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Final Evaluation of the Next Generation Science Standards

Paul Gross Douglas Buttrey Ursula Goodenough Noretta Koertge Lawrence S. Lerner Martha Schwartz Richard Schwartz
6.11.2013
6.11.2013

In the final evaluation of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), the Thomas B. Fordham Institute grants the standards a C grade. The NGSS grade is clearly superior to grades we granted to the science standards of sixteen states and the PISA framework in the State of State Science Standards 2012 but clearly inferior to those of twelve states and the District of Columbia, as well as the NAEP and TIMSS frameworks.

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Commentary on Appendix L: Alignment of the Next Generation Science Standards with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics

Among the shortcomings of the NGSS is its acute dearth of math content, even in situations where math is essential to the study and proper understanding of the science that students are being asked to master. Also problematic is the alignment of NGSS math with the Common Core State Standards for mathematics. Appendix L of the NGSS seeks to explain the alignment and apply math more thoroughly to NGSS science. This commentary by Johns Hopkins mathematician appraises that appendix.

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Eminent biologist Paul Gross is former head of the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole and former provost of the University of Virginia.

Douglas Buttrey
Ursula Goodenough
Noretta Koertge
Lawrence S. Lerner
Martha Schwartz
Richard Schwartz

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Commentary & Feedback on Draft I of the Next Generation Science Standards

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Commentary & Feedback on Draft II of the Next Generation Science Standards

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Commentary on Appendix L: Alignment of the Next Generation Science Standards with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics

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