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It should be evident that all of the standards are highly interrelated, with forces and
energy being the dominant underlying themes.
Assessing Implementation of the NGSS in Physics
Although no discipline-specific teacher evaluation system exists for NGSS-aligned
instructional practice, Achieve has produced an
Educators Evaluating the Quality of
Instructional Products (EQuIP) Rubric for Lessons and Units
(http://goo.gl/fYwr0b).
This rubric employs a “check list” system of characteristics of a lesson or unit that
incorporate considerations for:
•
Alignment to the NGSS
KS-PS2-1
2-PS1-1
5-PS1-1
HS-PS1-8
HS-PS2-1
HS-PS1-3
MS-PS1-1
HS-PS2-2
HS-PS2-3
HS-PS2-5
HS-PS2-4
HS-PS3-1
HS-PS3-2
HS-PS2-6
HS-PS3-3
HS-PS3-4
HS-PS4-1
HS-PS3-5
MS-PS1-4
MS-PS1-3
MS-PS2-1
MS-PS2-3
MS-PS2-2
HS-PS4-2
HS-PS4-4
HS-PS4-3
MS-PS2-4
MS-PS2-5
MS-PS3-1
MS-PS3-3
MS-PS3-2
MS-PS3-4
MS-PS4-1
MS-PS3-5
KS-PS2-2
1-PS4-1
1-PS4-2
1-PS4-3
2-PS1-4
2-PS1-3
3-PS2-1
3-PS2-2
3-PS2-3
3-PS2-4
4-PS3-2
4-PS3-3
4-PS3-1
4-PS3-4
4-PS4-2
4-PS4-1
4-PS4-3
5-PS2-1
5-PS1-3
HS-PS4-5
MS-PS4-2
MS-PS4-3
Structures and
Properties of Matter
Forces and Interactions
Energy
Waves
Kindergarten 1
st
2
nd
3
rd
4
th
5
th
Middle School High School
1-PS4-4
2-PS1-2
5-PS1-2
4-ESS3-1
•
Instructional Supports
•
Monitoring Student Progress
Reading, integrating, and assessing the use of the NGSS in teaching requires both
scientific literacy as well as an understanding of effective teaching practice. Achieve has
produced a set of ten lessons and handouts to help teachers and leaders in education
to effectively use the EQuiP rubric:
EQuiP Professional Learning Facilitator’s Guide
(
http://goo.gl/wjZsws).