Many abbreviations and policy terms are used throughout the NGSS and supporting materials. Below are descriptions of these terms:
A
AAAS: American Association for the Advancement of Science
AYP: Annual Yearly Progress
B
BF: Building Functions (CCSS Connection)
C
CC: Counting & Cardinality (CCSS Connection)
CED: Creating Equations (CCSS Connection)
CR: Chemical Reactions (Topic Name)
CCR: College and Career Ready
CCSS: Common Core State Standards
CCC Crosscutting Concept
D
DCI: Disciplinary Core Idea
E
ELL: English Language Learner
E: Energy (Topic Name)
EE: Expressions & Equations (CCSS Connection)
ELA: English Language Arts
ED: Engineering Design (Topic Name)
ES: Earth’s Systems (Topic Name)
ESEA: Elementary and Secondary Education Act
ESS: Earth and Space Science
ETS: Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science
F
F: Functions (CCSS Connection)
FI: Forces and Interactions (Topic Name)
FB: Foundation Box
G
G: Geometry (CCSS Connection)
GBE: Grade Band Endpoint
GDRO: Growth, Development, and Reproduction of Organisms (Topic Name)
H
HI: Human Impacts (Topic Name)
HS: High School
I
ID: Interpret Data (CCSS Connection)
IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEP: Individualized Education Program
IF: Interpreting Functions (CCSS Connection)
IRE: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems (Topic Name)
IVT: Inheritance and Variation of Traits (Topic Name)
K
K: Kindergarten
L
LEP: Limited English Proficiency
LS: Life Science
M
MD: Measurement & Data (CCSS Connection)
MEOE: Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems (Topic Name)
MS: Middle School
N
NAEP: National Assessment of Educational Progress
NAGC: National Association for Gifted Children
NBT: Number & Operations in Base Ten (CCSS Connection)
NCLB: No Child Left Behind Act
NF: Number & Operations— Fractions (CCSS Connection)
NGSS: Next Generation Science Standards
NOS: Nature of Science
NSTA: National Science Teachers Association
NRC: National Research Council
NS: The Number System (CCSS Connection)
NSA: Natural Selection and Adaptations (Topic Name)
NSE: Natural Selection and Evolution (Topic Name)
NSF: National Science Foundation
O
OA: Operations & Algebraic Thinking (CCSS Connection)
P
PE: Performance Expectation
PISA: Program for International Student Assessment
PS: Physical Sciences
Q
Q: Quantities (CCSS Connection)
R
RI: Reading Informational Text (CCSS Connection)
RL: Reading Literature (CCSS Connection)
RP: Ratios and Proportional Relationships (CCSS Connection)
RST: Reading in Science & Technical Subjects (CCSS Connection)
S
SEP: Science and Engineering Practices
SF: Structure and Function (Topic Name)
SFIP: Structure, Function, and Information Processing (Topic Name)
SL: Speaking & Listening (CCSS Connection)
SP: Statistics & Probability (CCSS Connection)
SPM: Structures and Properties of Matter (Topic Name)
SS: Space Systems (Topic Name)
SSE: Seeing Structure in Expressions (CCSS Connection)
STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
STS: Science, Technology, and Society
T
TELA: Technology and Engineering Literacy Assessment
TIMSS: Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
W
W: Waves (Topic Name)
W: Writing (CCSS Connection)
WHST: Writing in History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects (CCSS Connection)
WC: Weather and Climate (Topic Name)
WER: Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation (Topic Name)
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