Washington State Learning 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: August 2026: Bulletin No. B026-26.

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:

Learning Standards

Financial Education Learning Standards

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. The Financial Education standards are set to be formally adopted in the Fall of 2026.

English Language Arts (ELA) Learning Standards

The revision of the ELA standards was completed with Bulletin No. B026-26. Please access the new learning standards and supporting resources on the English Language Arts Learning Standards page.

World Languages, Health Education, Physical Education, and Science Learning Standards

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.

Mathematics Learning Standards

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.