Greenfield Union School District (GUSD) is committed to ensuring the "Greenfield Guarantee," which is that ALL students will learn and achieve at high levels in order to be college and career ready. The rural district resides in the city of Greenfield in southern Monterey County, Calif., which boasts a strong agricultural presence and history. After successfully piloting the STEMscopes digital STEM curriculum at the middle school level in 2015, GUSD expanded its implementation district-wide in fall 2016. Today, it uses STEMscopes CA NGSS 3D in all schools in grades K-8. It also implements STEMscopes Early Explorer in transitional kindergarten (TK). “STEMscopes makes it simple for teachers to implement the 5E model, and the hands-on learning makes it engaging students.” When California issued a shelter-in-place order in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, GUSD moved to distance learning, which has continued into the 2020-21 school year. "STEMscopes is a living curriculum. The changes that are being made and the resources that are being added to support distance learning are so helpful"...
The following report includes results comparing STEMscopes and non-STEMscopes districts on the 2018-2019 State of California Science Test (CAST). This is the first year that the CAST was used throughout the state. Districts were identified as STEMscopes districts if they had a subscription to STEMscopes for the students in the tested grades (i.e., 5th grade) and showed usage of STEMscopes based on the analytics data. The state of California creates benchmarks for proficiency in overall science and identifies students as below standard, near standard, standard met, and standard exceeded. The percent of students in each of these categories is used to determine the district's achievement in science. The percentage of students who "met or exceeded" the standard (i.e., a combination of the latter two categories) is used by the state as the district passing rate. California also provides benchmarks of "Below," "Near," and "Above" for the specific science subject areas of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Earth & Space Sciences...
This study compares school districts that used STEMscopes and districts that did not use STEMscopes on the science component of the 2019 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP). Districts were identified as STEMscopes districts if they had a subscription to STEMscopes for the students in the tested grades (i.e., 5th grade) and showed usage of STEMscopes based on the analytics data. In 2019, a new version of the MAAP science assessment that reflected the updated science standards was administered. The state of Mississippi creates benchmarks for proficiency in science and assesses students using five levels: minimal, basic, passing, proficient, and advanced. The district's proficiency rate is defined as the percentage of students who were proficient or advanced in science...
This study compares school districts that used STEMscopes and districts that did not use STEMscopes on the science component of the 2019 Georgia Milestones Assessment System. Districts were identified as STEMscopes districts if they had a subscription to STEMscopes for students in 5th grade and showed usage of STEMscopes based on the analytics data. The state of Georgia creates benchmarks for proficiency in science and identifies students within four levels (beginner, developing, proficient, and distinguished learner). For the purposes of this study, the district's proficiency rate was defined as the percentage of students who were proficient or distinguished in science...
