{"id":2,"date":"2015-02-25T17:25:43","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T17:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/ss\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-06-25T13:19:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T17:19:45","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/ss\/","title":{"rendered":"The Social Sciences and History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2\" class=\"elementor elementor-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-571b7b75 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"571b7b75\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-24c036ce\" data-id=\"24c036ce\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f52fc96 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f52fc96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><a href=\"Tracy.Melgard@stjohns.k12.fl.us\">Tracy Melgard<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>Program Specialist for Middle and High School Foreign\/World Language and Middle School Social Studies<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"mailto:Laura.Wynn@stjohns.k12.fl.us\">Laura Wynn<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>Program Specialist for Advanced Academic Programs and High School Social Studies<\/p><p><a href=\"mailto:Ryan.Zimmerman@stjohns.k12.fl.us\"><strong>Ryan Zimmerman<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p>Program Specialist for Elementary Science and Social Studies<\/p><p>To view the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards in the Social Sciences, please visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridastandards.org\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CPALMS website<\/a>.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/core\/fileparse.php\/5662\/urlt\/NGSSSEOCFS1718.pdf\">NGSSS End-of-Course Assessment Fact Sheet<\/a><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">The fact sheet provides information for the end-of-course (EOC) assessments that measure student achievement of the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards (NGSSS), as outlined in their course descriptions.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/core\/fileparse.php\/5662\/urlt\/0077548-fl12spiscivicswtr2g.pdf\">Florida Department of Education Civics End-of-Course Assessment Test Item Specifications<\/a><\/p><p>The benchmarks, number of items per benchmarks and the cognitive complexity structure of the FLDOE middle school civics exam.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/core\/fileparse.php\/5423\/urlt\/ALD-Civ.pdf\">Achievement Level Descriptions for Civics End-of-Course Assessment<\/a><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Achievement Level Descriptions (ALDs) outline the specific student expectations for each of the five Achievement Levels for the EOC assessment. The content of each statewide assessment is organized by reporting categories that are used for test design, scoring, and reporting purposes, and the ALDs express what students at each Achievement Level know and can do for each reporting category.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/core\/fileparse.php\/5662\/urlt\/0077550-fl09sp_us_history.pdf\">Florida Department of Education High School U.S. History End-of-Course Assessment Test Item Specifications<\/a><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">The benchmarks, number of items per benchmarks and the cognitive complexity structure of the FLDOE high school US History exam.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/core\/fileparse.php\/3\/urlt\/aldsushistory.pdf\">Achievement Level Descriptions for High School U.S. History End-of-Course Assessment<\/a><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Achievement Level Descriptions (ALDs) outline the specific student expectations for each of the five Achievement Levels for the EOC assessment. The content of each statewide assessment is organized by reporting categories that are used for test design, scoring, and reporting purposes, and the ALDs express what students at each Achievement Level know and can do for each reporting category.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-74651aa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"74651aa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d11928\" data-id=\"8d11928\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section 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