Washington, DC ELA Standards (DC Common Core)
Washington, DC ELA standards by grade and course, with official codes and links.
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- Standards
- DC English Language Arts Standards (Common Core State Standards)
- Adopted
- 2010 (DC State Board of Education)
- Packs
- 13
- Last checked
- 2026-10-21
Washington, DC uses the Common Core ELA standards, so these pages point search engines to our national Common Core pages.
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By grade
Kindergarten ELA · 1st Grade ELA · 2nd Grade ELA · 3rd Grade ELA · 4th Grade ELA · 5th Grade ELA · 6th Grade ELA · 7th Grade ELA · 8th Grade ELA · 9th Grade ELA · 10th Grade ELA · 11th Grade ELA · 12th Grade ELA
State tests
- DC CAPE 2.0 ("DC CAPE Next") – ELA and Mathematics – grades ELA: 3–8, ELA I, ELA II; Math: 3–8, Algebra I, Geometry (official page)
- DC CAPE (to spring 2026) – grades ELA: 3–8, ELA I, ELA II; Math: 3–8, Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II (official page)
Check the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) for which grades are tested and this year's testing dates.
Official documents
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© Copyright 2010. National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved. Adopted by District of Columbia as its ELA standards.
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© Copyright 2010. National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved.
The Common Core State Standards are owned and developed by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), and are shown here under the Common Core State Standards Public License. Examples from the official site are not included. Classfern is not affiliated with or endorsed by NGA Center or CCSSO. Each standard links to its official page.