Six Years of Scaling Up: Districtwide Implementations of the Next Generation Science Standards. Evaluation Report #12

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    • Availability:
      WestEd. 730 Harrison Street, San Francisco, CA 94107-1242. Tel: 877-493-7833; Tel: 415-565-3000; Fax: 415-565-3012; Web site: http://www.wested.org
    • Peer Reviewed:
      N
    • Source:
      45
    • Sponsoring Agency:
      S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation
    • Intended Audience:
      Administrators; Policymakers
    • Education Level:
      Early Childhood Education
      Elementary Education
      Kindergarten
      Primary Education
      Junior High Schools
      Middle Schools
      Secondary Education
    • Subject Terms:
      State Standards; Science Education; Science Instruction; School Districts; Charter Schools; Program Implementation; Teaching Methods; Kindergarten; Faculty Development; Educational Change; Science Teachers; Elementary School Teachers; Middle School Teachers; Comparative Analysis; Program Evaluation; Learning Strategies; Program Effectiveness; Superintendents; Administrator Attitudes
    • Subject Terms:
      California
    • Abstract:
      The NGSS Early Implementers Initiative was 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). Many educational initiatives are funded for only a couple of years. This unique initiative spanned an extraordinary six years, during which eight school districts worked toward districtwide implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), which call for teachers to transform their instructional practice. This 12th report in WestEd's evaluation series for policymakers, school and district administrators, and professional learning specialists describes the Initiative's scale-up in its later years to reach all K-8 science teachers. Specifically, the report addresses the following questions: (1) In contrast to focusing in Years 1-4 on developing Teacher Leaders, what strategies did districts use in Years 5-6 to reach all other K-8 teachers of science (called "expansion teachers" in this report)?; (2) What impacts has the Initiative had on expansion teachers?; (3) Which professional learning strategies have been most and least effective for influencing the practice of expansion teachers?; and (4) What special attention was paid to providing administrators with professional learning to prompt their support of NGSS implementation?
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2021
    • Accession Number:
      ED610124