Proficiency Scales for the New Science Standards. Robert J, Marzano

1.3, the connections section refers the reader to 3.LS3 to see the performance expectation in the standard articulated at a higher grade level.

Summary

      In this chapter, we discussed the process used to create the NGSS and the organization and format of the standards themselves. The multiyear process for creating the NGSS included two parts: (1) conceptualization and (2) writing. The conceptualization process involved international benchmarking and the creation of the NRC framework, which informed the writing of the NGSS. Each NGSS performance expectation is built from elements of the three dimensions in the framework: (1) scientific and engineering practices, (2) crosscutting concepts, and (3) disciplinary core ideas. In the next chapter, we discuss how the proficiency scales found in part II (page 55) developed from the NGSS.

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