November 2009

2008 2nd Substitute House Bill (2SHB) 2598 Revised K-12 science standards presented to Legislature by December 1, 2008 Final revised standards adopted by OSPI in June ESSB 5414, Section 5 (7)(c): By June 30, 2009 OSPI shall present to the SBE recommendations for no more than three basic science curricula each for: Elementary and Middle Grade Spans Not more than three recommendations for each of the major high school courses within the following science domains: Earth and space science, physical science, and life science 2

State Board of Education SBE Science Panel Districts LASER Alliance ESDs Universities MESA WSTA 3

4 The first two processes occurred during Review Week. After the Review Week, top scoring programs were reviewed by a small group for conceptual development quality. They created a narrative evaluation. Content (Standards and Coherence) Key Program Elements Conceptual Development

Content Standards Coherence Key Elements Student Learning Facilitating Instruction Equity and Access Assessment 5 See page of report document.

6 Key Program Elements Content

69 reviewers reviewed 85 individual products (program-grade range) from 20 publishing houses 402 individual readings Over 29,000 data elements collected Each product received 4-5 independent readings Each reading completed in an average of 6 hours 7

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Science Companion (Chicago Ed. Pub. Co.) Science & Technology for Children (STC) Full Option Science System (FOSS) 9

10 n=295 districts (96% of districts, 97% of students)

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Science Explorer (Pearson-Prentice Hall) McDougal Littell Science Modules (Holt McDougal) Full Option Science System (FOSS) (Delta Education) 12

13 n=286 districts

Biology Biology: A Human Approach (Kendall/Hunt, BSCS) Insights in Biology (Kendall/Hunt) Chemistry Active Chemistry (Its About Time Publishing) Chemistry (Kendall/Hunt) Earth and Space Science EarthComm (Its About Time Publishing) 14

Integrated Science: Science: An Inquiry Approach (Kendall/Hunt) Coordinated Science* (Its About Time Publishing) Physical Science: Active Physical Science (Its About Time Publishing) Foundations of Physical Science (CPO Science) Physics Active Physics (Its About Time Publishing) 15 *This product does not have a life science component

High School Results 16

High School Results 17

High School Usage 18 n=128 districts n=25 districtsn=106 districts n=115 districts

Broad range of supplement types Compares supplemental with gaps in core No ranking of supplemental materials 19

Are we required to use one of the recommended texts? Is there any money available to purchase new materials? We have a science text that is not on the recommendations list. What should we do? The results from this review are different than LASERs accepted materials list. Can you explain the differences? 20

21 Contact: Gilda Wheeler, OSPI Interim Science Supervisor (360)