Common Core Standards by Grade

There are 771 on these pages: 229 in math from kindergarten to 8th grade, 455 in English language arts from kindergarten to 12th grade, and 87 literacy standards for history, science and technical subjects in grades 6 to 12. Many standards also have lettered parts, like L.3.1a, which are covered on their parent standard’s page. High school math adds its own standards, organized by topic.

Math and English language arts. The English standards include literacy standards for history and social studies, science and technical subjects in grades 6 to 12, so reading and writing are taught across subjects. Science has separate standards, such as the NGSS.

The work was led by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers, who published the standards in 2010 and still hold the copyright.

The official text is published at corestandards.org. Every standard on these pages shows that wording unedited, with a link to the source and the date it was last checked.

No. The standards say what students should know and be able to do by the end of each grade. The curriculum, meaning the lessons, books and materials, is chosen by states, districts and schools, so two schools can teach the same standard in very different ways.

No. Some lists add the cluster letter (the B) to the code. 4.NBT.5, 4.NBT.B.5 and CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.NBT.B.5 all name the same standard, and they open the same page here.

Check your state’s page under State Standards: it says what your state uses and links its official documents. Where a state’s standard matches a Common Core standard word for word, that Common Core page lists the state’s own code.