Indiana Academic Standards

Every Indiana 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 Indiana uses

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

Indiana Mathematics Standards by Grade

Kindergarten15 standards 1st Grade15 standards 2nd Grade20 standards 3rd Grade24 standards 4th Grade25 standards 5th Grade23 standards 6th Grade25 standards 7th Grade24 standards 8th Grade20 standards

Indiana English/Language Arts Standards by Grade

Kindergarten29 standards 1st Grade33 standards 2nd Grade31 standards 3rd Grade34 standards 4th Grade30 standards 5th Grade30 standards 6th Grade28 standards 7th Grade28 standards 8th Grade26 standards Grades 9–1028 standards Grades 11–1227 standards

The official Indiana documents

Indiana Mathematics, one document per grade: K · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · adopted June 2023 · current for 2026-27, new set from 2027-28
Indiana English/Language Arts, one document per grade: K · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9-10 · 11-12 · adopted June 2023 · current for 2026-27, new set from 2028-29

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.