InfoGuides: Curriculum and Instruction: Find Curriculum Standards

State Standards of Learning

Virginial K-12 Standards & Instruction (SOL)
The Standards of Learning (SOL) for Virginia Public Schools establish minimum expectations for what students should know and be able to do at the end of each grade or course in English, Mathematics, Science, History, Social Science, and other subjects.
Maryland Office of Teaching and Learning Instructional Programs
Within the Maryland State Department of Education, the Office of Teaching and learning includes standards for various instructional programs.
District of Columbia Standards of Learning
The District of Columbia has adopted challenging academic learning standards designed to encourage the highest achievement of every student by defining the knowledge, concepts and skills that all DC public school students should acquire at each grade level.

Curricular Items in Fenwick

George Mason Libraries has some of the Virginia Department of Education state-approved instructional items. These are located on the first floor of Fenwick Library. Researchers can use the Mason Search on the Libraries homepage to search for the item. For a full list of these items, see the catalog record for items with the curriculum collection information.

View the infoguide page on the Curriculum Collection to learn more.

Common Core Standards

In the United States, the Common Core Standards Initiative (CCSI) is a set of English Language Arts and Mathematics standards for K-12 education. Not every state has adopted common core, so some states (like Virginia) follow their own state-developed standards.

Common Core State Standards Initiative
Learn why the Common Core is important for your children and myths and facts related to it. Explore the Common Core. Read the standards. Understand how the Common Core was created