Standards-based education is a process for improving instruction and learning. To find out more about standards-based education, how it is being implemented in Ohio and how it can serve all members of the education community, click on the links below.

Standards-Based Education

• What is standards-based education?
• Why are standards important?
• Why are standards useful?
• How can standards be useful to you?
• What is the history of the standards movement?

Ohio's Standards-Based Education

• Why has Ohio developed academic content standards?
• What is the history of Ohio's standards-based system?
• What was the process for developing Ohio's academic content standards?
• Why and how were model curricula developed during the implementation phase of standards development in Ohio?
• What is the timeline for development of standards in Ohio?
• How is Ohio's system of standards different from those of other states?
• For whom are Ohio's standards intended?