Kentucky Academic Standards

Kentucky adopted new reading and writing standards in October 2025, in classrooms from 2026-27. The K-12 standards whose wording differs from Common Core are explained here in plain language, checked against the state's published standards, with teaching ideas and a free printable worksheet on most pages. The rest match Common Core and are listed on the Common Core pages.

3 subjects with official sources · 501 standards explained

Math

Kentucky Academic Standards for Mathematics (2019)

Adopted
2019
In effect since
2019-20

English Language Arts

Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025)

Adopted
2025
In effect since
2026-27

332 of these standards keep the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts text; each one's page there lists its Kentucky code.

Science

Kentucky Academic Standards for Science (2022)

Adopted
2022
In effect since
2023-24

Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025)

501 standards

Verified against kystandards.org

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