Next Generation Science Standards: Considerations for Curricula, Assessments, Preparation, and Implementation
From the authors: "Many states’ science standards are based on guidance documents created by the National Research Council in 1996 that do not reflect the scientific advances and educational research findings that have since occurred. Among options for policymakers to consider to update existing...
New Science Standards: A Readiness Assessment for State Boards of Education
From the Publisher: "This document consists of a self-assessment matrix—a Standards Readiness Assessment—as well as guidance and explanations that SBE (state board of education) members can use interactively to help determine their state’s overall readiness to adopt and implement science standards...
Next Generation Science Standards Web Seminar Series - By Grade Level
*/ /*-->*/ The National Science Teachers Association Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Web Seminar Series offers to the public archives of webinars done "live" between the spring of 2012 and early 2015. This tool provides support for educators to increase their understanding of the...
Literacy for the Science Classroom: Think, Read, Talk, and Write Like a Scientist
This archived webinar, presenting essential features of the science practices outlined in the Next Generation Science Standards, offers opportunities for high school students to develop disciplinary literacy. Reading, writing, listening, and speaking in the science discipline are the key...
The California K-8 NGSS Early Implementation Initiative Launches
This resource announces the launching of the first national K–8 Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Early Implementation Initiative, whereby eight school districts throughout California will be collaborating and participating in leadership training for teachers and administrators and in...
NSTA Quick-Reference Guides to the NGSS: Elementary, Middle, and High School
This resource is a compilation of workbooks by grade-level span, put together in response to educators' need for assistance in implementing the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in their learning communities. Each guide includes resources addressing the grade level span (i.e. elementary,...
Next Generation Science Standards Webinars-GLOBE
This resource is an online gateway into the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program, providing specific support for educators on the alignment and implementation of the standards using GLOBE.
ACHIEVE – NGSS Annual Leadership Meeting Proceedings
This resource provides insight into the first Next Generation Science Standards leadership meeting, where four sessions emphasized the role of professional development during the roll-out of the standards and as first efforts by states to initiate implementation.