Performance Expectations Resources

The performance expectations provide an aid for assessment by clarifying what students should be able to know and do at the end of the grade or grade-band. They do not prescribe curriculum or lessons.

How to Read the Next Generation Science Standards

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Is It A Change?

Journal Article

Hard-to-Teach Biology Concepts, Revised 2nd Edition: Designing Instruction Aligned to the NGSS

“This book does not contain a recipe to follow as you plan and deliver lessons. Nor is it a set of predesigned lessons for use in biology classrooms. Instead, it features both an instructional framework you can use as you plan and sets of research-...

NSTA Press Book

Translating the NGSS for Classroom Instruction

With the release of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), you need a resource to help you answer pressing questions about how the standards fit with your curriculum, instruction, and assessments. Rodger W. Bybee has written Translating the NG...

NSTA Press Book