Minnesota Academic Standards

Every Minnesota 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 Minnesota uses

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

Minnesota Mathematics Standards by Grade

Kindergarten20 standards 1st Grade28 standards 2nd Grade31 standards 3rd Grade29 standards 4th Grade40 standards 5th Grade40 standards 6th Grade34 standards 7th Grade35 standards 8th Grade38 standards

Minnesota English Language Arts Standards by Grade

Kindergarten35 standards 1st Grade42 standards 2nd Grade41 standards 3rd Grade43 standards 4th Grade43 standards 5th Grade43 standards 6th Grade42 standards 7th Grade41 standards 8th Grade40 standards 9th Grade40 standards 10th Grade40 standards Grades 11–1240 standards

The official Minnesota documents

2022 Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards in Mathematics · adopted 2022, in rule April 2025 · transition in 2026-27, required from 2027-28
2020 Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards in English Language Arts · adopted 2020, in rule July 2023 · since 2025-26

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.