The benchmarks are one of the components of Project 2061 of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). This document is a companion to “Science for All Americans,” and it “specifies how students should progress toward science literacy, recommending what they should know and be able to do by the time they reach certain grade levels.”
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