Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Delaware Department of Education, as the fiscal agent of the Delaware Science Coalition, desires to develop a rigorous professional development plan, along with an adoption of high quality NGSS aligned curricular resources and science kits/materials that reflect and foster systemic coherence through a robust channel of continuous improvement in the following way: • Teacher and instructor feedback through surveys and evaluations. • Teachers review individual and group performances and student learning at the day-today classroom level throughout the year. • The Coalition reviews curriculum and professional development decisions with collective data and evidence measured at the topical/unit level and; • The Coalition and state partner further review curriculum, instruction, and professional development using integrated transfer data/evidence collected once in elementary, middle and high school (state assessments).