Standards Documents

1. State and National Science Education Standards
2. No Child Left Behind Resources
3. Science Teacher Preparation Standards

State and National Science Education Standards

This is a page from which the PA Academic Standards in all subject areas (most notably the Science & Technology and Environment & Ecology standards) can be downloaded in MS WORD or .pdf formats

This is a page from which the PA Assessment Anchors in al subject areas for which they have been developed, can be downloaded in MS WORD or .pdf formats

This is a PDE webpage where a number of resource materials (e.g. handbook, glossary, and scoring sampler) related to the science PSSA can be downloaded. Another downloadable resource available at this page is the 2007 Science PSSA Rollout powerpoint presentation.

The National Science Education Standards published by the National Research Council (NRC)

Science for All Americans published by Project 2061 of the American Association for the Adsvancement of Science (AAAS)

Benchmarks for Science Literacy published by published by Project 2061 of the American Association for the Adsvancement of Science (AAAS)

AAAS Project 2061 Homepage including links to the resources designed to help achieve the vision of Science for All Americans such as:

• Science for All Americans
• Benchmarks for Science Literacy
• Atlas of Science Literacy
• Designs for Science Literacy
• Blueprints for Reform
• Resources For Science Literacy

No Child left Behind Resources

This is a NSTA webpage that provides a number of on-line and downloadable resources about NCLB and its impact on science education.

Science Teacher Preparation Standards

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Science Teacher Preparation Standards

Pennsylvania Department of Education Professional Educator Program Approval Guidelines