Document Type

Brief

Publication Date

9-24-2014

Keywords

Science education

Series Title

Office for Education Policy

Series Number

Volume 11, Issue 09

Abstract

This policy brief provides an overview of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), voluntary state science standards that are intended to improve the quality of science instruction in the U.S. The brief discusses the history of science standards, the development of the NGSS and its current status, arguments for and against the standards, and the status of the NGSS in Arkansas.

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