Next Generation Science Standards

How are they laid out?

Student
Performance
Expectations
This is what
students will be
accountable for;
comprised of a
practice, core idea
and cross-cutting
concept. Together
these 3
dimensions help to
create what
students will be
accountable for.

Clarifying
Statements
help to better
understand
expectations.
(providing
examples etc.)

Assessment
Boundaries
may be listed.
This helps with
understanding
how the
performance
expectation
will be
assessed.
These should
NOT limit
instruction.

This section is
from the
National
Research
Council:
A
Framework for
Science Education
to provide
additional
clarification for
(what they are
describing)
performance

Standards
Connections:
Helps by
identifying which
other standards
have connecting
concepts at
grade level or at
other grade
levels or with the
ELA standards.

They used these 3 boxes to create the

language for the performance
expectations.
(Pop up boxes will show up on the

web.)