The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are now available. Twenty-six states and their broad-based teams worked together with a 41-member writing team and partners throughout the country to develop the standards.
The primary partners in the two-part process to develop the Next Generation Science Standards(NGSS) were the National Research Council, the National Science Teachers Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Achieve. The heads of each of these organizations form the Strategic Partners Group, and meet as required to review the progress of the project and provide on-going guidance.
Step one of the process was developing the Framework for K–12 Science Education. The Framework was a critical first step because it is grounded in the most current research on science and science learning and identified the science all K–12 students should know. In step two, which was completed last week, states developed Next Generation Science Standards. In a process managed by Achieve, states will lead the development of K–12 science standards, 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 will be based on the Framework and will prepare students for college and careers.
The review the standards visit: http://www.nextgenscience.org/