The International Technology Education Association (ITEA)/Gallup Polls provide valuable, longitudinal data on “What Americans think about technology.” The first Gallup Poll, conducted in 2001, was commissioned by ITEA to find out how Americans view technological literacy. The second ITEA/Gallup Poll survey was conducted in 2004 to validate or question the findings of the first. Funding for the second survey was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Gallup Polls were administered through ITEA’s Technology for All Americans Project.
 
ITEA encourages additional research based on the 2001 and 2004 ITEA/Gallup Polls as well as future iterations.
 
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Data Tables for Gallup Poll on America's Level of Literacy Related to Technology - This 104-page document contains the data tables from the first ITEA/Gallup Poll survey. The document is in PDF file format, and requires 288 KB of space.
 
ITEA/Gallup Poll Reveals What Americans Think About Technology: Questions of the Survey Conducted by the Gallup Organization for the International Technology Education Association - This 12-page document presents the questions asked in the first ITEA/Gallup Poll survey. The document is in PDF file format and requires 112 KB of space.
 
International Technology Education Association Gallup Poll on What Americans Think About Technology March 2002 - This PowerPoint&® presentation summarizes the first ITEA/Gallup Poll survey. The file is 25 slides long and requires 333 KB of space.

ITEA Public's Level of Literacy Related to Technology Study - This 125-page document contains the data tables from the second ITEA/Gallup Poll survey. The document is in PDF file format and requires 350 KB of space.
 
Sixteen Questions Used for 2004 ITEA/Gallup Poll - This 3-page document presents the questions asked in the second ITEA/Gallup Poll survey. The document is in PDF file format and requires 11 KB of space.
 
International Technology Education Association Gallup Poll 2004 Power Point Presentation - This PowerPoint® presentation summarizes the second ITEA/Gallup Poll survey. It is 42 slides long and requires 3.14 MG of space.

Additional research conducted by TfAAP included two iterations of a survey on the status of technology eduction and usage of the technoogical literacy standards in the U.S. Articles on the findings of both status surveys can be accessed below.

Newberry, P. (2001). Technology education in the U.S.: A status report. The Technology Teacher, 61(1), 8-12.   Meade, S., & Dugger W. (2004). Reporting on the status of technology education in the U.S. The Technology Teacher, 64(2), 29-33.

The Technology Teacher is a professional journal published eight times a year by ITEA (September, October, November, December/January, February, March, April, and May/June). A subscription is included with membership in ITEA or may be purchased separately (see Ordering Information). Articles that appeared in The Technology Teacher have been reproduced with permission from ITEA.