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State Board approves revised Iowa Academic Standards for Science and Science Essential Elements
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The Iowa State Board of Education voted to approve updated K–12 science standards and a matching set of Essential Elements for students with significant cognitive disabilities, with department staff saying the changes keep content aligned while providing reduced depth for alternate assessments.
The Iowa State Board of Education on Thursday approved updated Iowa Academic Standards for Science and the Iowa Science Essential Elements, the department said.
The board voted to accept the revised standards that the department circulated last month and separately approved the set of Essential Elements that will be used for the state’s alternate science assessment for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities.
State Education staff told the board the academic standards are unchanged from the draft presented in April and stressed that the Essential Elements are intentionally aligned to grade-level content while reducing depth, breadth and complexity for alternate assessment purposes. “Alternate assessments are designed for students with…
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