Co-design in action in the ITEST program This research brief from the STELAR Center at EDC highlights how NSF ITEST projects are utilizing co-design approaches in their research and development. In education, co-design is a highly facilitated, team-based process that actively involves diverse stakeholders in designing, prototyping, and evaluating educational innovations to address specific needs or goals (Penuel et al., 2007; Roschelle et al., 2006). To prepare this brief, we identified a set of conference papers and articles related to nine active or recently completed ITEST projects that

Translating career development research into practice has long been a challenge for both the education and workforce development communities. It is exceedingly difficult for educators and training professionals to develop and implement programs that keep pace with the rapid advances in technology. Preparing a highly skilled and resilient workforce requires a collective focus on ensuring that the largest number of students possible develop the interests, skills, knowledge, and dispositions needed to flourish in a rapidly evolving technological landscape. The ITEST program has been supporting