Tennessee Academic Standards

Every Tennessee 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 Tennessee uses

Every Tennessee standard is explained here in plain English, with the official wording one click away.

Tennessee Mathematics Standards by Grade

Kindergarten24 standards 1st Grade23 standards 2nd Grade26 standards 3rd Grade27 standards 4th Grade28 standards 5th Grade25 standards 6th Grade29 standards 7th Grade23 standards 8th Grade26 standards

Tennessee English Language Arts Standards by Grade

Kindergarten43 standards 1st Grade43 standards 2nd Grade41 standards 3rd Grade42 standards 4th Grade42 standards 5th Grade42 standards 6th Grade41 standards 7th Grade41 standards 8th Grade41 standards Grades 9–1043 standards Grades 11–1243 standards

The official Tennessee documents

Tennessee Mathematics Standards · adopted February 2021 · since 2023-24
Tennessee English Language Arts Standards · adopted 2016, revised February 2019 · since 2017-18, through 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.