A consortium of world-class curriculum developers completed the middle school classroom materials and associated professional learning materials. The Developers Consortium drew from experts in the fields of science education, curriculum design, learning sciences, professional learning, and data analysis, ensuring that the materials are effective in the classroom. All OpenSciEd units were reviewed by NextGenScience’s Peer Review Panel using the EQuIP Rubric at two points in the unit development process, during the field test and before the public release of the units. The reviews for each unit can be found on the Quality Examples of NGSS Materials page. In February 2023, EdReports awarded OpenSciEd an all-green rating for our Middle School Science Curriculum. The materials received an all-green rating on the three qualifying gateways: Designed for the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), Coherence and Scope, and Usability.
