State

Arkansas

Standards set by Arkansas Department of Education, Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE; adopted by the Arkansas State Board of Education) · official standards page

Common Core position

MathematicsRevised into ownELARevised into own

Adopted CCSS 2010; revised into the Arkansas Academic Standards 2016 (still CCSS-based); 2023 K-12 ELA (impl. 2023-24) and 2023 Mathematics (impl. 2024-25) revisions removed remaining Common Core alignment.

Current frameworks

Mathematics

Arkansas Mathematics Standards (2023)

State-specific

English Language Arts

Arkansas English Language Arts Standards (2023)

State-specific

Science

Arkansas K-12 Science Standards (adopted 2015-16, phased in 2016-2019; NGSS lead state, based on the NRC Framework with customized NGSS performance expectations; K-8 topic arrangements revised 2023)

NGSS, adapted

Social Studies

Arkansas Social Studies Academic Standards (Revised 2022; full implementation 2024-25)

C3-based

Social studies scope & sequence

U.S. Historygr 7gr 8gr 9-12

State / local historygr 7-12

Civics & governmentgr 3gr 9-12

World historygr 6gr 9-12

Confidence: high · source document

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