State of Pennsylvania Academic Standards

State of Pennsylvania Academic Standards Overview Page

http://www.pde.state.pa.us/stateboard_ed/cwp/view.asp?a=3&Q=76716&stateboard_edNav=|5467|&stateboard_edNav=|3318|&k12Nav=|1146

What are the Pennsylvania Academic Standards?

These standards describe what students should know and be able to do by the end of each grade. In addition, these standards reflect the increasing complexity and sophistication that students are expected to achieve as they progress through school.

Example Academic Standard: Grade 8 Reading

Locate appropriate texts (literature, information, documents) for an assigned purpose before reading.

How do I Find the Pennsylvania Academic Standards?

Standards are available from the Pennsylvania State Department of Education for Arts & Humanities for Career Education and Work, Economics, Environment and Ecology, Family and Consumer Sciences, Geography, Health, Safety, Physical Education, History, Mathematics, Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening and Science and Technology for selected grades.

http://www.pde.state.pa.us/stateboard_ed/cwp/view.asp?a=3&Q=76716&stateboard_edNav=|5467|&stateboard_edNav=|3318|&k12Nav=|1146

• Choose a subject and download the appropriate PDF or Word doc from the Academic Standards main page.
• Documents are organized by tables and examples of the standards for representative elementary, middle, and high school grades.