Washington State Learning Standards

Every Washington 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 Washington uses

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

Washington Mathematics Standards by Grade

Kindergarten26 standards 1st Grade25 standards 2nd Grade30 standards 3rd Grade29 standards 4th Grade32 standards 5th Grade30 standards 6th Grade33 standards 7th Grade27 standards 8th Grade32 standards

Washington English Language Arts Standards by Grade

Kindergarten21 standards 1st Grade26 standards 2nd Grade26 standards 3rd Grade26 standards 4th Grade26 standards 5th Grade26 standards 6th Grade26 standards 7th Grade25 standards 8th Grade25 standards Grades 9–1024 standards Grades 11–1224 standards

The official Washington documents

Washington State K–12 Learning Standards for Mathematics (WA Math 2026) · adopted June 18, 2026 · required from 2027-28
Washington State K–12 Learning Standards for English Language Arts (WA ELA 2026) · adopted August 6, 2026 · required from 2027-28

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.