The State Board of Education has adopted the more rigorous Ohio
Revised Science Content Standards as part of Ohio's New Learning
Standards for academic learning. The Kindergarten - Grade 12
Ohio's New Learning Standards will be fully in use in Ohio
classrooms by 2014-2015, when assessments that align to the
standards are in place. ODE encourages districts to start
implementing these Ohio New Learning Standards in Science now to
better prepare students for 2014-2015 and beyond. Achieve
released April 9, 2013, the final version of the Next Generation
Science Standards (NGSS). As a lead state in the national
initiative, Ohio will review the document to determine what
future action should be taken. Both the Ohio Department of
Education and Achieve advise schools to continue using Ohio’s
New Learning Standards to guide curriculum and instruction.
Ohio’s Next Generation Assessments in science, beginning in
2014-2015, will continue to be based on Ohio’s New Learning
Standards. |Content Standards and Model Curricula