ODE News Achievement/Performance Standards

Final Public Draft of the Next Generation Science Standards

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:39:00 GMT

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) final public review is now open! This draft of the NGSS will be available for feedback from January 8, 2013 through January 29, 2013. This is the last public review period before the standards are completed in March 2013. ODE fully encourages all interested parties to review the draft NGSS as individuals or in groups and provide feedback to the Lead States and writers.

Please visit http://www.nextgenscience.org/next-generation-science-standards to access the online survey and the support documents available for your review. To go directly to the online survey, please visit http://interceptum.com/ngss/how.html. This page provides instructions on how to register and access the online survey. You will need to choose which of the two views (by disciplinary core idea or by topic) you want to access. When you choose ...MORE

Update on the Final Public Draft of the Next Generation Science Standards

Wed, 9 Jan 2013 21:06:00 GMT

Oregon's Alternate Assessment Transition

Thu, 3 Jan 2013 17:49:00 GMT

In an effort to keep districts and schools up-to-date with the Oregon Department of Education's alternate assessment transition efforts, additional information and resources have been posted to the Common Core State Standards - Alternate Assessment website (http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=3709) entitled NCSC Resources. As the description under this link states, the resources and documents on this page are designed to assist districts and schools to better understand this project - building an alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards (AA-AAS) for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities - the goal of which is to ensure these students achieve increasingly higher academic outcomes and leave high school ready for post-secondary options.

Also, a working version of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) PDF about the NCSC Summative Alternate Assessment is now posted. FAQs on NCSC AA ...MORE

Next Generation Science Standards Update - Draft Public Review

Thu, 6 Dec 2012 15:53:00 GMT

The release of the second and final public draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) is set for the first week in January 2013. In recognition of the hectic schedules in December and the approaching holidays, the NGSS staff wanted to ensure all educators, stakeholders and the public had appropriate access to the draft. ODE encourages all interested parties to review the draft as individuals or in groups and provide feedback to the Lead States and writers.

The NGSS will be completed in March of 2013. Since the May draft release, the Lead States and the writers evaluated all feedback and worked on revising the standards. As a result, over 90% of the standards have been revised. In addition, the lead states charged the NGSS team with finalizing the definition for college and career readiness in science. The NGSS then went through a second round of revision to ensure the standards supported this definition.

More information will be provided as ...MORE