Why new science standards? Why now ?

1. Why new science standards? Why now? Laura Henriques Science Education, CSULB laura.henriques@csulb.edu

2. Standards Development • Our last science standards were adopted in 1998 • We know more about how people learn • Emphasis has shifted, new advances http://www.nextgenscience.org/

3. Standards Development • Organized by Achieve, Inc. but led by the states. California was one of 26 Lead States • Multiple rounds of input on public and private drafts over an 18 month period • State Review Team and Science Expert Panels convened to provide input and recommendations to State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson

4. Shifts From Old to New Standards • A marriage between the doing of science and the knowing of science • Architecture is different • Written in terms of how students will be assessed (Performance Expectations)

5. Three Dimensions • Scientific and Engineering Practices • Crosscutting Concepts • Disciplinary Core Ideas

6. Dimension 1Science & Engineering Practices Using mathematics and computational thinking Constructing explanations (science) and designing solutions (engineering) Engaging in argument from evidence Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information Asking questions (science) and defining problems (engineering) Developing and using models Planning and carrying out investigations Analyzing and interpreting data For each, the Framework includes a description of the practice, the culminating 12th grade learning goals, and what we know about progression over time.

7. Dimension 2Crosscutting Concepts • Patterns • Cause and effect • Scale, proportion, and quantity • Systems and system models • Energy and matter • Structure and function • Stability and change

8. Dimension 3 Disciplinary Core Ideas Physical Sciences • Matter and Its Interactions • Motion and Stability • Energy • Waves and Their Applications Life Sciences • From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes • Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics • Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits • Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity Earth & Space Sciences • Earth’s Place in the Universe • Earth Systems • Earth and Human Activity

9. Moving from Current CA standards to NGSS-CA* *Presentation to the State Board of Education, July 10, 2013

10. Moving from Current CA standards to NGSS-CA* *Presentation to the State Board of Education, July 10, 2013

11. Architecture of a Standard Performance Expectations Foundation Boxes Connection Boxes

12. 1998 CA Standards vs. NGSS

13. 1998 CA Standards vs. NGSS

14. 1998 CA Standards vs. NGSS

15. California’s Timeline • September 4, 2013 State Board of Education adopted NGSS • November 6, 2013 SBE adopted an integrated model as the preferred approach for middle school (a discipline focus model approved as an alternative) • Jan-Feb 2014 Science Framework Focus Groups and Public Comment • April 2014 – deadline to apply to serve on Framework Committee • July 2014 Science Framework Development Begins • 2014 Science Assessment Stakeholder meetings • 2016 anticipated adoptions of California Science Framework • 2015-16 (more likely 2016-17) implementation of NGSS in schools • 2016-17 Instructional Materials Adoption Process

16. Where to get more information • NGSS website: www.nextgenscience.org/ • CSTA website: www.cascience.org/csta/ngss.asp • Consider joining the NGSS listserv hosted by CED or the NGSS Blog on the CSTA website • Check out the CSTA calendar of events to find NGSS review workshops • NSTA’s NGSS website www.nsta.org/about/standardsupdate/default.aspx • Framework – available as PDF or for purchase www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13165 • CED Workshops at the CSTA Conference:http://www.cascience.org/csta/pdf/ConferenceHandouts/2013/Boyd_Framework.pdf (Framework Timeline)http://www.cascience.org/csta/pdf/ConferenceHandouts/2013/Lafontaine_NGSSTheBasics.pdf (NGSS Basics)