Alabama Course of Study

Every Alabama math and English language arts standard, grade by grade, explained in plain English, with links to the official documents and the Common Core pages that line up.

What Alabama uses

Every Alabama standard is explained here in plain English, in our own words. The official wording is in the state's documents, linked below.

Alabama Mathematics Standards by Grade

Kindergarten23 standards 1st Grade23 standards 2nd Grade27 standards 3rd Grade26 standards 4th Grade29 standards 5th Grade23 standards 6th Grade28 standards 7th Grade22 standards 8th Grade30 standards

Alabama English Language Arts Standards by Grade

Kindergarten45 standards 1st Grade48 standards 2nd Grade51 standards 3rd Grade47 standards 4th Grade48 standards 5th Grade48 standards 6th Grade36 standards 7th Grade39 standards 8th Grade38 standards 9th Grade34 standards 10th Grade34 standards 11th Grade37 standards 12th Grade37 standards

The official Alabama documents

2019 Alabama Course of Study: Mathematics · adopted 2020 · current for 2026-27
2021 Alabama Course of Study: English Language Arts · adopted 2021 · since 2022-23

The Common Core pages that line up

Where a state’s standard matches a Common Core standard word for word, the Common Core page is the fastest way to read it explained, with an example and practice.

Common Core Math229 standards Common Core ELA455 standards Common Core Literacy87 standards

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Common Core State Standards © Copyright 2010. National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved. Official wording from the Common Core State Standards PDFs at corestandards.org, last checked October 14, 2026.