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December 19, 2013
Next Generation Science
Standards Updates
JANUARY 15, 2014
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WASHINGTON NEXT STEPS
JA N UA RY 2 014
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OUR TIME TODAY…
Welcome
How we got here, the story of NGSS
Architecture of a Standard and NGSS Considerations
Transition planning and updates on assessment
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BEFORE WE START
Where are you located in WA?
Please use the question box to let us know
what questions you may have before we start.
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NGSS STATE ADOPTION UPDATE
Rhode Island
Kentucky
Kansas
Maryland
Vermont
California
Delaware
Washington State
Washington DC
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THE NGSS WERE BUILT ON THE PRINCIPLES OF
A FRAMEWORK FOR K-12 SCIENCE EDUCATION
 Children are born investigators
 Understanding builds over time
 Science and Engineering require both
knowledge and practice
 Science connects to students’ interests
and experiences
 Instruction focuses on core ideas and
practices
 Science learning standards promote
equity
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WORK BY WASHINGTON STATE LASER IN
PREPARATION FOR NGSS ADOPTION
 Facilitated state-wide feedback on early draft documents in
2011-12
 Held two “Deep Dive” events for teacher leaders to build
understanding of the Framework in 2012-13
 Began communicating with critical stakeholders about the
key features of the Framework and NGSS in spring 2013
 Led a three-day professional learning opportunity for
Alliance Directors and their teams to Build Capacity for
NGSS in December 2013
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OPPORTUNITIES WITH NGSS
NGSS provides an entry point for all
students to engage in transformative,
authentic, and 21st century science,
opening doors to career and college
pathways.
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Equity
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Home and
Community
Classroom
WASHINGTON
BIAS AND SENSITIVITY
PROCESS
School
Effective
Strategies
for Student
Engagement
We cannot miss the equity opportunities afforded by the
Next Generation Science Standards. Resources from the home
and community, school and classroom lead to effective
strategies for student engagement.
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EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM STRATEGIES INCLUDE…
• Connecting science education to students’ sense of place,
• Using project-based learning,
• Using culturally relevant pedagogy,
• Capitalizing on community involvement and social activism,
• Using role models,
• Adopting language support strategies,
• Providing home language support, and home culture
connections.
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SCHOOL-BASED RESOURCES INCLUDE…
• Material resources – curricular materials,
professional development, supplies
• Human capital – content knowledge, cultural
knowledge, leadership skills
• Social capital – norms and values surrounding
learning, teaching, and relating to others
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HOME AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS INCLUDE…
• Identifying resources and strengths in the family
and home environments of all students
• Involving parents and extended family
• Defining problems and designing solutions for
community projects in local neighborhoods
• Focusing on science learning in informal
environments.
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WHY FOCUS ON EQUITY?
• Reaching out to all students to engage their interest in
learning science is the right thing to do.
• A few well-placed actions can dramatically impact the
opportunity gap in STEM.
• The NGSS represent a new opportunity to make science
relevant, interesting and meaningful for all students, their
families and the broader community.
• Implementing the NGSS in a culturally sensitive manner will
help reduce the opportunity gap and increase interest in
STEM careers.
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How will the NGSS
impact me?
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KEY SHIFTS IN NGSS
Focus: The NGSS are Focused on
deeper understanding and
application of science content
reflecting real-world
interconnectedness
Coherence: Science and engineering
Build Coherently across K–12.
Integration: Science and
Engineering are Integrated across
K–12 in the NGSS.
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THREE DIMENSIONS INTERTWINED….
 The NGSS are written as
Performance Expectations
 NGSS will require contextual
application of the three
dimensions by students.
 Focus is on how and why as
well as what
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INSTRUCTIONAL SHIFTS IN THE NGSS
1. Focus on big picture, not individual lessons
2. Learning Progressions
3. Science and Engineering
4. Evidence of student learning
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THE THREE DIMENSIONS
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NGSS PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION EXAMPLE
LAYERS OF AN EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE (ESS)
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IMPLEMENTATION AND TRANSITIONS
Advice from Stephen Pruitt, Senior Vice President for
Content, Research and Development with Achieve
 Develop a thoughtful and deliberate implementation plan that
supports the overall education plan
 Focus
 Be patient
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Moving forward in
the slow lane
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Years 0 - 3: Awareness, State-wide Network Building
Study Appendices
Build PD modules
Explore potential placement
of current instructional
materials
Determine policy shifts
Work with other programs
like CTE; Community-based
education partners
Consider all students all
standards -equity
Years 1 - 3: Phase in Practices and Crosscutting Concepts
Construct PD - Practices
and Crosscutting Concepts:
Asking questions and
defining problems ; Analyzing
and interpreting data;
Constructing explanations;
Engaging in argumentation
Patterns; Systems and
System Models; Scale and
Proportion;
Leverage current
instructional materials and
infuse MSP designed
curricula
Years 2 - 3:
Secondary pathways; Full
implementation
Construct PD - Practices and
Crosscutting Concepts:
Develop and use models; Plan
and construct explanations; Use
mathematics and computational
thinking; Obtain, evaluate and
communicate information
Cause and effect; energy and
matter; structure and function
Stability and change
Instructional Materials Best Fit
PD = Professional Development
Community-Based Education Partners = Museums, Science Centers, etc.
