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Three searchable versions of the California Next Generation Science Standards (CA-NGSS) have been developed to assist K-12 educators in planning instruction and assessments aligned to the three dimensions and performance expectations of the standards.

DETAILED SEARCH provides detailed information about each standard, including:

  • Performance Expectations, clarification statements, and assessment boundaries
  • Components and elements of each dimension (Science and Engineering Practices, Disciplinary Core Ideas, and Crosscutting Concepts)
  • Connections to the Nature of Science
  • Connections to the instructional segments of the 2016 CA Science Framework
  • Connections to the Environmental Principles & Concepts
  • Connections to California Common Core Standards
  • Observable features of student performance (Evidence Statements)

SIMPLE SEARCH provides key information about each standard, including:

  • Performance Expectations, clarification statements, and assessment boundaries
  • Components and elements of each dimension (Science and Engineering Practices, Disciplinary Core Ideas, and Crosscutting Concepts)
  • Connections to the Nature of Science

DCI ELEMENT CARDS provide essential information about the components and elements of the Disciplinary Core Ideas

Helpful Information

In the upper right corner of the search fields is a button that looks like three vertical dots. Clicking on this button will reveal three options. Selecting Clear filters will reset all fields and allow you to start a new search. Clicking on Get filtered URL will open a new window with the current search already completed. This page can be bookmarked and returned to at a later time. Choose Print to open the search results in a new window that is easily printable. Note there is an option on the new screen to hide the filters when printed.

Please contact John Spiegel at john.spiegel@sdcoe.net to provide feedback or to report any errors in this resource.