On August 26, 2021, the State Board of Education approved Georgia’s K-12 Mathematics Standards to be implemented in all mathematics classrooms beginning in 2023-2024.
Health Education
On March 25, 2021, the State Board of Education approved the K-12 Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) for Health Education. Full implementation began in the 2022-2023 school year.
World Languages
On January 17, 2019, the State Board of Education approved 7 new Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) courses for world languages. These courses will be implemented during the 2019-2020 school year. The courses include 6 new Middle School Dual Language Immersion Courses and a Spanish for Native Speakers Level 3 course.
Fine Arts
The Georgia Standards of Excellence have been created for all courses in Dance, Media Arts, Music, Theatre, and Visual Art. Full adoption for Georgia Standards of Excellence in Theatre and Visual Art begin in the 2018-19 school year and Dance and Music were adopted in the 2019-20 school year. Extensive resources, lesson plans, curriculum maps, and teaching aids were created by the GaDOE Fine Arts Department to aid teachers and can be viewed at the link below.
Physical Education
On May 3, 2018, the State Board of Education approved the K-12 Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) for Physical Education. Full implementation began in the 2019-2020 school year.
Science
On June 9, 2016, the State Board of Education approved the K-12 Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) for Science. The K-12 Science GSE were implemented during the 2017-2018 school year following a full year of teacher training.
On July 18, 2019, the State Board of Education approved the Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) for the following high school science courses: Astronomy, Botany, Ecology, Entomology, Epidemiology, Forensic Science, Geology, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Meteorology, Microbiology, Oceanography, and Zoology. These Science GSE courses were implemented during the 2020-2021 school year.
Social Studies
The Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) for Social Studies were approved on June 9, 2016 and were implemented beginning the 2017-18 school year.
English Language Arts
All coding for standards and related instructional resources will be updated with the new GSE for use beginning in the 2015-2016 school year. For example, ELACC3RF3 will be changed to ELAGSE3RF3. All GPS and related documents in other content areas will be renamed to reflect the Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) as revisions occur.
See below for links to the ELA.
