The Department’s subject matter standards are used to ensure students are being exposed to rigorous and age-appropriate benchmarks of learning. Standards are not curriculum, but expectations of what students should know and be able to do at each grade level. Visit the Department’s Learning Design site to learn more about curriculum design aligned to standards.
Current core Standards
Career and Technical Education (CTE) – Industry Pathway and Program Standards
Computer Science – CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards
English Language Arts – Hawaiʻi Common Core
Fine Arts – National Core Arts Standards
Health Education – National Health Education Standards: Achieving Excellence (NHES)
Mathematics – Hawaiʻi Common Core
The Department is currently seeking feedback on the current draft of the new Hawaiʻi Mathematics Standards.
Physical Education – Hawaiʻi Content and Performance Standards III
Science – Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
- Read the Standards
- Parent guides to NGSS:
Social Studies – Hawaiʻi Core Standards for Social Studies (HCSSS)
Elementary:
Secondary:
Social Studies High School Elective Courses:
World Languages – Hawaiʻi World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages
The World Languages Program focuses on the teaching and learning of languages other than English and the cultures the languages represent at K-12 public schools in Hawaiʻi. The program’s vision is that all students will communicate and demonstrate cultural competence in at least two languages.
The World Languages Program consists of instruction in languages including American Sign Language, French, German, Ilokano, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Mandarin Chinese, ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, Samoan, Spanish, and Tagalog at the elementary and secondary school levels. Language offerings vary from school to school and are based on school resources and student and community interests.