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PEMD-84-5 1 (1984-03-06)

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REPORT BY THE U, S.



General Accounting Office






New Directions For Federal Programs To Aid

Mathematics And Science Teaching




GAO does not find evidence that training pro-
grams to upgrade existing science and mathe-
matics teachers will improve teaching effective-
ness. Such programs are a prominent part of
proposed federal legislation.

Teacher shortage problems, which are also ad-
dressed in the proposed legislation, may be eas-
ier to solve. Programs to retrain teachers of other
subjects to teach mathematics and science
classes seem to be one viable solution to techni-
cal teacher shortages.

Gaps in the information available to policymak-
ers are so severe that GAO could not determine
(1) if there are net nationwide shortages of
science and mathematics teachers and (2) if the
quality of technical teaching has declined in
recent years.










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                                                             GAO/PEMD-84-5
                                                             MARCH 6, 1984

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