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One place to start would be the American Association for the Advancement of Science's (AAAS) publications regarding the bare minimum scientific literacy that is desired. One of their major education initiatives Project 2061 seems to describe exactly the type of thing you are looking for. They published two books that you can read if you are more interested:
Benchmarks for Scientific Literacy
Science for All Americans
Of course this is an entirely USA-centric view but it should get you started.