The Department’s subject matter standards are used to ensure students are being exposed to rigorous and age-appropriate benchmarks of learning. Tulaga are not curriculum, but expectations of what students should know and be able to do at each grade level. Visit the Department’s Nofoaga A'oa'oga Design to learn more about curriculum design aligned to standards.
Current core Standards
Career and Technical Education (CTE) – Industry Pathway and Program Tulaga
Computer Science – CSTA K-12 Computer Science Tulaga
English Language Arts – Hawaiʻi Autu masani
Fine Arts – National Core Arts Tulaga
Health Education – National Health Education Tulaga: Achieving Excellence (NHES)
Mathematics – Hawaiʻi Autu masani
Physical Education – Hawaiʻi Content and Performance Tulaga III
Science – Next Generation Science Tulaga (NGSS)
- Faitau le Tulaga
- Ta'iala a matua ile NGSS:
Social Studies – Hawaiʻi Core Standards for Social Studies (HCSSS)
Elementary:
Lua:
Social Studies High School Election Courses:
World Languages – Hawaiʻi World-Readiness Tulaga for Learning Languages
O le Polokalame o Gagana a le Lalolagi e taula'i i le a'oa'oina ma le a'oa'oina o gagana e ese mai le Igilisi ma tu ma aga o lo'o fa'atusalia e gagana i a'oga a le malo K-12 i Hawai'i. O le va'aiga a le polokalame ia mafai e tamaiti a'oga uma ona feso'ota'i ma fa'aalia le agava'a fa'aleaganu'u i gagana e lua.
O le Polokalame o Gagana a le Lalolagi e aofia ai a'oa'oga i gagana e aofia ai le Gagana Fa'ailoga a Amerika, Farani, Siamani, Ilokano, Iapani, Korea, Latina, Mandarin Saina, ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, Samoa, Sipaniolo, ma le Tagalog i aʻoga tulagalua ma aʻoga maualuga. O ofo gagana e ese'ese mai lea a'oga i lea a'oga ma e fa'avae i punaoa a le a'oga ma mea e fiafia i ai tamaiti a'oga ma nu'u.