Kentucky Academic Standards

Every Kentucky 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 Kentucky uses

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

Kentucky Mathematics Standards by Grade

Kindergarten23 standards 1st Grade21 standards 2nd Grade26 standards 3rd Grade25 standards 4th Grade28 standards 5th Grade26 standards 6th Grade30 standards 7th Grade25 standards 8th Grade27 standards

Kentucky Reading and Writing Standards by Grade

Kindergarten34 standards 1st Grade34 standards 2nd Grade33 standards 3rd Grade34 standards 4th Grade33 standards 5th Grade33 standards 6th Grade31 standards 7th Grade31 standards 8th Grade31 standards Grades 9–1031 standards Grades 11–1231 standards

The official Kentucky documents

Kentucky Academic Standards for Mathematics · adopted 2019 · since 2019, revision in progress
Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing, October 2025 · adopted 2025 · from fall 2026

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.