South Carolina

Key Information

  • The core standards for K-12 are located in Standards. For specific document titles, please review the Publications Table below.
  • South Carolina does not have Library Media, Personal Development, or Workplace Skills standards. 
  • Personal Financial Literacy standards are located in Standards > Career and Technology Education (CATE) Personal Finance (2022).
  • South Carolina adopted WIDA (English Language Learning).
  • South Carolina adopted CASEL (Social and Emotional Learning).

Adoption Pipeline

No adoptions anticipated in 2024-2025.

Relationships Among Documents 

Relationships exist between the documents below. Please note that the type of relationship varies, and the relationships do not necessarily imply official adoption.

South Carolina > Standards > South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards for Mathematics (2015)National > Common Core State Standards (CCSS) > Mathematics (2010)
South Carolina > Standards > South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Science Standards (2021)National > NGSS Arranged by Disciplinary Core Idea (DCI) > Science (2013)
South Carolina > Standards > South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Science Standards (2021)National > Matrix of DCI in NGSS > Science (2013)
South Carolina > Standards > South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Science Standards (2021)National > NGSS Crosscutting Concepts Matrix (Appendix G) > Science (2013)
South Carolina > Standards > South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Science Standards (2021)National > NGSS Science & Engineering Practices Science and Engineering Practices Appendix F > Science (2013)
South Carolina > Standards > South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards for Physical Education (2021)SHAPE America > Grade-Level Outcomes for K-12 Physical Education > Physical Education (2013)
South Carolina > Standards > South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards for Physical Education (2021)South Carolina > Academic Standards > Physical Education (2014)
South Carolina > Standards > South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards for World Language Proficiency (2019)National > NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements Proficiency Benchmarks > All Languages (2017)