Research

White papers, baselines, and a public changelog.

What we've learned from 100+ partner schools across seven countries — and what we change in the curriculum the moment we learn it.

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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