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What's New With Standards This Month
Standards Released
- Arkansas > Academic Standards > English Language Arts (2023)
- Arkansas > Academic Standards > Mathematics (2023)
- Canada > Alberta Curriculum and Program of Studies > Science (2023)
- Ohio > Early Learning and Development Standards > Social and Emotional Development (2022)
- Ohio > Early Learning and Development Standards > Social Studies (2022)
- Pennsylvania > Academic Standards > Science, Technology & Engineering, and Environmental Literacy & Sustainability Academic (STEELS) (2022)
- Tennessee > Career and Technical Education > Marketing, Distribution and Logistics (2015 r2022) > Introduction to Entrepreneurship (9-10)
- United States Holdings > Puerto Rico Estándares de Contenido y Expectativas por Grado > Programa de Estudios Sociales (2022)
- United States Holdings > Puerto Rico Estándares de Contenido y Expectativas por Grado > Programa de Matematicas (2022)
Upcoming Standards
- Connecticut > Curriculum Frameworks > Healthy and Balanced Living (2021)
- Texas > Essential Knowledge and Skills > Social Studies (2022)
- Rhode Island > Early Learning and Development Standards > All Domains (2023)
You can view the List of Standards released by month. Download the Obsolete List to view standards marked obsolete for Q2, or visit the Canvas Community to learn about previously released standards.
Standards Updates
Florida > State Academic Standards > Social Studies (2008 r2021)
Capture Changes to Civics and Government and Holocaust Education Standards
Per feedback from the state, we are updating our capture of the Civics and Government (Starting in 2023-2024) and Holocaust Education (Starting in 2023-2024) strands. The benchmarks that have bulleted lists were originally captured as two levels with the bullets being the alignable statements. Per the state, the bullets and the parent statement are meant to be treated as a single unit.
How will this change impact the standards data?
Both the parent and children (bulleted) statements will now have an alignable utilization. Additionally, the parent has been tagged with the API property of has_list and its children in_list. This will allow the user to roll up the statements should they choose.
Here is an example of how the statements appear in the source file:
Previously, the three bulleted statements would have been alignable and the parent would not. Now, both the parent and its children are alignable.
How will this change impact alignments?
Any existing alignments between assets and standards will not change.
When is this change taking effect?
These standards were updated on 5/15/23.
What action must I take?
You may want to update your version of the standards to reflect these changes.
Pennsylvania Science: Explanation of Multiple 2022 Documents
We currently have the following captures available for the 2022 PA Science standards:
- Pennsylvania > Academic Standards > Science, Environment, Ecology, Technology and Engineering (2022) (grades K-5 only)
- Pennsylvania > Academic Standards > Science, Environment and Ecology (2022) (grades 6-12 only)
- Pennsylvania > Academic Standards > Technology and Engineering (2022) (grades 6-12 only)
- Pennsylvania > Academic Standards > Science, Technology & Engineering, and Environmental Literacy & Sustainability Academic (STEELS) (2022)
The first three captures that were released initially utilize the PDF source files that are available on the PA State Board of Education website. The fourth capture, STEELS, utilizes the source file available on the PA Standards Aligned Systems (SAS) website. We will be monitoring and maintaining all four captures.
Why does PA have multiple versions of the 2022 science standards?
According to the state, the original source files posted on the BOE website were created by independent, grade-banded teams. As a result, the 2022 science standards were not structured or presented in a unified K-12 document. To remedy that issue, PA then created the STEELS version of the standards.
Which version of the standards should I use?
According to the state, the alignable standards in each version (PDFs vs. STEELS) are the same. The differences occur in the hierarchy or in the clarifications in STEELS. The state says people will be using the STEELS version.
How will this impact alignments?
Any existing alignments between assets and standards will not change.
Is there a way to migrate my existing 2022 alignments to the new STEELS version?
We have made the following relationships for the new STEELS capture:
- The replaces/replaced by relationship can be used to map alignments from the original 3 PA documents to the STEELS document. This will be a one to one mapping.
- STEELS will also be related to NGSS through derivative relationships. This means that you will also see peer_deriviative relationships by way of NGSS for the original 3 PA documents and STEELS.
Both relationships above should allow you to quickly align to the STEELS document based on alignments previously made to the PA original documents or NGSS.
Additionally, we will be crosswalking STEELS to the current science standards in all US states. Those relationships will not be ready until early June.
What action must I take?
You may want to update your alignments if you want to use the STEELS version of the science standards.
Please contact us at standard-support@instructure.com if you have any questions about these changes.
