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The Next Generation Science Standards is a multi-state effort to create new education standards that are "rich in content and practice, arranged in a coherent manner across disciplines and grades to provide all students an internationally benchmarked science education." The standards were developed by a consortium of 26 states and by the National Science Teachers Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Research Council, and Achieve, a nonprofit organization that was also involved in developing math and English standards.

The public was also invited to review the standards, and organizations such as the California Science Teachers Association encouraged this feedback.

The final draft of the standards was released in April 2013.

K–12 (spoken as "k twelve", "k through twelve", or "k to twelve") comprises the sum of primary and secondary education in the United States, Canada, South Korea, Turkey, Philippines, Egypt, Australia, India, Afghanistan and Iran for publicly-supported school grades prior to college.

The expression is a shortening of kindergarten (K) for 4- to 6-year-olds through twelfth grade (12) for 17- to 19-year-olds, the first and last grades of free education in these countries, respectively.

The related term P–12 is also occasionally used in Australia and the United States, to refer to the sum of K–12 plus preschool education.

Elementary school is a school for students at their first school years, before they enter secondary education.

The exact ages vary by country.

Elementary school is usually part of the compulsory education, especially in the Western countries.

A middle school (also known as intermediate school or junior high school) is an educational stage, which exists in some countries, and takes place between primary school and high school.

The concept, regulation and classification of middle schools, as well as the ages covered, vary between, and sometimes within, countries.

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM, previously SMET) is a term that refers to the academic disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

The term is typically used when addressing education policy and curriculum choices in schools to improve competitiveness in science and technology development.

It has implications for workforce development, national security concerns and immigration policy.