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Information Technology (IT) Research Studies
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| Title |
Source/Location
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Description
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Website
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| National Workforce Center for Emerging
Technologies |
Major funding provided by the National
Science Foundation, Arlington, VA |
Develops national skill standards for
IT. The standards enumerate technical skills, employability skills,
and foundation knowledge requirements for eight IT career clusters.
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http://www.nwcet.org
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| itWORKS |
Joint Council of the Ohio Board of Regents
and the State Board of Education, OH. |
A comprehensive set of information technology
competencies grounded in core academic subject areas and built around
four occupational clusters: Information Services and Support, Network
Systems, Programming and Software Development, and Interactive Media.
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http://www.itworks-ohio.org
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| IT Career Cluster Framework |
SkillsNet Corp., Waxahachie, TX |
Establishes an outline of work behaviors
based on current information- technology-sector occupational data,
and shows approximate relationships among IT jobs as they relate
to job families and pathways. |
http://www.edc.org/EWIT/bltext.htm |
| IT Pathway Pipeline Model: Rethinking
Information Technology Learning in Schools |
Education Development Center, Inc.,
Information Technology Association of America |
A product of the Techforce Initiative,
a two-year, National School-to-Work, Office-funded project that
highlights and expands IT employer participation in school-to-career
programs. |
http://www.edc.org |
| ITAA: When Can You Start? Building
Better Information Technology Skills and Careers |
A study conducted by The Information
Technology Association of America (ITAA), April 2001, Arlington,
VA |
Measures demand and skill development,
along with employability factors and downstream issues like career-pathing
and employee retention. ITAA is the only trade association representing
the broad spectrum of the world-leading U.S. IT industry. |
http://www.itaa.org |
| Building a Foundation for Tomorrow;
Tech Prep Information Technology Skill Standards-Based Curriculum
Modules |
NorthWest Center for Emerging Technologies
Regional Advanced Technology Education Consortium, Bellevue Community
College, Bellevue, WA and Northeast Tech Prep Consortium, Susan
Quattrociocchi, PhD, Director, and The National Science Foundation,
Advanced Technological Education Program. |
IT Skills curriculum project divided
into 22 modules and 360 instructional class periods. |
http://www.nwcet.org |
