Raytheon and Business Higher-Education Forum (BHEF) have partnered to produce the first ever simulation and modeling tool for the U.S. STEM education system. This tool, known as the U.S. STEM Education Model, enables researchers, policy-makers and educators to explore policy scenarios that can strengthen U.S. STEM education and workforce outcomes. Raytheon and the BHEF have plans to develop specific state-level STEM models for use in 2011.