Research

White papers, baselines, and a public changelog.

What we've learned from more than 100 partner schools in India, the Gulf and beyond, and what we change in the curriculum the moment we learn it.

Quick answer

The NASCA research desk publishes original K-12 STEM and AI data with the World STEM Federation, including a seven-country teacher AI-fluency baseline of 4,800 teachers, a practitioners' guide to AI-resilient assessment drawn from 240 partner classrooms, and an annual Top-100 STEAM provider benchmark released as public CSV and PDF.

The curriculum changelog below records every change we make and the evidence behind it.

Open data

The published report hub is live.

Full tables, methodology, limitations, CSV and PDF for every NASCA study, free to cite under CC BY 4.0.

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White papers

From the NASCA × WSF research desk.

Q1 2026

AI fluency in K-12: A 7-country baseline

Baseline survey across 4,800 teachers in India, the US, the UAE, the UK, Singapore, Saudi Arabia and Australia. Headline: 71% of teachers use AI weekly; 18% have ever discussed it formally with their leadership.

Q2 2026

AI-resilient assessment: A practitioners' guide

Frameworks for assessment that don't punish curious students, drawn from 240 NASCA partner classrooms. Co-authored with the World STEM Federation.

Annual

The Top-100 STEAM benchmark

Methodology and ranked scoring of the world's most cited K-12 STEAM programs. Public CSV + PDF.

Curriculum changelog

What we changed, when we changed it.

  1. v2026.06

    GenAI agents in lesson planning. Curriculum re-versioned for Gemini 3 + GPT-5.5. New AI-resilient assessment rubric.

  2. v2026.05

    New 'AI for Parents' module added to the Individuals track. UAE pricing localised in AED.

  3. v2026.04

    Research lab clusters launched. Whole-school cohort model formalised across 18 partner schools.

  4. v2026.03

    WSF co-branded certificate refresh. Public verification page launched.

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