Next Generation Science Standards and STEM Data

Next Generation Science Standards

(NGSS)

http://www.nextgenscience.org

• Roy Beven, NWEA Senior Content Specialist • Carolyn Frost, NWEA Content Specialist • Velma Itamura, NWEA Content Specialist

Presenters:

Participants:

1. Review the NGSS focusing on major changes

2. Compare traditional items to NGSS Items

3. Discuss needs/desires for a MAP Science NGSS

Learning Outcomes

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A Framework for K-12 Science Education

1. Core Disciplinary Ideas2. Science and Engineering Practices3. Crosscutting Concepts

http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13165

Three Dimensional Standards for Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

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NGSS: May 2012 Draft

• There are only 3 or 4 standards (1-2 for each of 3 science disciplines) for each elementary grade K-5.

• There are 2-9 standards for each of the 4 disciplines, for middle (6-8) and high (9-12) school.

• Each standard has several performance expectations.• Each performance expectation has 3 dimensions:

Practice, Core Idea, Crosscutting Concept.

http://www.nextgenscience.org/how-to-read-the-standards

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Next Gen Science vs. Common Core

• Guided be NRC Framework• Developed by Achieve, Inc.

lead states, 2 public draft releases• Lead states intend to adopt when

published in 2013• NRC Assessment Framework in

2012, tests by 2017(?)

Next Generation Science Standards• Guided by NGA and CCSSO • Developed by Achieve, Inc. with a

public draft release• Race-to-the-Top funds to adopt in

2010• Assessment Consortia to deliver

by 2014-15

Common Core State Standards

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Draft Elementary Standards

Kindergarten 1. Organisms & Their Environments

2. Weather

3. Structure & Properties of Matter

1st Grade 1. Structure & Function

2. Patterns & Cycles

3. Light & Sound

2nd Grade 1. Interdependence of

Organisms & their Surroundings

2. Earth's Changing Surface

3. Structure, Properties, & Interactions of Matter

4. Pushes & Pulls

Note there are 10 primary standards

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Draft Elementary Standards

3rd Grade1. Environmental Impacts on Organisms

2. Structure, Function, & Stimuli

3. Weather, Climate, & Impacts

4. Interactions of Forces

4th Grade 1. Life Cycles & Traits

2. Processes that Shape the Earth

3. Energy

4. Waves

5th Grade 1. Matter & Energy in Ecosystems

2. Earth Systems & Their Interactions

3. Stars & the Solar System

4. Structure, Properties, & Interactions of Matter

• Usually only 3 (or less) science units taught in these grades

• Some topics were in Middle School

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Draft Middle School Standards

Life Science1. Structure, Function, &

Information Processing

2. Growth, Development, & Reproduction of Organisms

3. Matter & Energy in Organisms & Ecosystems

4. Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

5. Natural Selection & Adaptations

Earth & Space Sciences1. Space Systems

2. History of Earth

3. Earth's Interior Processes

4. Earth's Surface Processes

5. Weather & Climate

6. Human Impacts

• By discipline, not grade level• Next draft will give curr. models

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Draft Middle School Standards

Physical Science1. Structure & Properties of Matter

2. Chemical Reactions

3. Forces & Motion

4. Interactions of Forces

5. Energy

6. Waves & Electromagnetic Radiation

Engineering, Technology & the Applications of Science (ETS)1. Engineering Design

2. Links Among Engineering, Technology, Science & Society

Note how ETS is now a 4th discipline, in addition to engineering as a practice

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Draft High School Standards

Life Science1. Structure, Function, &

Information Processing

2. Matter & Energy in Organisms & Ecosystems

3. Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

4. Inheritance & Variation of Traits

5. Natural Selection & Evolution

Earth & Space Sciences1. Space Systems

2. History of Earth

3. Earth's Systems

4. Climate Change

5. Human Sustainability

• By discipline, not course• Next draft will give curr. models

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Draft High School Standards

Physical Science1. Structure & Properties of Matter

2. Chemical Reactions

3. Nuclear Processes

4. Forces & Motion

5. Interactions of Forces

6. Energy

7. Forces and Energy

8. Waves

9. Electromagnetic Radiation

Engineering, Technology & the Applications of Science1. Engineering Design

2. Links Among Engineering, Technology, Science & Society

Note the large number of PS standards

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3-D Performance Expectations

• Each Standard has 3 to 9 Performance Expectations • There are ‘only’ 372 Performance Expectations K-12

Grade 4 EnergyDesign and test a solution to a problem that utilizes the transfer of electric energy in the solution using given design constraints.

Practice of Engineering

Crosscutting Concept

Disciplinary Core Idea

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1-D ‘Content’ Standard & Traditional Item

Washington State 2009 Grade 4-5

Describe how electrical energy is transferred from one place to another, and how it is transformed from electrical energy to different kinds of energy in a circuit.

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3-D NGSS Standard & ‘Engineering Design’ Item

Draft NGSS Grade 4 Energy Standard

Design and test a solution to a problem that utilizes the transfer of electric energy in the solution using given design constraints.

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Science & Engineering Practices are Not Linear

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Vocabulary of Science & Engineering Practices

Questionor

Problem

Investigate

Model

Data Analyze Data Evidence Argument

Explanationor

Solution

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1-D Standard & Traditional “Explain” Item

Illinois 2006Grade 5-7

Identify the main differences between plant cells and animal cells, namely that plant cells have chloroplasts and cell walls (which provide rigidity to the plant, since plants have no skeletons). Identify the basic cell organelles and their functions.

3-D Performance Expectation for Life Science Standard

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“Complex and microscopic structures and systems can be … used to describe how their function depends on the shapes, composition, and relationships among its parts …”

Crosscutting Concept

Practice of Science

Disciplinary Core Idea

Construct an explanation for the function of specific parts of cells including: nucleus, chloroplasts, and mitochondria and the structure of the cell membrane and cell wall for maintaining a stable internal environment.

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3-D Standard & “Construct an Explanation” Item

Draft NGSS MS LSStructure, Function, and Information Processing

Construct an explanation for the function of specific parts of cells including: nucleus, chloroplasts, and mitochondria and the structure of the cell membrane and cell wall for maintaining a stable internal environment.

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1-D Standard & Traditional ‘Modeling’ Item

Utah 2002Grade 8 Life Science

Use models to trace the flow of energy in food chains and food webs.

3-D Performance Expectation for Life Science Standard

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Construct and communicate models of food webs that demonstrate the transfer of matter and energy among organisms within an ecosystem. Disciplinary

Core Idea

Practice of Science

Crosscutting Concept

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3-D Standard & “Modeling” Item

Draft NGSS MS LS Matter and Energy in

Organisms and Ecosystems

Construct and communicate models of food webs that demonstrate the transfer of matter and energy among organisms within an ecosystem.

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Needs/Desires for MAP Science NGSS

• What is working well?• What improvements would be useful?

Today’s MAP Science

• Is a MAP Science NGSS test needed? If so,

• When?• Test design?• Item types?• Reporting data?

Future MAP Science

Next Generation Science Standards

Reflect upon Learning Outcomes1. Review the NGSS focusing on major

changes2. Compare traditional items to NGSS

Items3. Discuss needs/desires for a MAP

Science NGSS

Contact Information:• Roy.Beven@nwea.org• Carolyn.Frost@nwea.org• Velma.Itamura@nwea.org

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