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K-12 Learning Standards

Every Common Core, NGSS, and framework standard, with classroom examples and the official source. By educators, for educators.

What are learning standards

The plain-English explanation of what a learning standard is, who writes them, and how teachers actually use them.

Standards vs. curriculum vs. rubrics

Tell standards, curriculum, and rubrics apart in five minutes. Plain definitions and side-by-side examples.

Standards

The major frameworks that shape U.S. K-12 instruction.

Common Core

ELA and Math, K through 12.

NGSS

Next Generation Science Standards.

WIDA

English language development.

ISTE

Digital learner skills.

CASEL

Social and emotional learning.

UDL

Universal Design for Learning.

C3

Social studies framework.

Find your jurisdiction

Click a state to see the framework it uses for each subject and the statewide tests its students sit for.

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Standards by state

Every U.S. state, the District of Columbia, and the five inhabited U.S. territories publish their own academic standards. Many adopt Common Core or NGSS verbatim; others rebrand them; a few publish their own framework from scratch.