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

Hakala (1999) described recent developments in the effort to improve high school psychology education, such as the establishment of a psychology Advanced Placement exam and the efforts of Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools. We expand on Hakala's article by describing additional developments in high school psychology education, namely the initiation of the Psychology Partnership Project, the creation of national teaching standards, and the increased usefulness of the Internet and other computer technology. Like Hakala, we advocate a new national survey to evaluate the improvement of high school psychology education and to identify areas that remain deficient.