Pennsylvania

Key Information

Core Standards contains K-12 standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics.
For Science, the PA has slightly differing versions of the K-12 standards. Science, Environment, Ecology, Technology and Engineering; Science, Environment and Ecology; and Technology and Engineering, located on the State Board of Education website, contain the standards in separate, grade-banded sections. Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS), housed on the PA Standards Aligned Systems (SAS) website, contains the full K-12 standards as well as additional hierarchical and clarification statements. Both versions contain the same alignable standards. According to the state, people will be utilizing the STEELS version.
The Social Studies (2002) standards in Academic Standards are officially adopted, and the proposed Social Studies (2009 r2012) standards are considered “voluntary.”
Assessment Anchors and Keystone Exams Assessment Anchors and Eligible Content both contain English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science standards. These standards align to the Core Standards and/or Academic Standards, but they present a more focused list of expectations for assessment purposes.
Pennsylvania adopted CSTA (Computer Science).
Career Ready Skills Continuum > Career Ready Skills (2018) includes Social Emotional Learning standards.

Adoption Pipeline

No adoptions currently anticipated in 2025 or 2026.

Relationships Among Documents

Relationships exist between the documents below. Please note that the type of relationship varies, and the relationships do not necessarily imply official adoption.

Pennsylvania > Core Standards > English Language Arts (2014)	National > Common Core State Standards (CCSS) > English Language Arts/Literacy (2010)
Pennsylvania > Assessment Anchors > English Language Arts Aligned to the Pennsylvania Core Standards (2014 r2017)	National > Common Core State Standards (CCSS) > English Language Arts/Literacy (2010)
Pennsylvania > Core Standards > Mathematics (2014)	National > Common Core State Standards (CCSS) > Mathematics (2010)
Pennsylvania > Assessment Anchors > Mathematics Aligned to the Pennsylvania Core Standards (2013)	National > Common Core State Standards (CCSS) > Mathematics (2010)
Pennsylvania > Academic Standards > Science, Environment, Ecology, Technology and Engineering (2022)	National > NGSS Arranged by Disciplinary Core Idea (DCI) > Science (2013)
Pennsylvania > Academic Standards > Science, Environment and Ecology (2022)	National > NGSS Arranged by Disciplinary Core Idea (DCI) > Science (2013)
Pennsylvania > Academic Standards > Science, Technology & Engineering, and Environmental Literacy & Sustainability Academic (STEELS) (2022)	Pennsylvania > Academic Standards > Science, Environment and Ecology (2022)
Pennsylvania > Academic Standards > Science, Technology & Engineering, and Environmental Literacy & Sustainability Academic (STEELS) (2022)	Pennsylvania > Academic Standards > Science, Environment, Ecology, Technology and Engineering (2022)
Pennsylvania > Academic Standards > Science, Technology & Engineering, and Environmental Literacy & Sustainability Academic (STEELS) (2022)	Pennsylvania > Academic Standards > Technology and Engineering (2022)
Pennsylvania > Academic Standards > Science, Technology & Engineering, and Environmental Literacy & Sustainability Academic (STEELS) (2022)	National > NGSS Arranged by Disciplinary Core Idea (DCI) > Science (2013)
Pennsylvania > Academic Standards > Science, Technology & Engineering, and Environmental Literacy & Sustainability Academic (STEELS) (2022)	National > NGSS Crosscutting Concepts Matrix (Appendix G) > Science (2013)
Pennsylvania > Academic Standards > Science, Technology & Engineering, and Environmental Literacy & Sustainability Academic (STEELS) (2022)	National > Matrix of DCI in NGSS > Science (2013)
Pennsylvania > Academic Standards > Science, Technology & Engineering, and Environmental Literacy & Sustainability Academic (STEELS) (2022)	National > NGSS Science & Engineering Practices Science and Engineering Practices Appendix F > Science (2013)

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