* Education policy by state * State public education * State higher education * School choice by state * Charter schools * Trends in curriculum development * Curriculum standards in public universities Education Policy Education policy topics • Education policy by state • State public education information • State higher education portal • School choice information by state • Charter schools in the United States • Trends in curriculum development • Curriculum standards in public universities • K-12 education content standards in the states * * * See also: K-12 education content standards in the states This page features the following information about who sets K-12 education content standards in Oregon public schools: * The state entity with the authority to approve K-12 education content standards. * Whether Oregon requires or recommends that local schools or districts follow the K-12 education content standards. * The statutory or regulatory language in Oregon governing the development and application of K-12 education content standards. ## Contents * 1 Background * 1.1 What are content standards? * 1.2 Do states recommend or require schools to follow content standards? * 2 Who sets state K-12 education content standards in Oregon? * 3 See also * 4 External links * 5 Footnotes ## Background[edit] State education officials develop content standards in order to facilitate curriculum development for public schools. This section examines the role of content standards in public instruction and the different state approaches that either require or recommend their use in public schools. ### What are content standards?[edit] Content standards are educational learning and achievement goals that state education officials either require or recommend that local schools satisfy in K-12 instruction. Content standards are not curriculum but rather aim to guide the development of what state officials view as a robust K-12 curriculum.[1] The development of K-12 education content standards in public schools varies across the 50 states. State boards of education, state education agency leaders, and local school districts, for example, may play a role in the development and approval of content standards. ### Do states recommend or require schools to follow content standards?[edit] State statutes or regulations may require or recommend the use of K-12 education content standards in public instruction. Some states require local schools to align curriculum with content standards by establishing content standards as a minimum course of study. Such states may also require local schools or districts to adopt content standards as part of their curriculum, or they may require students to demonstrate mastery of content standards through state assessments. Other states recommend that local schools or districts follow state content standards. ## Who sets state K-12 education content standards in Oregon?[edit] The following section provides information about the development and application of K-12 education content standards in Oregon. The table below identifies the state entity tasked with setting content standards, whether the content standards are recommendations or requirements for local schools, and the governing statute(s). The text of the governing statute(s) is provided below the table. Oregon K-12 education content standards Entity | Recommendations or requirements? | Statute or Regulation State Board of Education | Requirements | Oregon Revised Statutes § 326.051 (2021) Oregon Revised Statutes § 326.051: “ | Board functions; rules. Subject to ORS 417.300 and 417.305: (1) In addition to such other duties as are prescribed by law and pursuant to the requirement of ORS chapter 183, the State Board of Education shall: (a) Establish state standards for public kindergartens and public elementary and secondary schools consistent with the policies stated in ORS 326.011. (b) Adopt rules for the general governance of public kindergartens and public elementary and secondary schools. (c) Prescribe required or minimum courses of study. (d) Adopt rules for public kindergartens and public elementary and secondary schools consistent with the policy stated in ORS 342.437. (e) Adopt rules regarding school and interscholastic activities. (f) Adopt rules that provide that no public elementary or secondary school shall discriminate in determining participation in interscholastic activities. As used in this paragraph, “discrimination” has the meaning given that term in ORS 659.850. (g) Adopt rules that will eliminate the use and purchase of elemental mercury, mercury compounds and mercury-added instructional materials by public elementary and secondary schools.[2] | ” | | ## See also[edit] * K-12 education content standards in the states * Responses to trends in curriculum development * Use of the term critical race theory (CRT) ## External links[edit] * Search Google News for this topic ## Footnotes[edit] 1. ↑ Common Core State Standards Initiative, "What are educational standards?" accessed April 21, 2022 2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. 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