US Standards - Wisconsin

Wisconsin State Standards

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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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