About Standards

Standards and Subject Areas

Oregon has standards and resources for each grade in the following subject areas:

Visual and Performing arts

English language arts

Health

Sexual Education (Resources)

World language (high school grades)

English language proficiency (ELP) (for English language learners)

The standards in many subject areas were designed by the State of Oregon. Different standards may be adopted in these content areas in the future. In fact, change in standards is not uncommon. As states seek continuous improvement in student achievement, students are required to reach new levels of learning. Raising the bar for our students means implementing new state standards.

Standards are organized so that they build upon each other at each advancing grade. For example, standards taught in sixth grade math establish skills needed to learn more complex skills in seventh grade math, and so on.

For a sample of content standards, download a Parents’ Guide to Graduation handout.

Download the Standards

The documents below include the state standards by design for 2020-21 in all subject areas. Review full standards for English Language Proficiency on the Oregon Department of Education website.

If you would like to learn more about standards and instruction, please visit the Oregon Department of Education’s Standards and instruction webpage.

Subject Area	Oregon Department of Education: Learning Design for 2020-21
English Language Arts
Math
Science
Social Science
Health and Physical Education
Sexuality Education
Career and Technical Education
Visual and Performing Arts