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Polling support for science education
In a recent survey, voters overwhelmingly accepted that improving the quality of science education is important to the competitiveness of the United States in the global scene — and a majority agreed that there's a lot of room for improvement. According to a March 30, 2012, press release from Achieve, the nonprofit education reform organization that commissioned the survey:
Stephen Pruitt, Achieve's vice president of content, research, and development, was quoted as saying, "Science teachers have long understood the value to students of a high-quality science education and it's encouraging to see that voters also understand the value of a robust science education — for students as well as for our nation's ability to compete."
Achieve is currently coordinating the development of a set of science standards based on the National Research Council's A Framework for K-12 Science Education. The survey was conducted for Achieve by Public Opinion Strategies and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research between February 22 and February 26, 2012, among 800 registered voters. The poll has a margin of error of +/-3.46%.