The Next Generation Science Standards K-12 Alliance Welcome The Next Generation Science Standards Roll Out Symposium #1
It Takes A Village California Department of Education California Science Project California Science Teachers Association County Offices of Education K12 Alliance/WestEd
NGSS Setting a New Course
NATIONAL PROCESS FOR DEVELOPMENT . NATIONAL PROCESS FOR DEVELOPMENT
NGSS Lead States Currently 11 states, the District of Columbia and 2 territories have adopted the NGSS.
Lead NGSS Partners
Building on the Past; Preparing for the Future Phase I Phase II 1/2010 - 7/2011 1990s-2009 7/2011 – April 2013
Goals for Science Education Educating all students in science and engineering. Providing the foundational knowledge for those who will become the scientists, engineers, technologists, and technicians of the future.
NGSS for California SRT: (80) + 1000s input to national SEP: (27) + 3 public meetings + SRT recommendations to the Superintendent for adoption SBE: September 2013-Adoption of the NGSS for CA SBE: November 2013-Adoption of preferred integrated model for middle grades and request for discipline specific alternative model
Implementation Timeline 2013: Adoption of the CA NGSS 2014: State Implementation Plan Adopted 2014-2016: Science Framework Development; anticipated adoption in September 2016 2015-2017: CST 5, 8, 10 Science Assessment on 1998 CA Science Standards for ESEA* 2015-2016: Development of new CA NGSS-aligned assessment begins to meet ESEA requirements for science assessment 2016-2017: Pilot Test CA NGSS Assessment 2017-2018: Science Instructional Materials Field Test CA NGSS Assessment 2018-2019: Anticipated operational assessment of CA NGSS ESEA: Elementary Secondary Education Act: Federal Gov’t Reporting Mandate for NCLB * Dependent on the new revision of ESEA that is just now beginning at the federal level
Lots of Work Completed, Underway, and Left To Do Teacher Development Curricula Assessment Instruction
I touch the future I teach. -Christa McCauliff