K-12 Curriculum Development

The National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) convened a state-led process to develop common core state standards in English language arts and mathematics. Forty-eight states and three territories signed onto the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

These documents are the first official public draft of the college and career readiness standards. These standards define the knowledge and skills students should have to be ready to succeed in entry-level, credit-bearing, academic college courses and in workforce training programs. Click here to learn more about the criteria and considerations for standards development. The NGA Center and CCSSO are soliciting feedback that is supported by research and evidence. To provide feedback on the draft standards, please click here.

Feedback will be collected until October 21, 2009.

The documents have been informed by input from education and content experts and feedback from participating states. To see a list of standards work group members and expert feedback group members, click here. For commonly asked questions about the initiative, click here.

These documents represent the college and career readiness standards. The NGA Center and CCSSO will now begin the process to develop the K-12 standards that will allow students to achieve the college and career readiness standards.