Washington State Learning Standards Review
Contact Information
For questions please email Standards Review.
Learning standards define what all students need to know and be able to do at each grade level. As required by state law (RCW 28A.655.070), OSPI develops the state’s learning standards and periodically revises them based on the student learning goals in RCW 28A.150.210.
Update to the Learning Standards Review Project: June 2026: Bulletin No. B023-26.
Standards Review Project
OSPI has launched the Washington State Learning Standards Review project to:
- Establish a process to periodically review the state learning standards, and how those standards are used at a classroom, school, and district level to support student learning.
- Refine and prioritize the learning standards with a lens of clarification, integration, and understandability.
- Develop wrap-around guidance that clarifies for educators the opportunities within the learning standards for cultural responsiveness, inclusionary practices, universal design, support for multilingual learners, social-emotional learning, cross-content integration, and standards-based assessment practices.
- Develop an implementation plan for the following two to five years to help educators learn about and use the new resources and tools.
Learning Standards Review FAQs
This page contains frequently asked questions about the Learning Standards Review and Revision Project. It will be updated periodically.
Below are links to key documents that provide more information about the project:
- Washington Review Learning Standards Timeline (updated March 2026): This file outlines the multi-year timeline for reviewing, revising, adopting, and implementing Washington’s learning standards across subject areas from 2024–2030.
- Washington Learning Standards Review and Revision Engagement: The multiple partners and stakeholders involved in the learning standards review and revision process.
Learning Standards
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Financial Education Learning Standards
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Learning standards for Financial Education (FE) are now in the Initial Adoption and Implementation phase. The learning standards will be available in a Word, PDF, and an Excel format. The Excel file contains a crosswalk to the 2016 Financial Education learning standards. Another document released with the initial adoption of the learning standards is the What’s New in the FE Standards. A feedback survey is open through June 30th. Please use the initial standards in your local context and then respond to the survey.
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English Language Arts (ELA) Learning Standards
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Learning standards for English Language Arts (ELA) are now in the Initial Adoption and Implementation phase. The learning standards will be available in a Word, PDF and an Excel format. The Excel file contains a crosswalk to the Common Core State Standards adopted in 2011. Other documents released with the initial adoption of learning standards are the Key Shift in the Standards and What's New in the Standards. A feedback survey was open from mid-March through early-May 2026.
- What's New in the ELA Standards
- Key Shifts in the ELA Standards
- Initial ELA Learning Standards
- Initial ELA Learning Standards
- Initial ELA Learning Standards (version 2.0, April 2026)
- Initial ELA Standards survey is now closed
Resources
2026 ELA Learning Standards Open Office Hours
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World Languages, Health Education, Physical Education, and Science Learning Standards
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Washington adopted learning standards for World Languages in 2015, for Health Education and Physical Education in 2016, and for Science in 2013. These standards are in the Engagement and Revision step.
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Mathematics Learning Standards
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The revision of the mathematics standards was completed with Bulletin 023-26. Please access the new learning standards and supporting resources on the Mathematics K–12 Learning Standards page.
Updates and materials will be posted as the project progresses.