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Gao, Niu; DiRanna, Kathy; Fay, Maria – Public Policy Institute of California, 2022
The California Next Generation Science Standards (CA NGSS)--adopted in 2013--have the potential to improve scientific literacy and strengthen the global competitiveness of California's workforce. However, longstanding underinvestment in science education and the unprecedented disruptions caused by COVID-19 have heightened challenges faced by…
Descriptors: State Standards, Science Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
Gao, Niu; Adan, Sara; Lopes, Lunna; Lee, Grace – Public Policy Institute of California, 2018
The California State Board of Education (SBE) adopted the California Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) to transform science teaching and learning in K-12 schools in 2013. The new standards emphasize "three-dimensional learning": disciplinary core ideas, crosscutting concepts, and science and engineering practices. They are aligned…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Science Education, Teaching Methods, Course Content
Gao, Niu; DiRanna, Kathy; Fay, Maria T. Chang – Public Policy Institute of California, 2022
The California Next Generation Science Standards (CA NGSS)--adopted in 2013--have the potential to improve scientific literacy and strengthen the global competitiveness of California's workforce. However, longstanding underinvestment in science education and the unprecedented disruptions caused by COVID-19 have heightened challenges faced by…
Descriptors: Science Education, State Standards, Scientific Literacy, COVID-19
Warren, Paul; Gao, Niu; Hill, Laura; LaFortune, Julien – Public Policy Institute of California, 2020
California educates more than 6 million children in its K-12 public schools. More than half of these students are economically disadvantaged. About one in five are English Learners (ELs), compared with one in ten nationwide. In 2013, the state created the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) to simplify school funding and significantly increase…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools, Economically Disadvantaged, Low Income Students