The NGSS were developed by states to improve science education for all students. A goal for developing the NGSS was to create a set of research-based, up-to-date K–12 science standards.

The Next Generation Science Standards, or NGSS, advocate less memorizing and more sense-making, draw connections to the Common Core, base practice in research, and apply knowledge in context.

Next Generation Science Standards identifies the science all K-12 students should know. These new standards are based on the National Research Council's A Framework for K-12 Science Education.

ADVANCES IN THE NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS (NGSS) Every NGSS standard has three dimensions: disciplinary core ideas (DCIs) (content), science and engineering practices …

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are based on the "Framework K–12 Science Education" that was created by the National Research Council. They have three dimensions that are …

The NGSS hold the potential for helping focus the current national concern for improving STEM education. They will undoubtedly help bring clarity and unity to the patchwork of state standards …

To learn more about the standards and how to read them, click here. To learn more about the NGSS Appendices, click here.

Resources in this section outline some key advances in science education research and describe how the NGSS reflect these advances by enabling students to learn science by doing science.

The topics arrangements of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) include the same PEs as in the DCI arrangements, but the PEs are bundled differently.

The NGSS were released in 2013 and are being implemented in states and districts across the nation. The documents and video below explore the need for new science standards in more depth: