New Missouri Learning Standards site launched

In an effort to better communicate about education standards in Missouri, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Missouri Department of Higher Education has launched a new website focused on the Missouri Learning Standards, MissouriLearningStandards.com. The site launched this week and features new resources, videos and information on the standards directed at parents, teachers, community members and school administrators.

"The current website had a lot of the same information, but we're pulling it all into one location," DESE communications coordinator Sarah Potter said. " … It's more targeted to the different audiences and giving them materials just for them."

The site explains the relationship between the Missouri Learning Standards and the Show-Me Standards. The Missouri Learning Standards align to the broader Show-Me Standards for student performance in the state. Educators use grade-level and course-level expectations to help students achieve the Show-Me Standards for college- and career-readiness.

The Missouri Learning Standards are grade-level and course-level expectations for student learning in English language arts and literacy and mathematics; science; social studies; world languages; fine arts; health/physical education; guidance and counseling; and career and technical education.

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