Missouri Learning Standards

Every Missouri 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 Missouri uses

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

Missouri Mathematics Standards by Grade

Kindergarten28 standards 1st Grade30 standards 2nd Grade32 standards 3rd Grade42 standards 4th Grade37 standards 5th Grade32 standards 6th Grade29 standards 7th Grade24 standards 8th Grade28 standards

Missouri English Language Arts Standards by Grade

Kindergarten29 standards 1st Grade29 standards 2nd Grade28 standards 3rd Grade27 standards 4th Grade27 standards 5th Grade27 standards 6th Grade34 standards 7th Grade34 standards 8th Grade34 standards Grades 9–1034 standards Grades 11–1234 standards

The official Missouri documents

Missouri Learning Standards: K-5 Mathematics Grade-Level Expectations · adopted April 2016 · since 2016-17
Missouri Learning Standards: 6-12 Mathematics Grade-Level Expectations · adopted April 2016 · since 2016-17
Missouri Learning Standards: K-5 English Language Arts Grade-Level Expectations · adopted April 2016 · since 2016-17
Missouri Learning Standards: 6-12 English Language Arts Grade-Level Expectations · adopted April 2016 · since 2016-17

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.