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Standards-based education is the process of basic teaching, learning and assessment that focuses on national, state, and local educational standards. Academic Content Standards are statements of what students are expected to know and be able to do at specified grade levels.

Social Sciences Content Standards Review

The Oregon State Board of Education adopted the Oregon Social Sciences Standards K-12 PDF

on August 15, 2011. Instruction should be aligned to these standards by the beginning of 2012-2013.

Content Standards Review
The Oregon Department of Education conducted a review and revision of the Social Sciences academic content standards. Information regarding the process that was used can be found here.

2011 Social Sciences Standards

Oregon Social Sciences Standards K-12 11/21/2011 (516.84 KB)
Adopted August 2011
2011-2001 Social Sciences Standards Crosswalk 02/21/2012 (453.23 KB)
Provides a look at how the standards and instructional expectations have changed.

Common Core State Standards for Literacy in History/Social Sciences

The 6-12 literacy standards for History/Social Studies are not meant to replace the content standards in the social sciences but rather to supplement them. The emphasis in the literacy standards is for students to learn to read and write in English Language Arts and to further develop reading and writing skills specific to social sciences’ content.

6-8 04/03/2012 (230 KB)
6-8 04/03/2012 (566.50 KB)
9/10 04/03/2012 (231.50 KB)
9/10 04/03/2012 (567.77 KB)
11/12 04/03/2012 (232 KB)
11/12 04/03/2012 (565.87 KB)

Social Sciences Standards Resources

Standards by Design
Standards by Design allows you to generate a printable PDF document or an Excel spreadsheet to create a customized version of the standards you select. Download, print and/or export any combination of subjects and grades to create your personalized copy of the standards
Glossary of Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment Terms
Primer on Academic Content Standards: Creating Consistency across Oregon 12/28/2010 (436.76 KB)
This document describes the history of Oregon's academic content standards and provides information on the connection between Oregon standards and those developed at the national level.
REAL News Connection
Most recent Oregon Department of Education newsletters and subject area resources.
Standards Revision and Adoption Schedule 05/13/2013 (184.10 KB)
This schedule (by content area) includes the most recent adoption date for standards and the anticipated date for the next standards revision.