Center for Standards, Assessment, and Accountability

Grade Level: Elementary School (K-5)

Developing Assessments for the Next Generation Science Standards

This resource is based on the vision and principles of the Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas, addressing NGSS-based assessment development practices. The three-dimensional science design and vision in the NGSS require new approaches for science assessment, posing challenges and opportunities for assessment development. To address this need, the Committee […]

Monitoring Progress Toward Successful K-12 STEM Education: A Nation Advancing?

This is the second report by the National Research Council (NRC) on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in K-12 schools. This report follows up on the 2011 report to identify methods for tracking progress toward quality STEM education. The Committee on an Evaluation Framework for Successful K-12 STEM Education, convened by the NRC, developed 14 […]

Successful STEM Education

This website, funded by the National Science Foundation, provides resources and events that highlight promising practices and tools in support of effective STEM education. The information on the website is designed for those involved in K-12 education to take action on creating successful STEM programs: policymakers; school and district decision-makers; local, state, and federal government […]

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 standards and their implementation in the classroom.  The webinars are an opportunity for […]

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, middle, high school, and K-12) including: a two-page “cheat sheet” that describes the […]

Communication Framework for Measuring Teacher Quality and Effectiveness: Bringing Coherence to the Conversation

Edited from the publisher: The purpose of this publication “is to facilitate communication about policies regarding teacher effectiveness by helping to build a shared understanding of the terminology used in the discussion. The framework intends to illuminate both the possibilities and the limitations of focusing on teacher effectiveness in education policy and practice. The communication framework is […]