In 2015, the American Chemical Society’s Division of Chemical Education and Society Committee on Education appointed a task force that created a plan for the creation of general chemistry performance expectations. After considering existing and potential efforts, a distributed approach was recommended. With support from ACS’ Education Division, this has proceeded through two workshops and the development of a community implementing the concept of three-dimensional performance expectations. The workshop and the materials development process includes reference to the Anchoring Content Concepts Map of the ACS Exams Institute for content and the SEPs and CCCs of the <i>NRC Framework for K-12 Science Education</i>. Participants use evidence-centered design approaches to delineate three-dimensional statements of learning performances with associated tasks and evidence of learning statements. A review of the activity of the program, including evidence-based development of consensus activity structures, will be provided. Specific evidence of implementation, including its use in the programs design-based research approach to support iterative development, will be presented.

ACS General Chemistry Performance Expectations Program: From task force to evidence-based community

2019 Spring National Meeting

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