U.S. academic standards

Dataset last updated Nov 10, 2026.

Overview

The U.S. academic standards dataset uses Standards entities and relationships.

The U.S. academic standards dataset represents the official expectations for student learning across academic subjects and jurisdictions.


Source	Common Good Learning Tools ↗‘s CASE data ↗ for all 50 U.S. states
Supported grades	K-12
Includes	Math standards standards Social Studies standards Science standards Language Development standards WIDA ELD 2020 (English) Marco DALE (Spanish) Texas Chapter 120 - Includes Subchapter A (Character Traits), which outlines for Positive Character Traits and Personal Skills across grade levels Arizona, California, Florida, Montana, North Carolina, and Texas (English)
Dataset dependencies	None

Standards in this dataset are refreshed monthly, based on updates to Common Good Learning Tools ↗ data.When a new version of a standards framework is added, you can still query the superseded version. Superseded frameworks stay in the graph to preserve relationships (e.g., U.S. academic standards crosswalks) and allow querying across versions. The superseded framework will keep its identifier, and the new framework will have its own unique identifier.Frameworks are only removed if they are also removed from the source. If a framework identifier is missing, you can assume that it has been removed upstream.

To query	Directions
Current frameworks	Query frameworks with `isCurrent=true`. Only one framework is marked `isCurrent=true` for a given jurisdiction and subject. Frameworks become `isCurrent=true` at their implementation date (not publish date). This ensures that a current frameworks query doesn’t return standards that schools are not yet teaching.
Standards for current frameworks	Find a current framework (using `isCurrent=true`), then query its related standards. Filtering standards on jurisdiction and academic subject alone is NOT sufficient to get the most current standards or to disambiguate between standards belonging to different frameworks. Standards content may change, even under a stable framework identifier. If you cache standard text, re-read it after a release - a stable identifier does not mean stable content.

Use cases

Use case	Examples
Compare standards across states	Populate a standards menu across all 50 states Compare how the same concept is framed or taught in different jurisdictions
Align instructional content to official learning goals	Use standards as context to create AI-generated lesson plans Integrate standards data with your CMS for easy content tagging
Power richer analytics	Aggregate performance or coverage data by standard across all the states you serve Reduce maintenance burden on internal standards infrastructure
Query standards without state-specific naming quirks	Query by jurisdiction, subject, and grade without learning each state’s domain or cluster labels Traverse standards frameworks → standards groups → individual academic standards with normalized structure

Schema

The data represents standards frameworks, standards groups, and individual standards as a tree with the following entities and relationships:

Data model diagram: StandardsFramework and StandardsFrameworkItem entities
linked by
hasChild


Entities	`StandardsFramework` Root node for a jurisdiction’s standards (e.g. New York State Mathematics Learning Standards) `StandardsFrameworkItem` (child node to `StandardsFramework`) Top-level grouping like a Domain or Cluster (e.g. Operations and Algebraic Thinking or Number & Operations—Fractions) Standard within a domain or cluster (e.g. 3.NF.A.1)
Relationships	`StandardsFramework` → `hasChild` → `StandardsFrameworkItem` (e.g. New York Math framework → its top-level domains) `StandardsFrameworkItem` → `hasChild` → `StandardsFrameworkItem` (e.g. domain → cluster, or cluster → standard)

Accessing the data

Local files
REST API
MCP server

Download the dataset:

From the Dataset catalog: U.S. academic standards ↗
Using direct links or curl

Check out the API Reference for more information.

File	API endpoints
Math standards	All Math standards frameworks: `/standards-frameworks?academicSubject=Mathematics` Specific framework’s standards: `/academic-standards?standardsFrameworkCaseIdentifierUUID={standardsFrameworkCaseIdentifierUUID}`
ELA standards	All ELA standards frameworks: `/standards-frameworks?academicSubject=English%20Language%20Arts` Specific framework’s standards: `/academic-standards?standardsFrameworkCaseIdentifierUUID={standardsFrameworkCaseIdentifierUUID}`
Social Studies standards	All Social Studies standards frameworks: `/standards-frameworks?academicSubject=Social%20Studies` Specific framework’s standards: `/academic-standards?standardsFrameworkCaseIdentifierUUID={standardsFrameworkCaseIdentifierUUID}`
Science standards	All Science standards frameworks: `/standards-frameworks?academicSubject=Science` Specific framework’s standards: `/academic-standards?standardsFrameworkCaseIdentifierUUID={standardsFrameworkCaseIdentifierUUID}`
Language Development standards	WIDA ELD 2020 (English): `/standards-frameworks?jurisdiction=Multi-State&academicSubject=English%20Language%20Development` Marco DALE (Spanish): `/standards-frameworks?jurisdiction=Multi-State&academicSubject=Spanish%20Language%20Development` Texas Chapter 120: `/standards-frameworks?jurisdiction=Texas&academicSubject=Other` Arizona, California, Florida, Montana, North Carolina, and Texas (English): `/standards-frameworks?jurisdiction={state}&academicSubject=English%20Language%20Development` Specific framework’s standards: `/academic-standards?standardsFrameworkCaseIdentifierUUID={standardsFrameworkCaseIdentifierUUID}`

Check out the MCP server for more information.

File	MCP tools
Math standards	`find_standard_statement`
ELA standards	`find_standard_statement`
Social Studies standards	`find_standard_statement`
Science standards	`find_standard_statement`
Language Development standards	Not yet supported

Dataset release history

Date	Changed
Nov 10, 2026	Added English language development frameworks for Arizona, California, Florida, Montana, North Carolina, and Texas; moved WIDA ELD 2020 and Marco DALE into a new Language Development standards subset; added English Language Development and Spanish Language Development subjects
Oct 21, 2026	Added new frameworks for Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, and Washington; updated superseded frameworks to `isCurrent=false`; fixed Arkansas and Minnesota data issues
Sep 22, 2026	Filled in missing `statementType` and `normalizedStatementType` fields, made some reclassifications (e.g. “Standard Grouping” → “Standard”), and fixed incorrect `gradeLevel` and `inLanguage` values
Sep 9, 2026	Restored the `jaccard` property on `hasStandardAlignment` relationships (unintentionally removed in v1.12.0)
Aug 27, 2026	Added new frameworks; updated superseded frameworks to `isCurrent=false`; made updates and fixes to other standards frameworks
Aug 12, 2026	Updated standards from Common Good Learning Tools’ Rosetta ↗ data — refreshed frameworks and added new frameworks with `isCurrent=true`
Jun 18, 2026	Standards fixes for Montana Social Studies, New York Math, and Indiana Science
Oct 30, 2025	Added Washington, D.C. academic standards
Sep 23, 2025	First release from CASE Network 2 ↗ for all 50 U.S. states

Standards schemas

Review entities, relationships, and property definitions for Academic Standards.

Tutorial: Tag content to state standards

Query frameworks and standards in a step-by-step tutorial.

Academic Standards API endpoints

Query standards by ID, search by statement code, and retrieve related content via the REST API.

Standards Frameworks API endpoint

Discover available frameworks by jurisdiction, subject, and adoption status.

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Standards schemas

Tutorial: Tag content to state standards

Academic Standards API endpoints

Standards Frameworks API endpoint

​Overview

​Use cases

​Schema

​Accessing the data

​Dataset release history

​Related topics

Standards schemas

Tutorial: Tag content to state standards

Academic Standards API endpoints

Standards Frameworks API endpoint

Overview

Use cases

Schema

Accessing the data

Dataset release history

Related topics