SEPs = Science and Engineering Practices
CCCs = Crosscutting Concepts: DCIs = Disciplinary Core Ideas
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2013–14
BUILDING EACH YEAR: YEAR ZERO
Awareness
and Network
Building
What should
teachers
know and be
able to do?
Professional
Learning;
Focus on
integration
of SEPs;
CCCs;
Appendices
Instructional
Materials
Potential
Placement
Policy shifts
PESB Teacher
competencies
and NGSS;
Assessment
Options
Data to
Inform
NAEP;
TIMMS;
PISA; MSP;
EOC;
Coursetaking;
STEM career
choices
(NCES)
Draft Document
Each box represents work of
different groups: OSPI, ESDs; LASER;
Districts; Teachers
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2014–15
BUILDING EACH YEAR: YEAR ONE
Awareness
and Network
Building

Identify new
and Continue
Professional
Learning;
Focus on
Appendices;
SEPs; CCCs
Leverage Current
Instructional
Materials ;
Explore Best
Materials
Placement and
(e) Innovations
Policy shifts;
Secondary
Pathways ;
PESB
Competencies
Policy shifts;
Assessment;
Data
Draft Document
Each box represents work of
different groups: OSPI, ESDs; LASER;
Districts; Teachers
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2015–16
BUILDING EACH YEAR: YEAR TWO
Awareness
and Network
Building

Continue
Professional
Learning;
Focus on
Appendices;
SEPs; CCCs
Instructional
Materials Best
Placement
Policy shifts;
Assessment
Design
Data
Updates
Draft Document
Each box represents work of
different groups: OSPI, ESDs; LASER;
Districts; Teachers
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2016–17
BUILDING EACH YEAR: YEAR THREE
Professional
Learning is
designed;
SEPs; CCCs
are in place
Continue
Professional
Learning;
Standards are
Fully
Implemented
Instructional
Materials Best
Placement
Shifts
Policy shifts;
Assessment
piloting
(Test 2017–
18)
Data
Collection
Continues and
is Updated
Draft Document
Each box represents work of
different groups: OSPI, ESDs; LASER;
Districts; Teachers
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NATIONAL CURRENT AND UPCOMING NGSS
PROJECTS THAT WILL BENEFIT WA STATE
 SciMath Assessment Items – January 2014 Sample Available
 Evidence Statements – January 2014
 Additional Model Course Maps – Winter 2014
 Science EQuIP – Winter 2014 Available Now
 State of Science Education Research – Winter 2014
 Publishers Criteria – Spring 2014 In Progress
 STEM Works – Late Spring/Early Summer 2014
 Alignment Institutes – Early Summer 2014
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UPCOMING WASHINGTON STATE LASER EVENTS
SUPPORTING NGSS ADOPTION
 Building Capacity Part 2- May 28 & 29, 2014
Follow up to December 2013 event
To be held in Yakima
 Updating www.sciencenotebooks.org –Spring/Summer 2014
Include electronic science notebooks
Reflects authentic science and engineering practice
Opportunity to integrate English/Language Arts with science
 Awareness events with critical stakeholders- Winter/Spring 2014
 STEM Education Leadership Institute- Summer 2015
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Science Assessment Updates
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WASHINGTON ADOPTED THE NGSS…
WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR STATE
EXAMS?
 NCLB and state law require that we give a state science exam
once each in elementary, middle, and high school
 We will continue to give our state exam (based on 2009
standards) until an exam based on the NGSS is developed
 If you hear “2014 is the last year of the MSP,” add “except for
science.”
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NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS
Adopted:
June 2009
First assessed:
2011 (MSP)
2012 (EOC)
Adopted:
October 2013
Possible first
assessment:
2017 or 2018 (?)
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WHAT ARE THE STEPS TO BUILDING A NEW
ASSESSMENT?
 Develop item specifications from the standards
 Determine the test map
 Develop test items (including a pilot test)
 Develop Performance Level Descriptors (PLDs) from the
standards
 Administer an operational test
 Set performance level standards (Standard Setting)
 For the 2009 standards, this process took 25 months
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STILL TO BE DETERMINED
 Will the science tests be developed by Washington or
with a consortium of states?
 When and how will pilot and/or field testing occur?
 What year will be the first year of operational testing?
 If the high school test is comprehensive, will it be
administered at grade 10 or grade 11?
 Will the elementary test cover just grade 5 standards or a
broader grade band of standards?
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SCIENCE ASSESSMENT CONTACT INFORMATION
[email protected]
 Dawn Cope, Secondary Science Assessment
 Kara Monroe, Elementary Science Assessment
 Jessica Cole, Administrative Assistant
 Cinda Parton, Director of Assessment Development
Science Assessment Web Page
 http://www.k12.wa.us/Science/Assessments.aspx
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Where can I find
additional NGSS
information?
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WHERE DO WE GET MORE NGSS
INFORMATION?
Science Teaching & Learning:
 Ellen Ebert, Ph.D., [email protected]
 Amber Farthing, [email protected]
Environmental and Sustainability Education:
 Gilda Wheeler, [email protected]
Science Support Staff:
 Sultana Shah, [email protected]
Washington State LASER Website: http://wastatelaser.org/
 Jacob Clark Blickenstaff, Ph.D., [email protected]
NGSS OSPI Website: http://www.k12.wa.us/Science/NGSS.aspx
Report from Symposium on Science Assessment:
 http://www.k12center.org/rsc/pdf/bybee.pdf
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