Center for Standards, Assessment, and Accountability

Subject Area: Science

CAASPP Student Score Report Information

This web page links to a number of guides for parents or guardians to help them read and understand the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) student score reports. It also links to other resources, including parent guides to the Smarter Balanced summative assessments, English language arts and mathematics assessments, alternate performance assessments, and standards-based tests […]

Vignette Collection of the English Language Arts/English Language Development Framework for California Public Schools Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve

The Vignette Collection resource is a compilation of in-depth classroom lesson examples. Each vignette is intended to illustrate a specific literacy practice (i.e., close reading, summarizing informational texts, etc.). Vignettes follow a standard format and typically include most of the following sections: Background Lesson Context Templates/Routines Learning Target ELA/Lit and/or ELD Standards Lesson Excerpts Teacher […]

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 Standards (NGSS) and the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in Mathematics. The website promotes the scholarship of teaching and learning, and builds community among CSU faculty and K-12 college educators participating […]

The Case for Change : A Review of Contemporary Research on Indigenous Education Outcomes

From the Publisher: This Australian Education Review report “examines the research evidence underpinning current [Australian] government policy developed over the last two decades in an attempt to improve the educational outcomes of Indigenous students. It reviews and analyzes existing educational research into the precursors and concomitant factors that contribute to educational achievement for students generally and for […]

STEM Immersion Guide

The STEM Immersion Guide is web-based and provides a framework to help educators in Arizona develop STEM programs. The STEM Immersion Guide contains key design elements that support project-based, interdisciplinary STEM instruction by providing practical tools and information to enable teachers, schools and districts, and administrators that want to improve student outcomes by integrating STEM. […]

Contextual Factors that Influence the Achievement of Australia’s Indigenous Students: Results from PISA 2000-2006

From the Publisher: “The analyses presented in this report show that there are still large gaps in the socioeconomic background of [Australian] Indigenous and non- Indigenous students. Lower levels of attendance at pre-school, less access to home educational resources, and parents with lower levels of experience of education contribute to many Indigenous children starting school at […]