National Science Education Standards and Related Resources
The Status of Earth Science Education in the U.S.

Next Generation Science Standards (ACHIEVE)

               Implementing the NGSS

Conceptual Framework for New Science Educational Standards (2011)

Common Core Standards
Standards — ELA & Literacy in Science
Standards — Math

National Research Council/National Academy of Science:
     National Science Education Standards   http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/html/ 

Individual State Standards accessible through http://www.geosociety.org/educate/standards.htm

Council of Chief State School Officers
Science and Mathematics Indicators http://www.ccsso.org/Projects/Science_and_Mathematics_Education_Indicators/
2005 State Indicators of Science and Mathematics Education
http://www.ccsso.org/content/pdfs/StateIndicatorsScienceMathEd2005.pdf

US Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml

National Center for Improving Student Learning and Achievement in Mathematics and Science http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/ncisla/

Reports about Earth Science Education in the U.S.

    “The Status of Secondary Earth Science Teaching”   (2000)
“Revolution in Earth and Space Science Education” Report from the 2001 National Conference