The NGSS and supporting Appendices can be found on the Achieve, Inc. website at:  http://www.nextgenscience.org/next-generation-science-standards.

As required by Senate Bill 300, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction (SSPI) is required to recommend new Science Content Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten through Grade Twelve based upon the NGSS.  Senate Bill 1200 requires these new science standards to be presented to the State Board of Education (SBE) by July 31, 2013. The SBE must adopt, modify, or reject the presented standards by November 30, 2103.

In Fall 2011, the SSPI convened a group of 80 science experts; a State Review Team (SRT) representative of K-12 science teachers, administrators, county science consultants, college and university professors, and business and industry.  The SRT has reviewed numerous drafts of the NGSS, facilitated regional review sessions, and submitted feedback to Achieve, Inc. 

This Spring, the CDE, with the support of the California Comprehensive Center of WestEd, will facilitate three Regional Public Stakeholder meetings, where members of the public will have the opportunity to hear about the development process of the NGSS and to provide feedback to the CDE. The dates and locations of these meetings are currently being finalized. 

Public comments from these meetings will be shared with the California Science Expert Panel (SEP), a smaller group representative of the SRT, who will convene this Spring to analyze the NGSS, ensure they meet the rigor of California’s current science standards, and submit to the SSPI new Science Standards based on the NGSS.  For more detailed information about the development process, please visit the CDE’s NGSS web page at: http://www.cde.ca.gov/pd/ca/sc/ngssintrod.asp.

Thank you for your continued support in the development of the NGSS.  If you haven’t already, we encourage you to join the NGSS CDE electronic mailing list by sending a blank e-mail to join-ngss@mlist.cde.ca.gov.