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Curriculum and Instruction
Oregon law grants districts the authority to develop their own curricula, provided that it is based on the academic content standards. These standards define what all students should know and be able to do. Curriculum and instruction designed around these standards should allow all students to be successful.


  • Instructional Materials (Textbooks)
    Find the current list of adopted textbooks by content area, as well as the criteria and schedule for adoption.
  • Standards by Design
    Standards by Design lets you customize a standards document to meet your specific needs. Download, print and/or export the standards for an entire grade, or select several grades within the same subject to create a version of the standards that works for you.
  • Subjects
    Each subject area page includes information on content and performance standards (where applicable) as well as links to professional organizations and teaching resources.
  • Surveys of Enacted Curriculum (SEC) in Oregon
    The Surveys of Enacted Curriculum, or SEC, was developed in 1998 as a tool to measure alignment between instruction and standards. Surveys are available in mathematics, science, social studies and English language arts.
  • Teaching and Learning Resources
    This site includes content background, lessons, and assessments matching the academic standards.

  • Oregon K-12 Literacy Framework
    The purpose of the Oregon K -12 Literacy Framework is to ensure that all Oregon students read at grade level or above as soon as possible after entering school and that they progress at grade-level or above in content area reading throughout their school career.

Additional Links

  • Challenging High-End Learners    
    The purpose of this project is to provide Oregon educators in grades K-12 with samples of curricula across content areas that challenge high-end learners while addressing the Oregon Standards and Benchmarks. Extensive resources and support materials, such as graphic organizers for use with a broad range of students, are included.
  • Healthy Kids: Keeping Safe Curriculum Manual PDF  03/02/2006 (2.19 MB)
    This curriculum guide was developed for students in grades K-5. The goal of Healthy Kids: Keeping Safe is to provide students with accurate information about HIV disease and guide them in making responsible decisions to protect their health and the health of others both now and in the future.
  • Reading Lexiles    
    This webpage contains general information on reading lexiles as well as tools for educators and families.
  • Oregon School Library Information System - OSLIS  External Link  
    OSLIS provides admittance to the EBSCO online periodical database through which thousands of non-fiction articles (all with lexiles assigned) can be accessed. Elementary and secondary research skills tutorials are also available. All Oregon schools, both public and private, can use the OSLIS resources at no charge.

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