6th Grade Science

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Professional Development

Below are the slide decks from NGSS Collaboration PD between SDUHSD and its elementary feeder districts.

2018-2019

2017-2018

NGSS Assessment Resources

• Next Generation Science Assessment (from Concord Consortium)-Middle School

• Performance Assessment Resource Bank

• Next Gen Storylines

• Oakland Unified’s (Performance Tasks and Lessons are Included in Scope & Sequence Unit Links)

• Integrating Science Practices Into Assessment Tasks from Research & Practice Collaboratory

• Stanford NGSS Assessment Project

• How to Craft 3D Classroom Science Assessments from STEM Teaching Tools

• Prompts for Integrating Crosscutting Concepts into Assessment and Instruction

• Developing Assessments for the Next Generation Science Standards

• Next Gen Navigator

  • In this new NSTA publication, the focus of the August issue is Assessing Three Dimensional Learning. “In this issue, we start by examining the recommendations of a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report on integrating assessment and instruction in the classroom, then showcase the experiences of three teachers working to connect teaching with student learning. Next month, we’ll take a broader view and examine assessment at school, district, and state levels.”

• Seeing Students Learn Science: Integrating Assessment and Instruction in the Classroom

  • This book can be downloaded for free as a pdf from the link above, and “draws on research-based recommendations for assessment to explore how classroom teachers can use assessments as part of instruction to advance students’ three-dimensional learning.”

• NGSS Classroom Sample Tasks

• High School Science Prototype Assessment

• National Academies Press - Seeing Students Learn Science - Integrating Assessment and Instruction in the Classroom

• Next Generation Science Assessment - Task Portal

• Shifts in Types of Assessment with NGSS (Article)