Alignment of National Evaluation Series Middle Grades General Science Framework with National Standards

This alignment study identifies the national standards that are addressed in whole or in part by each competency of the assessment framework. An indication of alignment does not necessarily imply complete congruence of the content of a test competency with the relevant standard. The information in this document is subject to change if revisions are made to the assessment framework. Any changes will fully supersede the information contained in this document.

205: Middle Grades General Science
Competency Standards
0001: Understand the properties and characteristics of matter.
National Science Teachers Association/ Association of Science Teacher Education. Middle School Preservice Teacher Standards – All Disciplines pdf opens in new window
PS1. Matter and Its Interactions
National Research Council. Next Generation Science Standards: MS Physical Science pdf opens in new window
MS.Structure and Properties of Matter
MS-PS1-1
National Research Council. Next Generation Science Standards: MS Engineering and Design opens in new window
MS.Engineering Design
MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-2, MS-ETS1-3, MS-ETS1-4
0002: Understand physical and chemical changes in matter.
National Science Teachers Association/ Association of Science Teacher Education. Middle School Preservice Teacher Standards – All Disciplines pdf opens in new window
PS1. Matter and Its Interactions
PS2. Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
National Research Council. Next Generation Science Standards: MS Physical Science pdf opens in new window
MS.Structure and Properties of Matter
MS-PS1-3, MS-PS1-4
MS.Chemical Reactions
MS-PS1-2, MS-PS1-5
National Research Council. Next Generation Science Standards: MS Life Science pdf opens in new window
MS.Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems
MS-LS1-7
National Research Council. Next Generation Science Standards: MS Engineering and Design opens in new window
MS.Engineering Design
MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-2, MS-ETS1-3, MS-ETS1-4
0003: Understand the characteristics of different forms of energy and of mechanical and electromagnetic waves.
National Science Teachers Association/ Association of Science Teacher Education. Middle School Preservice Teacher Standards – All Disciplines pdf opens in new window
PS2. Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
PS3. Energy
PS4. Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
National Research Council. Next Generation Science Standards: MS Physical Science pdf opens in new window
MS.Chemical Reactions
MS-PS1-6
MS.Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2-3, MS-PS2-5
MS.Energy
MS-PS3-2, MS-PS3-3, MS-PS3-4, MS-PS3-5
MS.Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation
MS-PS4-1, MS-PS4-2, MS-PS4-3
National Research Council. Next Generation Science Standards: MS Engineering and Design opens in new window
MS.Engineering Design
MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-2, MS-ETS1-3, MS-ETS1-4
0004: Understand relationships between force, mass, and motion.
National Science Teachers Association/ Association of Science Teacher Education. Middle School Preservice Teacher Standards – All Disciplines pdf opens in new window
PS2. Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
PS3. Energy
National Research Council. Next Generation Science Standards: MS Physical Science pdf opens in new window
MS.Forces and Interactions
MS-PS2-1, MS-PS2-2, MS-PS2-4
MS.Energy
MS-PS3-1
National Research Council. Next Generation Science Standards: MS Engineering and Design opens in new window
MS.Engineering Design
MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-2, MS-ETS1-3, MS-ETS1-4
0005: Understand the characteristics and processes of cells and living organisms.
National Science Teachers Association/ Association of Science Teacher Education. Middle School Preservice Teacher Standards – All Disciplines pdf opens in new window
PS3. Energy
LS1. From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
National Research Council. Next Generation Science Standards: MS Life Science pdf opens in new window
MS.Structure, Function, and Information Processing
MS-LS1-1, MS-LS1-2, MS-LS1-3, MS-LS1-8
MS.Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems
MS-LS1-6, MS-LS1-7, MS-LS2-3
National Research Council. Next Generation Science Standards: MS Engineering and Design opens in new window
MS.Engineering Design
MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-2, MS-ETS1-3, MS-ETS1-4
0006: Understand the concepts and principles related to heredity, evolution, and ecosystems.
National Science Teachers Association/ Association of Science Teacher Education. Middle School Preservice Teacher Standards – All Disciplines pdf opens in new window
ESS2. Earth's Systems
LS2. Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
LS3. Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
LS4. Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
National Research Council. Next Generation Science Standards: MS Life Science pdf opens in new window
MS.Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems
MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-3, MS-LS2-4
MS.Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
MS-LS2-2, MSLS2-5
National Research Council. Next Generation Science Standards: MS Engineering and Design opens in new window
MS.Engineering Design
MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-2, MS-ETS1-3, MS-ETS1-4
0007: Understand the characteristics of the formation and processes of Earth and its surface, the solar system, and the universe.
National Science Teachers Association/ Association of Science Teacher Education. Middle School Preservice Teacher Standards – All Disciplines pdf opens in new window
PS4. Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
ESS1. Earth's Place in the Universe
ESS2. Earth's Systems
National Research Council. Next Generation Science Standards: MS Earth and Space Science pdf opens in new window
MS.Space Systems
MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3
MS.History of Earth
MS-ESS1-4, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-3
MS.Earth's Systems
MS-ESS2-1, MS-ESS3-1
National Research Council. Next Generation Science Standards: MS Engineering and Design opens in new window
MS.Engineering Design
MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-2, MS-ETS1-3, MS-ETS1-4
0008: Understand Earth's systems and human interrelationships with them.
National Science Teachers Association/ Association of Science Teacher Education. Middle School Preservice Teacher Standards – All Disciplines pdf opens in new window
ESS2. Earth's Systems
ESS3. Earth and Human Activity
National Research Council. Next Generation Science Standards: MS Physical Science pdf opens in new window
MS.Structure and Properties of Matter
MS-PS1-3
National Research Council. Next Generation Science Standards: MS Life Science pdf opens in new window
MS.Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems
MS-LS2-3
MS.Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
MS-LS2-5
National Research Council. Next Generation Science Standards: MS Earth and Space Science pdf opens in new window
MS.Earth's Systems
MS-ESS2-4, MS-ESS3-1
MS.Weather and Climate
MS-ESS2-5, MS-ESS2-6, MS-ESS3-5
National Research Council. Next Generation Science Standards: MS Engineering and Design opens in new window
MS.Engineering Design
MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-2, MS-ETS1-3, MS-ETS1-4