NGSS Resources

Next Generation Science Standards References and Suggested Readings

ARTICLES:

Wertheim, J., Osborne, J., Quinn, H., Pecheone, R., Schultz, S., Holthuis, N., & Martin, P. (2016, Jan). An analysis of existing science assessments and the implications for developing assessment tasks for the NGSS. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford NGSS Assessment Project Team (SNAP). Retrieved from https://snapgse.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/snap_landscape_analysis_of_assessments_for_ngss_0.pdf

BOOKS:

National Research Council. (2012). A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas. Committee on a Conceptual Framework for New K-12 Science Education Standards. Board on Science Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Book available for purchase at: https://www.nap.edu/catalog/13165/a-framework-for-k-12-science-education-practices-crosscutting-concepts

National Research Council. (2014). Developing Assessments for the Next Generation Science Standards. Committee on Developing Assessments of Science Proficiency in K-12. Board on Testing and Assessment and Board on Science Education, J.W. Pellegrino, M.R. Wilson, J.A. Koenig, and A.S. Beatty, Editors. Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Book available for purchase at: https://www.nap.edu/catalog/18409/developing-assessments-for-the-next-generation-science-standards

National Research Council. (2015). Guide to Implementing the Next Generation Science Standards. Committee on Guidance on Implementing the Next Generation Science Standards. Board on Science Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Book available for purchase at: https://www.nap.edu/catalog/18802/guide-to-implementing-the-next-generation-science-standards

WEB RESOURCES:

NGSS Lead States. (2013). Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Resources available at: http://www.nextgenscience.org

NGSS (The Standards): https://www.nextgenscience.org/search-standards

NGSS Appendices: https://www.nextgenscience.org/resources/ngss-appendices

NGSS Evidence Statements: https://www.nextgenscience.org/evidence-statements

NGSS Bundles: https://www.nextgenscience.org/resources/bundling-ngss

National Science Teachers Association. (2013). Science and Engineering Practice Matrix Based on Appendix F of the Next Generation Science Standards. Arlington, VA: Achieve, Inc. Retrieved from http://nstahosted.org/pdfs/ngss/matrixofscienceandengineeringpractices.pdf

National Research Council. Developing Assessments for the Next Generation Science Standards. Committee on Developing Assessments of Science Proficiency in K-12 [PowerPoint Slides]. Retrieved from https://www.nextgenscience.org/…/ngss/