The document summarizes updates to the science curriculum for Georgia schools. It discusses revising the current Science GPS standards to align with the Next Generation Science Standards and national K-12 Framework. The tentative timeline includes precision review starting in Fall 2013, proposed adoption by the state Board of Education in November 2014, and first implementation in the 2016-2017 school year. It also outlines plans for professional development, common unit assessments, and formative assessments to support the revised standards.

1. May 28, 2013
ASC Board Room

2.  Sign-in and get a handout
 Cell Phones – Please put your cell
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 Restrooms
 New faces
 QAR Codes

4. Per Juan-Carlos Aguilar, DOE Science
Program Manager: “we are not rolling out
NGSS…We are revising our current science
GPS in view of the vision for science
education set forth by the K-12 Framework
for Science Education and the NGSS”

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 Precision review of the Science GPS will start in September of 2013.
 Tentative date to submit revised Science GPS for adoption by the Georgia Board of
Education is August of 2014.
 Tentative date for adoption by the Georgia Board of Education of the revised Science GPS
is November of 2014.
 Professional Development for teachers on the revised Science GPS will begin in the
2014-2015 school year and will continue during the 2015-2016 school year.
 First year of implementation of the new Science Standards will be in the 2016-2017
school year. Assessments will be aligned to the new standards at this time.
UPDATED TENTATIVE TIMELINE FOR REVISION!
Science Georgia Performance Standards

6.  AWIM is a K-8 science and engineering based
program funded by KIA with a three year
implementation phase.
 All 8th grade classrooms will use the JetToy
Challenge during their Force & Motion Unit
 Training for the JetToy Challenge will occur in
September of 2013 prior to teaching the unit
 The Motorized Toy Car is being evaluated
for use in an exploratory class
 The Glider Challenge is being evaluated
for use in an ELT class

7.  We are fortunate to have two content planning
days for each subject area scheduled for the
2013-2014 school year
 The content planning days will be two
consecutive school days
 The dates will be shared with you once they
have been finalized on the professional
learning calendar
 The remaining slides will touch on
some of the issues we will be discussing
during these content planning days

8.  In early May, teachers came together to revise common
unit assessments
 Previous test questions and sample questions from other
tests were used to develop preliminary common unit
assessments
 The process is not finished and will continue throughout
the school year
 The revised common unit assessments will be shared
prior to teaching the unit
 Although the tests have been revised with
district assistance, please do not refer to them
as District Assessments. Policy states that
District tests (Benchmarks) are not re-tested

9.  Constructed Response
 Items will be added to each Common Unit
Assessment
 Additional items will be developed for each
unit as supplemental resources
 The requirements and grading of the
constructed response items will be
discussed in more detail during our
upcoming content planning days

10.  Formative Assessment
 Items will be developed for each unit that
should be used as Formative Assessments.
 These items may be constructed response
items as previously discussed or they may
be in another format
 Formative Assessment will be discussed in
more detail during our upcoming content
planning days

11.  OAS (Online Assessment System)
 Due to a lack of computer lab time, OAS has
not been a practical option in previous years
 Additionally, OAS questions have not
been the best examples of aligned content (many
questions are still from QCC objectives)
 However, OAS has been revised
 In our efforts to develop constructed
response and formative assessment items,
we will re-evaluate OAS items.

12.  This past year, we started the process of
curriculum alignment. The process is massive
and it still on-going.
 Content Unit pages will be revised or
developed based on this curriculum alignment
 Some content maps, concepts, or essential
questions may be revised during the
alignment process
http://troup612resources.troup.k12.ga.us/curriculum1/science/8_science/waves/waves.html

13.  Pretest window August 12th – 16th
 The pretest does not have to be given all on one day
 The first unit overlaps with the pretest window
 Remediate and/or Accelerate Days
 For most units, there are two days at the end of the
unit designated for remediation or acceleration
 Principals agreed to return to our previous
benchmark schedule; therefore, some
groups may have Benchmark II after
Spring Break

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