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Category: Prof. Development
Two new books from National Academies
The National Academies recently released two books that are definitely “a must read.” Building Educational Equity Indicator Systems: A Guidebook for States and School Districts, provides information to help state and school district leaders develop ways of tracking educational equity…
Read MoreDesign HS Curriculum for OpenSciEd
Hey, all you folks that are into curriculum development! OpenSciEd is looking for colleagues interested in participating in their next phase of free online, NGSS-aligned instructional unit development for HIGH SCHOOL. A free informational webinar, hosted by OpenSciEd, is scheduled…
Read MoreNGSS SEP Implementation Tool
I recently came across some great instructional resources, developed by Instructional Leadership for Science Practices (ILSP), that can assist teachers (and administrators) with the implementation of the NGSS Science and Engineering Practices. Link to downloadable PDF: SEPs_Practices and Student Performance…
Read MoreDistance Learning Page Launched
With more of you transitioning to the “virtual” world of instruction, we have launched a new page, “Distance Learning” to help guide your accelerated professional learning curve to learn and implement the various options and applications of distance learning. I…
Read MoreBuilding Capacity for Teaching Engineering
The National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has just released a new publication, Building Capacity for Teaching Engineering in K-12 Education, available as a FREE downloadable document. This publication reviews existing curricula and programs, as well as related research…
Read MoreEvaluating Cognitive Complexity in Science Assessments
Achieve has released a new publication, A Framework to Evaluate Cognitive Complexity in Science Assessments, which focuses on a new approach to capture and communicate the complexity of summative assessment items and tasks designed for three-dimensional standards. This framework can…
Read MoreTraining Dates for “TIME”
Statewide trainings for California’s Toolkit for Instructional Materials Evaluation (TIME) are now available to district teams moving forward with their science adoption. Based on comprehensive, collaborative work by CSTA, CISC, K-12 Alliance, California Science Project and County Offices of Education,…
Read MoreAchieve Releases Performance Task Screening Tools
This past week, Achieve released two new tools that will assist teachers in evaluating science assessment tasks to determine whether they accommodate for the three-dimensionality of NGSS. The Science Task Prescreen is used to conduct a quick review of assessment tasks…
Read MoreHigh School Course Decision-Making
My long-time colleague, friend, and previous student over 34 years ago , Eric Brundin is the Science Curriculum Leader for Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD). As with many high schools in California, LBUSD is still grappling with their transition…
Read MoreNGSS Homepage Redesign
I know many of you preferred the “original” Achieve web search engine a few years ago to help locate specific grade-level or discipline-related performance expectations and disciplinary core ideas. I know I did….It was very simple and straight-forward. Achieve has…
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