STEM.org | Educational Research
Education Administration ProgramsMichigan, United States51-200 Employees
STEM.org Educational Research, founded in 2001 and based in Southfield, Michigan, operates as a privately held organization focused on research and quality assurance in STEM education. It has developed a family of trustmarks and an independent validation framework that assesses people, programs, products, and student outcomes, providing a standard of educational fidelity in STEM. The organization frames itself as a leading authority in setting rigorous benchmarks for the field, built through collaboration among educators, researchers, administrators, and nonprofit partners. Its historical work includes a five-year study of K-12 STEM schools that garnered national attention and was featured on the front cover of Newsweek in 2019, and it has documented the period it calls STEM's Lost Decade. In 2025, it expanded its partnerships with education-focused organizations, including collaborations with the Education Development Institute to bolster quality of education.