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Tyler, Burr; Iveland, Ashley; Nilsen, Katy; Britton, Ted; Nguyen, Kimberly; Estrella, Denise; Arnett, Elizabeth – WestEd, 2019
This evaluation report describes a central professional learning strategy that the California NGSS Early Implementers Initiative used to help teachers effectively transition to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The Initiative's approach to lesson study, called a Teaching Learning Collaborative (TLC), brings together teams of teachers…
Descriptors: Teacher Improvement, Teacher Collaboration, Academic Standards, Science Education
Tyler, Burr; Estrella, Denise; Britton, Ted; Nguyen, Kimberly; Iveland, Ashley; Nilsen, Katy; Arnett, Elizabeth; Valcarcel, Josh – WestEd, 2020
Over the course of six years, a diverse group of school districts and charter management organizations in California ran a substantial experiment in implementing the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in elementary and middle grades. WestEd led an extensive evaluation of that effort, the California K-8 NGSS Early Implementers Initiative,…
Descriptors: Science Education, State Standards, Kindergarten, Elementary School Students
Cerwin, Karen; DiRanna, Kathy; Grace, Jill; LaFontaine, Phil; Ritchie, Sue; Sherif, Jody; Topps, Jo; Tupper, David; Vargas, Claudio; Woods, Barbara; Tyler, Burr; Britton, Ted; Iveland, Ashley – WestEd, 2018
NGSS Early Implementers is a four-year initiative created to help eight California school districts and two charter management organizations, supported by WestEd's K-12 Alliance, implement the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Designed for professional developers and administrators, this report describes 10 tools and processes that are…
Descriptors: State Standards, School Districts, Charter Schools, Elementary Secondary Education