The Next Generation Science Standards is a multi-state effort in the United States 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."[1] 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.[2][3][4][5] The public was also invited to review the standards,[6] and organizations such as the California Science Teachers Association encouraged this feedback.[7] The final draft of the standards was released in April 2013.[8]