Glossary

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The NGSS is not a set of daily standards, but a set of expectations for what students should be able to do by the end of instruction (years or grade-bands). The performance expectations set the learning goals for students, but do not describe how students get there.

Observable events that students can use the three dimensions to explain or make sense of.