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Filename MAScienceStandardsWP2016.pdf
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Date added December 5, 2016
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Category Academic Standards, Common Core, Education, White Papers

Date: December 5, 2016

Authors: Paul R. Gross and Ze’ev Wurman

This paper, the second of a two-part analysis, finds that Massachusetts’ Next Generation Science Standards adopted last spring by the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) fall short. The authors conclude they are unclear, unnecessarily complicated, miss important content, and fail to make important connections.