Unpacking NGSS

Laura KreslJulie Roney

Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

September 4, 2013 Communications@cde.ca.gov

Subject: State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces State Adopts Next Generation Science Standards

SACRAMENTO-New science standards designed to prepare students to thrive in a changing economy were approved today by the State Board of Education.

Building the California Framework for NGSS

Timeline

Timeline• July 2011: Framework for K-12 Science Education Released by National

Research Council

• March 2013: Final Draft of NGSS Released

• 2013-16: NGSS Awareness Phase - represents an introduction to the CA NGSS, the initial planning of systems implementation, and establishment of collaborations

• 2015-18: NGSS Transition Phase – build foundational resources, implementing needs assessments, establishing new professional learning opportunities, and expand collaborations between all stakeholders.

• 2015-2017: 5th, 8th, and 10th graders take existing CST/CMA/CAPA science test.

• 2016-beyond: NGSS Implementation Phase – expand professional learning support, fully align curriculum, instruction, and assessments, and effectively integrate these across the field.

• November 2018: PROPOSED: Instructional materials adoption by SBE.

• 2018-19: Anticipated Administration of Operational NGSS Science Assessments

Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

• K-12 Science Standards

• Developed through a collaborative, state-led process• K-12 teachers, state science and policy staff, higher education

faculty, scientists, engineers, cognitive scientists, and business leaders

• Designed to provide all students an internationally benchmarked science education

Conceptual Shifts

1) Reflect the Interconnected Nature of Science as it is Practiced and Experienced in the Real World

2) Student performance expectations – NOT curriculum

3) Build Coherently from K–12

4) Focus on Deeper Understanding of Content as well as Application of Content

5) Science and Engineering are Integrated

6) Designed to prepare students for college, career, and citizenship

7) NGSS and Common Core State Standards (ELA and Mathematics) are Aligned

A Framework for K-12 Science Education

•Scientific & Engineering Practices

•Disciplinary Core Ideas

•Crosscutting Concepts

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Breaking Down the Standards

Scientific & Engineering Practices

• Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering)

• Developing and using models

• Planning and carrying out investigations

• Analyzing and interpreting data

• Using mathematics and computational thinking

• Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering)

• Engaging in argument from evidence

• Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

Crosscutting Concepts

• Patterns

• Cause and Effect

• Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

• Systems and Systems Models

• Energy and Matter

• Structure and Function

• Stability and Change

NGSS & CCSS

• NGSS Rollout Task Force was created

• We’re focusing on the Science and Engineering Practices to begin our OUSD implementation of the NGSS

• We are using the current California State Standards for Science while CDE constructs the new CA Science Framework (expected completion 2017-2018)

Next Steps…