NGSS Accelerated Model Course Pathways Overview Video

The NGSS Accelerated Model Course Pathways document offers guidance to schools and districts seeking to organize NGSS performance expectations into a compressed time frame. The NGSS Accelerated Model Course Pathways are designed for high-achieving students who want or need to pursue advanced level science courses earlier in middle or high school, and at a more rapid pace.

Key components of the resource are three Accelerated NGSS Model Course Maps, which outline examples for how schools and districts might reorganize NGSS performance expectations into fewer courses - without omitting any. The resource also includes considerations about the conceptual similarities between the NGSS and Advanced Placement (AP) science courses. States and districts can use these model course maps and considerations as guidance when developing course pathways unique to their situation.