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Mathematics K–12 Learning Standards
Contact Information
K-12 Mathematics
Laura Grant
Associate Director, Elementary Mathematics & Content Integration360-742-4735
Washington State K-12 Learning Standards for Math (2026)
Learning standards for Mathematics are now formally adopted. Educators have the 26-27 school year to begin exploring, learning about, and using the newly revised standards. The standards are required to be used with students in the 27-28 school year. The learning standards are available in a Word, PDF and an Excel format. The Excel file contains a crosswalk to the Common Core State Standards adopted in 2011.
- Mathematics Learning Standards
- Mathematics Learning Standards
- Mathematics Learning Standards Spreadsheet
Resources
- Standards Implementation Support
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Implementation support
- Math Family Guides
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Coming soon.
- Key Shifts Toward Interconnected Mathematics
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The WA Math 2026 standards are a revision of the Common Core State Standards (2011). This revisions center data science inquiry, connecting mathematics through four broad domains, focus on efficient, flexible, and accurate strategies for problem solving, and move the Standards for Mathematical Practice to a central component of mathematics teaching and learning.
- Key Shifts
- WIDA Standards
- High School Standards Content and High School courses
- Emphasizing Standards for Mathematical Practice
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The WA Math 2026 standards emphasize the Standards for Mathematical Practice to utilize multiple ways of thinking and doing mathematics and thinking about and discussing the reasonableness of answers and conclusions. Focusing on these practices increases students’ understanding of the concepts offered in the early grades for greater success in later grades.
- See Appendix A in the Learning Standards Word or pdf documents
- See additional 2026 Math resources in sections below
- Reframing Mathematical Fluency
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The WA Math 2026 standards redefine mathematical fluency as the ability to apply strategies efficiently, flexibly, and accurately. This shift recognizes fluency as a product of conceptual understanding, reasoning, and strategic thinking.
- Teaching Data Science in All Grades
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The WA Math 2026 standards centralize the data science inquiry cycle. The data science inquiry process includes understanding principles of data collection, maintenance, analysis, visualizations and representations of data, inference, and interpretation and communication of results from a data set.
- Teaching Mathematics through Interconnected Domains
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The WA Math 2026 standards are reorganized in all grades through four connected content areas. These domains support teaching and learning mathematics through making sense of the world, making predictions, and examining the impacts of mathematical relationships.
- Assessment Resources
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Please visit the "Connections to State Assessment" section on the Learning Standards Review FAQs webpage to learn about the impact of the WA Math 2026 on state assessments. The OSPI mathematics assessment page contains additional information and resources about the Smarter Balanced Assessment testing.
- Regional and National Resources
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The WA Math 2026 standards are grounded in research-based instructional practices that support meaningful and equitable mathematics learning for all students. These national resources provide additional guidance, tools, and professional learning to support high-quality implementation of the standards and the development of students’ mathematical understanding, reasoning, and problem-solving.