Common+Core+Standards

Standards are minimum requirements set by organizations. Standards exist at many levels; at times you will be required to follow the standards from multiple levels.

Level examples: Local - your school district may have their own standards State - the state of California has their own standards (eg. California Content Standards or CCS) National - set by national organizations (eg. NETS, Common Core)

Common Core  The Common Core Standards are a national standards. The goal of the Common Core is to create standards that will be nationally adopted. However, not all states have adopted the Common Core. For example, Minnesota, Texas and Alaska have not yet adopted the standard. Thus far, there are Common Core standards for English language arts and math. The science standards will be released sometime this year. For other content areas, like social studies, you will need to use either the national or state standards.

The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) has created National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for students (NETS-S) and teachers (NETS-T). Below, you will see the basic standard areas. To view the full NETS for teachers and students, follow the links.

ISTE NETS-Students 

ISTE NETS-Teachers 

The California's State Standards are called Content Standards. The standards can be found here, or by clicking on the appropriate link below. The standards exist for all content areas including the following:

Current Standards


 * English-Language Arts
 * [|Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, Adopted August 2010] (PDF; 2MB) (Modified March 2013 Publication Version)
 * [|Word version of Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts] (DOC; 3MB)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">MathematicsEnglish Language Development 2012
 * [|Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, Adopted August 2010] (PDF; 3MB) (Modified January 2013 Publication Version)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Career Technical Education (Updated January 2013 Prepublication Version)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Health Education Content Standards March 2008] (PDF; 1MB)
 * [|Word version of Health Education Content Standards] (DOC)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|History-Social Science, Adopted October 1998] (PDF)
 * [|Word version of History-Social Science Content Standards] (DOC)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Model School Library Standards, Adopted September 2010] (PDF; 1MB)
 * [|Word version of Model School Library Standards] (DOC)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Physical Education Model Content Standards, Adopted Jan-2005] (PDF; 2MB)
 * [|Word version of Physical Education Model Content Standards] (DOC)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Science, Adopted October 1998] (PDF)
 * [|Word version of Science Content Standards] (DOC)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Visual and Performing Arts, Adopted January 2001] (PDF; 2MB)
 * [|Word version of Visual and Performing Arts Content Standards] (DOC)
 * For ease of use and accessibility, the document is also available in parts:
 * [|Visual and Performing Arts, Dance]
 * [|Visual and Performing Arts, Music]
 * [|Visual and Performing Arts, Theatre]
 * [|Visual and Performing Arts, Visual Arts]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|World Language, Adopted January 2009] (PDF; 4MB)
 * [|Word version of World Language Content Standards] (DOC)
 * [|Word version of World Language Content Standards] (DOC)

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