Assessments, understood as tools for tracking what and how well students have learned,
play a critical role in the classroom. Developing Assessments for the Next Generation …

A Framework for K-12 Science Education and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
describe a new vision for science learning and teaching that is catalyzing improvements in …

Proficiency in science is being defined through performance expectations that intertwine
science practices, cross-cutting concepts, and core content knowledge. These descriptions …

Beginning in January of 2010, the Carnegie Corporation of New York funded a two-step
process to develop a new set of state developed science standards intended to prepare …

The new vision for science learning and teaching established in the Framework for K-12
Science Education (National Research Council, 2012) and carried forward in the Next …

The Next Generation Science Standards embody a new vision for science education
grounded in the idea that science is both a body of knowledge and a set of linked practices …

Americans agree that our students urgently need better science education. But what should
they be expected to know and be able to do? Can the same expectations be applied across …

A concise science assessment text that helps K–12 teachers master the effective science
assessment methods that lead to improved student learning Presenting both traditional and …

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are ambitious in their goals for and
demands of teaching and assessment, to be sure. Existing science standards are generally …

After providing the current rationale and historical background for educational standards,
this article discusses various meanings and interpretations attached to this term. It then …