The intent of this document is to assist district science supervisors, curriculum planners, and teachers in making the transition between the previous Sunshine State Science Standards and the recently adopted Next Generation Sunshine State Science Standards.  This crosswalk addresses only those benchmarks from the previous standards that are annually assessed (AA) or content sampled (CS) on the science FCAT through 2010.  With that in mind, the crosswalk is an attempt to identify benchmarks from the Next Generation standards that correlate with the AA and CS benchmarks, and the grade levels at which these correlating benchmarks appear.  Instances where the Next Generation standards either no longer address previous AA or CS benchmarks, or treat them at a different grade level, are clearly identified in this document.

The codes for the FCAT assessment items from the previous standards are as follows:

AA      Annually Assessed

CS      Content Sampled

MC      Multiple Choice

SR      Short Response

ER       Extended Response

GR      Gridded Response

The correlation ratings for the Next Generation standards that match the previous standards are:

W        Weak

M         Moderate

S         Strong

For more information regarding the intended use of this document please contact Vie Vie Baird at vievie.baird@fldoe.org, Sally Sanders at sally.sanders@fldoe.org or Todd Clark at todd.clark@fldoe.org