Illinois K–6 academic standards
- Standards
- 1,946
- Subjects
- 12
- Source documents
- 9
- Sources last checked
- July 25, 2026
Core academics
English language arts
570 standardsIllinois Learning Standards Incorporating the Common Core: English Language Arts · adopted 2010
Mathematics
225 standardsIllinois Learning Standards Incorporating the Common Core: Mathematics · adopted 2010
Science
137 standardsNext Generation Science Standards · adopted 2013. The state publishes no version of its own, so the national standards are shown here.
Social studies
144 standardsIllinois Learning Standards for Social Science (2017) · adopted 2017
The arts
Visual art
105 standardsIllinois Arts Learning Standards · adopted 2016
Music
126 standardsIllinois Arts Learning Standards: Music · adopted 2016
Dance
147 standardsIllinois Arts Learning Standards · adopted 2016
Theatre
153 standardsIllinois Arts Learning Standards · adopted 2016
Media arts
126 standardsIllinois Arts Learning Standards · adopted 2016
Specials
Sources
Illinois State Board of Education — Illinois Learning Standards. Adopted standards enumerated in 23 Ill. Adm. Code 1.Appendix D (State Goals for Learning and Learning Standards).
Standard text here is reproduced from those documents. We do not rewrite, renumber or reword a standard. Where a source is ambiguous or has been revised since we read it, the state’s document is the authority.