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What now?

As I wrote last week, the final Next Generation Science Standards were released on April 9, 2013. Of course, the question everyone is asking is: “What happens now?” For many of the biggest “what now?” topics, including adoption by states, implementation by schools, and eventual assessments for the standards, there are still many unknowns but [...]

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experiment

After nearly two years of effort by the lead states, the writing teams, and Achieve, the final Next Generation Science Standards were released on April 9, 2013. Congratulations to all involved on reaching this historic milestone! These standards are significant because they have the potential to affect what over half of the nation’s K-12 students [...]

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tech guidelines

On December 21, 2012, the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) released version 2.0 of its technology guidelines. That same day, Education Week provided a summary of that document. PARCC and the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced) have also released a joint Technology Readiness Tool that will help schools [...]

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