Resources

Following are some of the most commonly used and cited publications on science education standards and benchmarks.

• AAAS, 1993, Benchmarks for Science Literacy, Oxford University Press. (AAAS is American Association for Advance of Science.)
• Bransford, J.D., Brown, A.L., and Cocking, R.R. (eds), 2000, How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition, National Academies Press: Washington, DC.
• Common Core State Standards Initiative. (While not focused on science education directly, standards on math and non-fiction reading impact are importantly related.)
• NCSE, 2013, Evolution and climate change in the NGSS, National Center for Science Education
• NGSS@NSTA website, National Science Teacher Association
• NRC, 1996, National Science Education Standards. National Academies Press: Washington, DC. (NRC is National Research Council, and body of the National Academy of Sciences).
• NRC, 2011, Successful K-12 STEM Education: Identifying Effective Approaches in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. National Academies Press: Washington, DC.
• NRC, 2012, A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas, National Academies Press: Washington, DC.
• NRC, 2013, Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By States. National Academies Press: Washington, DC.
• Wysession, M., 2013, The Next Generation Science Standards and the Earth and Space Sciences, The Science Teacher, April/May issue. (Duggan-Haas, author of this Appendix, worked with Wysession on NRC’s Conceptual Framework for New Science Education Standards.) [PDF]