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This 3-page document provides information on quizzes for formative and summative purposes. This resource is part of the Professional Development Formative Assessment System (PD-FAS). PD-FAS was created by the Formative Assessment for Advanced Technician Education 2 (FAS4ATE2) project. After reading...

This video runs 7:12 minutes in length and features employees from two of Maryland's STAR manufacturing companies, Marlin Steel Wire Products and the Lion Brothers Company. These employees discuss the present and future for Next Generation Manufacturing.

Course Description: This course, developed by Mount Wachusett Community College, provides students with problem solving skills by exploring the process of conducting an investigation. The quality system tools used to document and facilitate an understanding of the problem and potential solutions are...

Shoreline is highly regarded for the college's work on biotechnology skill standards. In 2000, Shoreline worked with local industry to develop a widely-used set of skill standards. These skill standards were updated in 2007, together with Shoreline's Industry Advisory Committee. The updated skill...

This website highlights work done by the National Science Board to explore the skilled technician workforce. The website includes reports, listening sessions, congressional activities, videos and media, and recordings of meetings. These resources identify opportunities and challenges facing ...

These resources from Marion Technical College provide information about the SMART Manufacturing Technology Earn and Learn program. The program offers an Associate of Applied Science degree and a certificate. Resources include a brochure and two curriculum documents. The brochure includes a quick...

In this video from InnovATEBIO, Lisa Seidman and Rodney Null talk about strategies to help students develop the skills and confidence they need to solve math-related challenges in biotechnology classes and jobs. Misconceptions about peoples' abilities to do math, math required in common...

This set of presentation slides, from the Applied Information Management Institute, describes the Midwest Center for Information Technology and outlines the Careerlink online job database before describing a research project undertaken using Careerlink. The study used the job postings on Careerlink...

The Spectrum Innovates Pathway Program (SIPP) was created to "address the autistic community's employment crisis and the forecast shortage of technicians in the aeronautics industry over the next twenty years." SIPP is a "prototypal transition pathway program for those on the autism spectrum who...

Program Description The Spectrum Innovates Pathway Program (SIPP) was created to "address the autistic community's employment crisis and the forecast[ed] shortage of technicians in the aeronautics industry over the next twenty years." SIPP is a "prototypal transition pathway program for those on...