Following are links to resources to help you on journey through learning. Since W.I.N. is based in Minnesota, the standards listed are based on Minnesota's expectations; however, if your family is from another state, plans will be created based on your home-state's standards if you request.
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Two primary U.S. national literacy standards are:
Read more here: https://education.mn.gov/MDE/dse/stds/
An academic anchor standard is a summary description of a content area that students are expected to learn. Benchmarks within the academic standard are broken down by grade level or grade band. Each benchmark lists the specific skills, and knowledge students must have mastered to complete that part of an academic standard by the end of their grade level.
Subdivision 1. Required academic standards.
(a) The following subject areas are required for statewide accountability:
(1) language arts;
(2) mathematics, encompassing algebra II, integrated mathematics III, or an equivalent in high school, and to be prepared for the three credits of mathematics in grades 9 through 12, the grade 8 standards include completion of algebra;
(3) science, including earth and space science, life science, and the physical sciences, including chemistry and physics;
(4) social studies, including history, geography, economics, and government and citizenship that includes civics;
(5) physical education;
(6) health; and
(7) the arts. Public elementary and middle schools must offer at least three and require at least two of the following five arts areas: dance; media arts; music; theater; and visual arts. Public high schools must offer at least three and require at least one of the following five arts areas: media arts; dance; music; theater; and visual arts.
(b) For purposes of applicable federal law, the academic standards for language arts, mathematics, and science apply to all public-school students, except the very few students with extreme cognitive or physical impairments for whom an individualized education program team has determined that the required academic standards are inappropriate. An individualized education program team that makes this determination must establish alternative standards.
Read more here: Minnesota Statutes 2025, section 120B.018
Reading
Writing:
Listening, Speaking, Viewing and Exchanging Ideas:
Benchmarks by grade level for each of these strands can be found in the link that follows, starting on page 7.
2020 Minnesota Academic Standards in English Language Arts – Full text (PDF)