Standards Sources

A framework for high-quality professional learning developed by Learning Forward. This app uses short labels from these standards to help facilitators reflect on their PD design. For full standard text, visit the official source.

A framework published by ISTE that outlines competencies for educators in digital-age learning environments. This app uses short standard labels to support alignment planning. For full standard text, visit the official source.

A framework published by ISTE that defines leadership competencies for advancing digital-age learning. This app uses short standard labels to support alignment planning. For full standard text, visit the official source.

Eight evidence-based principles — organized into Nurture, Guide, and Empower domains — that highlight the most essential elements of effective learning. Endorsed by AASA and NASSP (© 2025 ISTE+ASCD). This app uses the principle names to support alignment planning. For full descriptions, visit the official source.

A framework published by ISTE describing what students should know and be able to do in a connected, technology-rich world. This app uses short standard labels to help facilitators align PD to intended student outcomes. For full standard text, visit the official source.

The Common Core State Standards define what students should know and be able to do in English language arts and mathematics, developed by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). This app uses short strand labels for alignment planning. For full standard text, visit the official source.

NGSS are K–12 science content standards developed by states and based on the National Research Council's Framework for K–12 Science Education. This app uses short labels for the three dimensions (practices, crosscutting concepts, and disciplinary core ideas) to support alignment planning. For full standard text, visit the official source.

The College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework provides guidance for states on social studies standards, developed by the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS). This app uses short labels for the inquiry arc and disciplinary tools to support alignment planning. For full text, visit the official source.

Standards published by the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) describing what K–12 students should know and be able to do in computer science. This app uses short concept labels for alignment planning. For full standard text, visit the official source.

Standards published by the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) framing student learning across artistic processes and disciplines (dance, media arts, music, theatre, visual arts). This app uses short labels for alignment planning. For full text, visit the official source.

Standards published by SHAPE America defining what students should know and be able to do in physical education and health education. This app uses short standard labels for alignment planning. For full text, visit the official source.

Standards published by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) describing what language learners should know and be able to do (the "5 Cs"). This app uses short labels for alignment planning. For full text, visit the official source.

The Common Career Technical Core organizes student learning across 16 Career Clusters, developed by Advance CTE. This app uses short cluster labels for alignment planning. For full text, visit the official source.

The CASEL Framework describes five core social and emotional learning (SEL) competencies for students, published by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL). This app uses short competency labels for alignment planning. For full text, visit the official source.