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District committee recommends Amplify Science for K–5 to align with NGSS
Summary
After reviewing three programs, the district’s elementary team recommended Amplify Science as the K–5 science resource because it aligned with Next Generation Science Standards and provided multilingual supports; final financing remains under review.
The Aurora West USD 129 Board of Education on April 7 heard a recommendation from elementary instructional leaders to adopt Amplify Science as the district’s K–5 science resource to better align K–12 science instruction with Illinois’ Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
Dr. Sarah Waddell, assistant director of elementary teaching and learning, told the board a curriculum committee evaluated three programs — PhD Science (Great Minds), Amplify Science and SABIS Experience Science — with an eye toward NGSS alignment, K–12 coherence and multilingual and special-education access. "We…
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