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Content Standards

Content Standards represent the areas where classroom teachers must spend the majority of their time in teaching, learning, and guiding students.

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    • Iowa Core

    The Iowa Core curriculum provides a guide to delivering challenging and meaningful content to students that prepares them for success in life.

    The Iowa Core curriculum identifies essential concepts and skills for kindergarten through 12th grade in literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, and 21st century skills. It also includes direction for teachers regarding effective instruction and assessment. It takes learning to a deeper level by moving students beyond superficial knowledge to deep conceptual and procedural knowledge. It also enhances student engagement by emphasizing interesting, robust, and relevant learning experiences.

    The 2008 legislative session, through Senate File 2216, requires all school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to implement the Iowa Core Curriculum (July 1, 2012 for grades 9 through 12 and 2014-15 for kindergarten through 8th grade).