Standards Review
If you have trouble accessing the files on this page, please contact the Bureau of Standards and Instructional Support at 850-245-0423.
Standards Under Review – Spring 2023
- Draft Financial Literacy Strand 9-12 (Social Studies Standards) (PDF)
- Provide specific feedback through April 13 at https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7264902/Alchemer-Support
- Draft Social Media and Screen Time Benchmarks K-12 (Health Education Standards) (PDF)
- Provide specific feedback through April 13 at https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7299035/Florida-Department-of-Education-Social-Media-Internet-Safety-Standards
- Draft Social Studies Access Points – Alternate Academic Achievement Standards K-12 (PDF)
A public workshop will be held Friday, April 7, at 1:00 pm Eastern. Details available at https://web02.fldoe.org/rules/Default. Comments can also be submitted on that webpage.
Standards Under Review – Spring 2021
Memo to School Districts May 28, 2021 (PDF)
Memo to School Districts March 26, 2021 (PDF)
2021 Standards Listening Tour
Listening Tour Presentation (PDF)
Tuesday, June 1 – Miami-Dade County
Thursday, June 3 – Osceola County
Wednesday, June 9 – Baker County
Rule Development Workshop on June 2, 2021, at 11:30 am EDT
- Workshop Presentation (PDF)
Rule Development Workshop on April 9, 2021, at 11:00 am EDT
- Workshop Presentation (PDF)
- Workshop Comments (PDF)
Proposed Standards for July 2021 State Board of Education Meeting
- Proposed Social Studies Standards (includes revised Civics and Government and new Holocaust Education) (PDF)
- Proposed Health Education Standards (includes new Character Education and new Substance Use and Abuse) (PDF)
- Proposed Access Points – Alternate Academic Achievement Standards for Student with the Most Significant Cognitive Disabilities
- Proposed English Language Arts Standards Revisions (PDF)
- Note: These revisions are minor or technical and will not affect implementation.
English Language Arts & Mathematics Standards Review
- Recommendations for Achieving The Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Standards in Florida (PDF)
- Quick Facts (PDF)
- B.E.S.T. Standards in English Language Arts (PDF)
- B.E.S.T. Standards in Mathematics (PDF)
- Adoption and Implementation Memo to School Districts – February 13, 2020 (PDF)
- Presentation to State Board of Education – February 12, 2020 (PDF)
For more information about professional development for ELA, please visit the Just Read Florida! website.
For more information about professional development for mathematics, please visit the Bureau of Standards and Instructional Support mathematics website.
On January 31, 2019, Governor Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 19-32, outlining a path for Florida to improve its education system by eliminating Common Core and paving the way for Florida students to receive a world-class education to prepare them for jobs of the future.
Executive Order 19-32 directs Florida Department of Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran to comprehensively review the academic standards for Florida’s Kindergarten through grade twelve students and provide recommended revisions to Governor DeSantis. The recommendations shall:
- Articulate how Florida will eliminate Common Core (Florida Standards) and ensure we return to the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic;
- Provide a roadmap to make Florida’s standards number one in the nation;
- Reflect Florida Department of Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran’s consultation with relevant stakeholders to include parents and teachers;
- Deem how to increase the quality of instructional curriculum;
- Suggest innovative ways to streamline testing;
- Identify opportunities to equip high school graduates with sufficient knowledge of America’s civics, particularly the principles reflected in the United States Constitution, so as to be capable of discharging the responsibilities associated with American citizenship; and
- Outline a pathway for Florida to be the most literate state in the nation.
Standards Review Timeline Through April 2020 (PDF)
Presentations & Communications
- Chancellor Jacob Oliva Presentation to School Districts - February 13, 2019 (PDF)
- Presentations also made to:
- Florida Standards Academy - February 20, 2019
- Secondary CTE Directors State Meeting - February 20, 2019
- Florida Philanthropic Network - February 26, 2019
- Panhandle Area Education Consortium - February 26, 2019
- Impact Florida - February 28, 2019
- ESOL, Title III, and World Languages district staff - February 28, 2019
- Assessment Content Advisory Committee – February 28, 2019
- Florida Association of Colleges of Teacher Education – March 1, 2019
- East Coast Technical Assistance Center – March 1, 2019
- STEMposium content developers – March 4, 2019
- Consortium of Florida Education Foundations - March 6, 2019
- Florida Association of District School Superintendents - March 15, 2019
- Florida PTA - March 25, 2019
- Real Talk Coalition - March 25, 2019
- Florida Children and Youth Cabinet - March 25, 2019
- Hamilton County School Board - March 26, 2019
- University of Central Florida College of Education Doctoral Students - March 27, 2019
- Leadership Bay - March 27, 2019
- Leadership Florida Education Class IV - March 28, 2019
- JaxUSA Regional Partner Forum - April 5, 2019
- Florida Philanthropic Network - April 16, 2019
- High Impact Teacher Corps Graduation - May 9, 2019
- FASFEPA - May 15, 2019
- FOIL - May 15, 2019
- STEMposium facilitators - May 24, 2019
- Consortium of Florida Education Foundation - June 12, 2019
- FSBA/FADSS Joint Conference - June 13, 2019
- FSU Learning Systems Institute Access and Equity Conference - June 14, 2019
- NEFEC Summer Leadership Conference - July 9, 2019
- PAEC Leadership Conference - July 23, 2019
- School Improvement Summer Academy - July 24, 2019
- School Improvement North Area Academy - July 31, 2019
- Annual Assessment and Accountability Meeting - August 28, 2019
- Presentations also made to:
- Memo to School Districts February 15, 2019 (PDF)
- Memo to School Districts April 5, 2019 (PDF)
- Press Release April 8, 2019
- Stakeholder Email May 31, 2019 (Word)
- Stakeholder Email August 12, 2019 (Word)
- Stakeholder Email September 20, 2019 (Word)
- Florida Standards Listening Tour (PDF)
- October 7, 2019, Sebring Middle School
- October 8, 2019, Winter Springs High School
- October 10, 2019, Alachua County School District Office
- October 14, 2019, John I. Leonard High School
- October 16, 2019, Collier County School District Office
- October 17, 2019, Jefferson High School
- October 21, 2019, Liberty Pines Academy
- October 22, 2019, Hamilton County High School
- October 23, 2019, Walton High School
- Press Release/Stakeholder Email January 24, 2020
- Memo to School Districts and Stakeholders January 31, 2020
- Press Release February 7