California’s science test will be one of the most robust tests aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards in the country, said Trish Williams, who served on the State Board of Education from ...

Three weeks earlier, 12 teachers, including the six in Easley’s classroom, had met to plan their first lesson as part of California’s Next Generation Science Standards pilot program. They split into ...

The California standards require science to be taught in every grade from kindergarten through 12th grade to build understanding and skills systematically year by year. Beginning in the spring of 2019 ...

The scores are in for public school students in grades 5, 8, and 10-12 — and California students got far more answers wrong than right. Less than a third of students met standards ...

Most teachers are embracing California’s new science standards, but the rollout has been hampered by teacher shortages, lackluster elementary science education, lack of supplies and other ...

32 percent of 5th-graders, 31 percent of 8th-graders and 28 percent of high school students met or exceeded standards.

Without updated teaching materials, many school districts have struggled to fully implement the state's Next Generation Science Standards that California adopted for K-12 students seven years ago.

California has produced some of America’s most celebrated innovators, but its students test below the national average in science, according to a new federal report.

California Districts To Pilot Next Gen Science Standards Professional Development. By Dian Schaffhauser; 01/07/15; While districts are ramping up to prepare for online assessments based around the ...

When the state’s standardized test scores were released in October, there was little reporting on or discussion of students’ performance on the California Science Test. Yet, fewer than 3 in 10 ...

Science has become more like science fiction in the past decade, with amazing innovations from stem cell research to driverless cars. Now science instruction in California could experience a ...