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The Progress of Education Reform: Science in the Early Years
This paper discusses how early science instruction has positive effects not only on readiness and achievement within the subject but also in reading and mathematics....
Council of State Science Supervisors: State Assessment Resources
The Council of State Science Supervisors (CSSS) is a professional organization made up of science education specialists from states and territories of the United States....
Appendix A – Conceptual Shifts in the Next Generation Science Standards
Appendix A of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) explains how the NGSS are different from previous science education standards and how they are relfective of the conceptual shifts in...
A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas
In A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas, the National Research Council articulates a new approach to K-12 science education...
Science Offers New Tools for Educators and Students
This resource is an article written for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) online newsletter. Science in the Classroom (SiTC) is an...
Proficiency in Science: Assessment Challenges and Opportunities
As part of a Science magazine special issue on grand challenges in science education, the author provides an overview of the promise for the future...
Early Learning and Science Standards
This update features a literature review of early learning standards and science, specifically focused on the topics of engineering and domain-specific learning. It also includes...
College and Career Readiness: The Importance of Early Learning
This policy report by ACT discusses the importance of early learning, the components of a strong preschool and elementary school education, and barriers to strengthening...
Early Language Development Standards
The purpose of the E-ELD standards is to provide a developmentally sound framework for instructing and assessing dual language learners, ages 2.5-5.5 years, which aligns...
Common Core in the Districts: An Early Look at Early Implementers
How is implementation of the Common Core State Standards going? This report, by Education First and the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, explores four early implementer...