Recent developments in high school psychology education: An extension of Hakala (1999)

Hakala (1999) described recent developments in the effort to improve high s chool psychology education, such as the establishment of a psychology Advan ced Placement exam and the efforts of Teachers of Psychology in Secondary S chools. We expand on Hakala's article by describing additional developments in high school psychology education, namely the initiation of the Psycholo gy Partnership Project, the creation of national teaching standards, and th e increased usefulness of the Internee and other computer technology. Like Hakala, eve advocate a new national survey to evaluate the improvement of h igh school psychology education and to identify areas that remain deficient .