Using+Formative+NGSS+Exemplars+for+Formative+Assessment

Using NGSS Assessment Exemplars for Formative Assessment  Comfort Ateh, Jay Fogleman, Rudolph Kraus   http://bit.ly/NGSSAssessment2015

Overview
As we are in the early stages of implementing the Next Generation Science Standards, it is important to foster professional conversations around teaching to the standards might look like. Achieve has released some example assessments. directed at each of the science disciplines for middle and high school students.

In this session, we hope to facilitate the exchanging of ideas about what teaching the NGSS might involve, what students will have to know, and what supports teachers would find valuable moving forward.

Discussion Questions

 * What do students need to know before doing this assessment? What is their prior knowledge? What concepts need to be taught?
 * What do teachers need to know?
 * To what degree is your curriculum aligned with these assessments?
 * What do we need as professionals to strengthen our alignment with NGSS expectations?

Agenda

 * Overview
 * Teacher Task - Assessment Groups
 * Sharing / Discussion
 * Summing Up

Resources

 * NGSS Framework
 * NGSS Assessments