About

The National Center conducts research studies, evaluates programs, conducts surveys and consults with organizations on special projects. This work advances our understanding of economic education.

The National Center helped develop the widely-used Test of Economic Literacy for high schools, the Test of Economic Knowledge for middle schools, the Test of Understanding of College Economics (TUCE) for principles courses, and the Basic Economics Test for elementary schools. These tests are published by the National Council on Economic Education. The National Center also conducted national surveys on economic literacy and entrepreneurship in association with The Gallup Organization.

Results from National Center investigations are presented at professional meetings, described in research reports and released to the public. National Center studies have been published in the Journal of Economic Education, the Journal of Economic Literature, the American Economic Review and other scholarly journals.

The National Center made major contributions to scholarly books such as Econometric Modeling in Economic Education (1987), The Principles of Economics Course (1990), Effective Economic Education in the Schools (1991), An International Perspective on Economics Education (1994), Secondary Economics and Business Education (1996), Teaching Undergraduate Economics: A Handbook for Instruction (1998), and Reforming Economics and Economics Teaching in the Transition Economies (2004). Findings from National Center studies have been reported in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Time, U.S. News and World Report, and other newspapers and periodicals.