Michigan State Standards

Every Michigan 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 Michigan uses

Michigan Standards

Michigan's math and English language arts standards are the Common Core State Standards, word for word, so the Common Core grade pages below are Michigan's standards, each with the official wording and a plain-English explanation.

Michigan Math Standards by Grade

The Common Core math standards, as adopted by Michigan.

Kindergarten22 standards 1st Grade21 standards 2nd Grade26 standards 3rd Grade25 standards 4th Grade28 standards 5th Grade26 standards 6th Grade29 standards 7th Grade24 standards 8th Grade28 standards

Michigan English Language Arts Standards by Grade

The Common Core ELA standards, as adopted by Michigan.

Kindergarten41 standards 1st Grade41 standards 2nd Grade40 standards 3rd Grade42 standards 4th Grade43 standards 5th Grade43 standards 6th Grade41 standards 7th Grade41 standards 8th Grade41 standards Grades 9–1041 standards Grades 11–1241 standards

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.