US Standards - Wisconsin

Compare National standards to Wisconsin State Standards

Use the charts below to view the extent Wisconsin has incorporated the national standards into their state standards. Full details are available by using ExACT Alignment System. Contact our sales representatives for more details.

 

 

Common Core to Math
Common Core to Language Arts

 

Wisconsin adopted the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in 2017 by adopting the Wisconsin Standards for Science (WSS), which are based on the NGSS.

NGSS to Wisconsin Science Standards

 

Wisconsin adopted the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards in 2018.

C3 to Wisconsin Social Studies Standards

 

CCTC Comparisons will be available soon.

 

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Subjects
Last Adoption Date
Grades

Arts Education

 2019 K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Career Development

 2016 6-8, 9-12

Early Childhood Education

 2017 0-60

English Language Learners

 2020 (WIDA) K, 1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-8, 9-12

Financial Literacy

 2020 K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Health & PE

 HE: 2011 HE: PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
PE: 2020 PE: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9-12

Language Arts

 2020 K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9-10, 11-12

Mathematics

 2021 K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9-12

Science

 2017 K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Social and Emotional Learning

 2018 PreK-K, 1-3, 4-5, 6-8, 9-10, 11-12

Social Studies

 2018 K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Technology Education

 Computer Science: 2017 Computer Science: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Information and Technology Literacy: 2017 Information and Technology Literacy: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

World Languages

 2019 K-12
Subjects
Last Adoption Date
Grades
Wisconsin Language Arts 1998 January 1998 K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Wisconsin Mathematics 1998 January 1998 K-4, 5-8, 9-12

Wisconsin Assessment Standards

Subjects
Last Adoption Date
Grades
Language Arts January 2005
(May 2005 updated)		 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10
Mathematics January 2005
(May 2005 updated)		 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10
Science January 2005 4, 8, 10

Wisconsin Common Core Standards

Subjects
Last Adoption Date
Grades
Language Arts K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9-10, 11-12 2011-2012
(Full Implementation)
Mathematics K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9-12 2011-2012
(Full Implementation)
Science 6-8, 9-10, 11-12 2011-2012
(Full Implementation)
Social Studies 6-8, 9-10, 11-12 2011-2012
(Full Implementation)

Wisconsin Common Core State Standards were formally adopted June 2, 2010, by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction with full implementation in the 2014-2015 school year. Bills were filed to repeal the standards but it was pulled from the floor in February 2014.

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In 2010 Wisconsin joined the the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC). Later in the year the state joined the Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) Alternate Assessment System Consortium. In 2014-15 the state introduced the new Badger Exam 3-8, Wisconsin’s Smarter Balanced Assessment. The Badger Exam was discontinued after one year of administration. For the school 2015-2016 introduced the Wisconsin Forward Exam.

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