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Porter-Magee, Kathleen, Ed.; Wright, Brandon, Ed.; Horn, Laurel, Ed. – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2013
With states weighing whether to adopt the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), this analysis from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute compares the existing science standards of thirty-eight states with the NGSS and with exemplary standards from three other states. The K-12 science standards were compared for states whose expectations were either…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, State Standards, Science Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Lerner, Lawrence S.; Goodenough, Ursula; Lynch, John; Schwartz, Martha; Schwartz, Richard – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2012
This report examines K-12 science standards for fifty states and the District of Columbia, as well as the science assessment framework of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The reviewers' aim is to evaluate them for their intrinsic clarity, completeness, and scientific correctness. Their earlier evaluations, as well as those…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, National Competency Tests, Science Education, Academic Standards
Montoya, Ricardo Anzaldua, Ed.; And Others – 1984
The fourth annual research inventory describes 728 Mexican-related research projects being conducted in 1984 or to begin in 1985 in 14 countries. Data come from questionnaires sent during 1984 to more than 1,800 individual researchers and 650 institutions around the world. Each project description provides names and addresses of principal and…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Anthropology, Biological Sciences, Educational Research