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Content Standards

Content standards were designed to encourage the highest achievement of every student, by defining the knowledge, concepts, and skills that students should acquire at each grade level.

The content standards adopted by the California State Board of Education are listed below: Printed publications can be purchased from CDE Press Educational Resources Catalog.

Common Core State Standards
English-Language Arts
- Common Core State Standards for English-Language Arts, Adopted August 2010
- English Language Arts, Adopted December 1997 (PDF)
  - Word version of English Language Arts Content Standards (DOC)
  - Braille version of Reading Standards (PDF)
Mathematics
- Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, Adopted August 2010
- Mathematics, Adopted December 1997 (PDF)
  - Word version of Mathematics Content Standards (DOC)
  - Braille version of Mathematics Standards (PDF; 2MB)
Career Technical Education, Adopted May 2005 (PDF; 4MB)
- Word version of Career Technical Education (DOC; 1MB)
English Language Development, English Version (PDF)
- Word version of English Language Development (DOC)
English Language Development, Spanish Version (PDF; 2MB)
Health Education Content Standards March 2008 (PDF; 1MB)
- Word version of Health Education Content Standards (DOC)
History-Social Science, Adopted October 1998 (PDF)
- Word version of History-Social Science Content Standards (DOC)
Model School Library Standards, Adopted September 2010 (PDF; 1MB)
- Word version of Model School Library Standards (DOC)
Physical Education Model Content Standards, Adopted Jan-2005 (PDF; 2MB)
- Word version of Physical Education Model Content Standards (DOC)
Science, Adopted October 1998 (PDF)
- Word version of Science Content Standards (DOC)
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:
World Language, Adopted January 2009 (PDF; 4MB)
- Word version of World Language Content Standards (DOC)

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Last Reviewed: Monday, April 30, 2012