Content Standards

Content Standards identify what students are expected to know and be able to do at each grade level in reading, language arts, science, mathematics, social studies and other academic content areas. The content standards represent an essential core of knowledge and abilities that all students must have to be successful in school and in their adult lives.

The South Dakota Content Standards provide common goals and expectations for student learning across the state. Consistent expectations for teaching and learning provide meaningful information about how students are achieving. Content standards help ensure that a third grader in one school is learning the same important skills in reading, writing, math, and other academic areas as the third graders in any South Dakota school.

With set standards for learning in each subject area and at each grade level, parents have better information about what their children are expected to know and be able to do. With this knowledge, parents are better able to talk with teachers about their child’s abilities, support their children’s learning at home, and understand the results of standardized testing. Parents can request the standards for their child’s academic performance from their teacher(s).

You can see and read South Dakota Content Standards at the following website: www.doe.sd.gov/contentstandards/

Reading and Math Standards

If your child is in kindergarten through fifth grade, check out our parent guides to find out what they will be learning in reading and math. You can also find out what you can do to help at home to enhance the learning process through home learning activies!