE: www.litesource.org 

“Shop Class” has benchmarks?

Isn’t it just the place where you make cool stuff?
The ITEA is the International Technology Education Assoc. and they have published the standards and benchmarks that have re-defined how tech ed is delivered across the country. To see more about the details of the association, follow the link.