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CA NGSS TIME

Toolkit for Instructional Materials Evaluation

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CA NGSS TIME

California Next Generation Science Standards

Toolkit for Instructional Materials Evaluation

Section 2: Prescreen

Quick analysis of programs under consideration for adoption

A Project of the CA NGSS Collaborative

Adapted from the original work of K-12 Alliance @WestEd, BSCS, and Achieve

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Prescreen Purpose & Outcomes

  • Learn and apply a process for winnowing a list of potential instructional materials for the paper screen.

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Adoption Timeline

  • Develop a District Lens ( Sept 6, September 20)
    • Publisher Fair (October 11)
    • Prescreen + Paper screen (October 11-14)
  • Group analysis + Consensus score (October 25,27)
  • Publisher Presentation (November 8,10)
  • Pilot Program 1 (Nov 14-Dec 15)
  • Publisher Presentation (December 8,13)
  • Pilot Program 2 (Jan 9-Feb 8)
  • Select and Recommend (February 22,23,24)

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Current Status

  • With a partner, read each chart and discuss what the categories represent
    • What is the District Science Vision?
    • Review the Less of... More of... Resource
    • What is the current status of the district?
      • Strengths
      • Weaknesses
    • What are the implications for instructional materials?
    • Paper Screen Tool
    • Summary Tool

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Publishers

  • STEMScopes PreK-12
  • Biozone
  • BSCS
  • Carolina Biological Supply Co
  • Discovery Ed
  • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Lab-Aids
  • McGraw Hill- Glencoe High School Science
  • Pasco
  • Pearson

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Prescreening

  • Use of Phenomena/Problems
  • Logical Sequence
  • Students Figuring Out
  • Three-Dimensional Performance

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When Paper Screening

  • Read front matter to see how materials are organized
  • Individually and holistically read the sequence and gather evidence
  • Use the “Less of…More of…” charts as needed

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What’s Next?

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The narrowed down list of Instructional Materials gets a more in-depth review via the Paper Screen process.

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Only the strongest Instructional Materials will make it to the Pilot Materials phase.

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Virtual Chats with Publishers

November 8,10

  • Publisher (1-3*)
  • Publisher (4-6*)

Asynchronous Consensus Building

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Pilot &

  • Publisher 1( Jan-Feb), Publisher 2 (Feb- Mar)
  • Compare results from Lesson X and Y

-how were different components represented?

-what evidence was most convincing?

-other?

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