In March 2004, the International Technology Education Association (ITEA) will introduce a series of addenda to the technological literacy standards documents that will provide concrete tools for making technology programs standards based. Standards for Technological Literacy (STL) provides the content for technological studies. Advancing Excellence in Technological Literacy (AETL) provides companion standards for student assessment, professional development, and program enhancement. While AETL was intended to help the content standards become implemented, neither it nor STL contain specific strategies. The new addenda will detail the planning process involved as well as actions that educators can take to achieve technological literacy in the laboratory-classroom. When considering standards-based reform, it is necessary to look at all aspects of the technology program. AETL defines program as everything that affects student learning. This includes content, professional development, curricula, instruction, student assessment, and the learning environment, implemented across grade levels. Correspondingly, the addenda documents will be designed around these aspects of program. This article discusses common characteristics of the new addenda documents.