In 2015, the NSTA Board of Directors reached out to ASTE to develop a joint committee charged with revising /developing a new set of science teacher preparation standards that would better reflective goals of the Framework.  From 2016 to the early part of 2018, this committee designed and sought multiple rounds of feedback from various professional subject-specific science teaching organizations (e.g., National Association of Biology Teachers, American Chemical Society, American Association of Physics Teachers and National Association of Geoscience Teachers), as well as the membership of ASTE and NSTA. At the 2018 summer board meetings for both ASTE  and NSTA, the new 2020 Standards for Science Teacher Preparation were approved. These standards are intended to be used by science teacher preparation programs for accreditation or program design. These standards can also serve as a guide for state agencies developing licensure standards for science teacher preparation. 

For more information about the development of these standards, see: