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# US academic standards

> Reference for US academic standards in Knowledge Graph: StandardsFramework and StandardsFrameworkItem from CASE Network 2, with cross-state comparison and alignment.

[Dataset last updated August 12, 2026.](#dataset-release-history)

## Overview

<Note>
  The US academic standards dataset uses Standards
  [entities](/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards#entities) and
  [relationships](/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards#relationships).
</Note>

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

|                      |                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| :------------------- | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Source**           | [Common Good Learning Tools](https://rosetta.commongoodlt.com/) ↗'s [CASE data](https://www.imsglobal.org/activity/case) ↗ for all 50 US states                                                                             |
| **Supported grades** | K-12                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| **Includes**         | <ul><li>Math standards</li><li>ELA standards</li><li>Social Studies standards</li><li>Science standards</li><li>Other standards (i.e., WIDA English Language Development Standards for English language learners)</li></ul> |

<Tip>
  When a state replaces a standards framework, the previous version still remains in the Knowledge Graph for comprehensive querying.

  | To access                        | Directions                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
  | :------------------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
  | Current frameworks               | Look for standards frameworks with `isCurrent=true`.                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
  | Standards for current frameworks | First find a current framework to see its related standards.<br /><br />Filtering on jurisdiction and academic subject alone is NOT sufficient to get the most current standards or to disambiguate between standards belonging to different frameworks. |
</Tip>

## Use cases

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

## Schema

The data represents [standards frameworks](/knowledge-graph/understanding-knowledge-graph/core-concepts#standards-frameworks), [standards groups](/knowledge-graph/understanding-knowledge-graph/core-concepts#standards-groups), and individual [standards](/knowledge-graph/understanding-knowledge-graph/core-concepts#academic-standard) as a tree with the following entities and relationships:

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| :----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Data model**                                                                 | <Frame><img src="https://mintcdn.com/czi-60a2a443/bb-F2r75Gz83PPsi/images/kg/standards-dataset_data-model-diagram_high-level-v2.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=bb-F2r75Gz83PPsi&q=85&s=63579fc19f128f4553057ae2ccf4f73d" alt="Data model diagram: StandardsFramework and StandardsFrameworkItem entities linked by hasChild" width="920" height="1200" data-path="images/kg/standards-dataset_data-model-diagram_high-level-v2.svg" /></Frame> |
| [**Entities**](/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards#entities)           | <ul><li>[`StandardsFramework`](/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards#standardsframework)<ul><li>Root node for a jurisdiction’s standards (e.g. <em>New York State Mathematics Learning Standards</em>)</li></ul></li><li>[`StandardsFrameworkItem`](/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards#standardsframeworkitem) (child node to [`StandardsFramework`](/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards#standardsframework))<ul><li>Top-level grouping like a **Domain** or **Cluster** (e.g. <em>Operations and Algebraic Thinking</em> or <em>Number & Operations—Fractions</em>)</li><li>**Standard** within a domain or cluster (e.g. <em>3.NF.A.1</em>)</li></ul></li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| [**Relationships**](/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards#relationships) | <ul><li>[`StandardsFramework`](/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards#standardsframework) → [`hasChild`](/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards#haschild) → [`StandardsFrameworkItem`](/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards#standardsframeworkitem) (e.g. New York Math framework → its top-level domains)</li><li>[`StandardsFrameworkItem`](/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards#standardsframeworkitem) → [`hasChild`](/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards#haschild) → [`StandardsFrameworkItem`](/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards#standardsframeworkitem) (e.g. domain → cluster, or cluster → standard)</li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |

## Usage details

|                                          |                                                                              |
| :--------------------------------------- | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Requires files from other datasets**   | None                                                                         |
| **References files from other datasets** | None                                                                         |
| **REST API endpoints**                   | [Academic Standards](/api-reference/academic-standards/standards-frameworks) |

## Dataset release history

| Date               | Changed                                                                                                                                                             |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| August 12, 2026    | Updated standards from [Common Good Learning Tools](https://rosetta.commongoodlt.com/) ↗ data — refreshed frameworks and added new frameworks with `isCurrent=true` |
| June 18, 2026      | Standards fixes for Montana Social Studies, New York Math, and Indiana Science                                                                                      |
| October 30, 2025   | Added Washington, D.C. academic standards                                                                                                                           |
| September 23, 2025 | First release from [CASE Network 2](https://casenetwork.1edtech.org/) ↗ for all 50 US states                                                                        |

## Related topics

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Standards schema reference" icon="share-nodes" href="/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards">
    Review entities, relationships, and property definitions for Academic
    Standards.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Tutorial: Tag content to state standards" icon="graduation-cap" href="/knowledge-graph/getting-started/tutorials/tag-content-to-state-standards">
    Query frameworks and standards in a step-by-step tutorial.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Academic Standards API endpoints" icon="code" href="/api-reference/academic-standards/standard-by-id">
    Query standards by ID, search by statement code, and retrieve related
    content via the REST API.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Standards Frameworks API endpoint" icon="code" href="/api-reference/academic-standards/standards-frameworks">
    Discover available frameworks by jurisdiction, subject, and adoption status.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>