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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....
Strategies for Developing Science Literacy
The Integrated Middle School Science (IMSS) Partnership - a collaboration between California State University, East Bay (CSUEB), the Alameda County Office of Education, the East...
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...
Seeds of Science Roots of Reading
The Learning Design Group of the Lawrence Hall of Science, co-directed by Dr. Jacqueline Barber and Dr. David Pearson, is a research-based curriculum development project...
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...
NGSS Science and Engineering Education Community
This resource is part of a California State University (CSU) systemwide initiative designed to prepare teaches to be world-class in both the Next Generation Science...
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...