Search

A group of teachers in eight California school districts and two charter management organizations engaged in …

This report on highlights from the Early Implementers Initiative is the final evaluation report of the series and offers key recommendations for policymakers and administrators for implementing the Next Generation Science Standards in their own districts.

This evaluation report explains how the NGSS Early Implementers Initiative prepared teachers for leadership in NGSS teaching, including how it created a culture of collaboration that produced change agents for science education and NGSS implementation.

The recently completed Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Early Implementers Initiative built districts’ capacity to implement the NGSS in grades K–8 and make science a core subject.

This report describes 10 key tools and processes that aid NGSS lesson planning, instruction, and administrator support.

The NGSS Early Implementers Initiative is inspiring administrators to make science a priority in K–8 education. Learn how the Initiative is helping education leaders pave the way for powerful instruction aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards.

What does NGSS science teaching look like in the classroom? The report discusses teachers’ experiences with four instructional practices that promote equitable instruction, an explicit feature of the NGSS.

This blog post explores strategies to expand access to inclusive early education for children with disabilities.

The K-8 NGSS Early Implementers Initiative has consistently expanded the professional learning it provides for administrators, particularly for site administrators, who generally have the most contact with teachers.

This 12th report in WestEd’s NGSS Early Implementers evaluation series for policymakers, school and district administrators, and professional learning specialists describes the Initiative’s scale-up in its later years to reach all K–8 science teachers.