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South Washington County Schools reviews K‑12 science curriculum and assessment results
Summary
District staff presented a K–12 science report emphasizing state-standard alignment, classroom examples of hands‑on learning and claim‑evidence‑reasoning, and assessment results showing mid‑40s proficiency ranges on the MCA, preACT and ACT benchmarks.
South Washington County Schools presented an in‑depth K–12 science report at its April 10 board workshop, with district teaching and learning staff describing how new state standards, classroom practices and assessment data are informing instruction.
The report, introduced by Kelly Jansen, assistant superintendent for teaching and learning, outlined the district’s standards review and implementation cycle and showed classroom videos that staff said illustrate anchor phenomena, hands‑on investigations and a claim–evidence–reasoning (CER) approach across grades.
District staff said the new science standards are organized in three dimensions—science and engineering practices, cross‑cutting concepts and disciplinary core ideas—and that the Standards and Instruction Review Cycle (CERC) guides resource selection and rollout. “I’m excited to introduce our teaching and learning services department here to do this…
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