Content Standards

The content standards adopted by the California State Board of Education are available in two accessible formats, Portable Document Format (PDF) and Text (HTML) pages. Printed publications can be purchased from CDE Press Educational Resource Catalog.

• English Language Arts
  Text | PDF (600KB; 92pp.)
• Mathematics
  Text | PDF (504KB; 72pp.)
• History-Social Science
  Text | PDF (611KB; 72pp.)
• Science
  Text | PDF (495KB; 62pp.)

• Visual and Performing Arts
  Complete Document in Portable Document Format: PDF (1.1MB; 172pp.)
  For ease of use and accessibility, the document is also available in parts:
  • Message from the Superintendent and Introduction in Text
    Message | Introduction
  • Dance
    Text | PDF (193KB; 39pp.)
  • Music
    Text | PDF (189KB; 39pp.)
  • Theatre
    Text | PDF (318KB; 39pp.)
  • Visual Arts
    Text | PDF (209KB; 44pp.)

• English Language Development
  English (PDF; 949KB; 93pp.) | Spanish ( PDF; 269KB; 98pp.)