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Introduction

The Placer County Office of Education is pleased to bring the most up-to-date content regarding the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). These standards represent a significant shift not only in content, but in how students interact with curriculum and concepts. Students should be exposed to novel phenomenon which motivate learning and allow them to tackle real world problems.

Information

Standards

For Today’s Students and Tomorrow’s Workforce

Through a collaborative, state-led process managed by Achieve, new K–12 science standards have been developed that are rich in content and practice, arranged in a coherent manner across disciplines and grades to provide all students an internationally benchmarked science education. The NGSS is based on the Framework for K–12 Science Education developed by the National Research Council.

Visit Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for California K-12 (adopted September 2013)

Assessment

The California Science Test (CAST) was piloted in 2016-17, field tested in 2017-18 and was operational by 2018-19.

For more information on this timeline, please see the CDE California Science Test.
For information regarding test administration please see the CAASPP California Science Test (CAST).

Framework

The original blueprint for PCOE's current science standards is the Framework for K-12 Science Education - Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas, developed by the National Research Council's Board on Science Education.

Resources

Additional valuable Science resources are listed below:

Contacts

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Heidi Espindola

Coordinator, STEM

(530) 745-1326

FAQ's

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Quotations

Science is built up of facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house.

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