Forum for Publishers on the Next Generation Science Standards

Thursday, 05 April 2012

Presented by the Association of American Publishers (AAP), the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP), Achieve, and the National Academies of Science invite science publishers and curriculum developers to a four-hour, in-depth discussion of the standards and conversation about publisher needs for implementation. See below for a preliminary agenda.

Location: Washington, DC, 1400 16th St., NW, inside the 1st floor conference center

Date and Time: Thursday, April 5, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (eastern)

To Register: contact Julie Copty at AAP: jcopty@publishers.org

Every publisher with a science program should make sure someone from their company participates in this formum. For more information about the standards, pleast visit: http://www.nextgenscience.org

Agenda

1:00 p.m. Welcome and Introductions

1:15 p.m. NRC Framework Overview

1:30 p.m. Updates on NGSS Development

1:45 p.m. Group Discussion of the Draft NGSS

2:45 p.m. Break

3:00 p.m. Implementing the NGSS: What would this look like?

4:00 p.m. Group Discussion of Publisher Needs for Implementing the NGSS

5:00 p.m. Adjourn