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NAEP 1996 Science State Reports (744 words) |
 | In 1996, the NAEP state assessment in science was administered at grade 8 only (although the Department of Defense schools arranged to have their students assessed at grade 4 as well). |
| Since 1996 is the first year for an assessment constructed on the new framework and also the first time science has been assessed at the state level, there are no results to report from previous science assessments. |
| A central category encompassing the nature of science and the nature of technology was woven throughout the assessment, as was a themes category representing major ideas or key concepts that transcend scientific disciplines. |
| Integral Science (4983 words) |
| While on the one hand, physical science has improved the material conditions of life, on the other hand, it has undermined the spiritual traditions which were the foundation of our religious and moral values. |
| Nonetheless, societal conditioning and physical science, by subjecting our experiences to intersubjective agreement, train us to isolate and abstract from these private experiences the universal aspects that are independent of the observer. |
| Since this extension of the epistemological basis of science embraces both the outer domain of physical science and the inner domain of spiritual traditions, it provides the foundation for an integral science that is comprehensive of both inner and outer experience. |
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