School District of River Falls - Academic Standards

ACADEMIC STANDARDS PUBLIC NOTICE

July 15, 2024

Educational Program Committee Meeting

In order to ensure that every child graduates ready for further education and the workplace, the School District of River Falls has adopted the following Academic Standards for the 2024-25 school year. Identified curriculum delivered by highly-qualified educators using innovative and research-based instructional strategies will prepare our students to excel as responsible, productive, global citizens.

The standards listed below align to expectations intended to best prepare our students for external assessments (e.g. PreACT, ACT, PSAT, Advanced Placement Examinations, WI Forward Exam, Dynamic Learning Maps, ACCESS 2.0, etc.) that will be used in the future for college and/or career readiness opportunities.

Instructional materials and resources are utilized in conjunction with the below list of standards to support student learning.

Content Area	Curricular and Instructional Standards
Agriculture	Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources
Art	Art & Design Education
Business and Marketing	Wisconsin Standards for Business and Information Technology Wisconsin Standards for Personal Finance Literacy Wisconsin Standards for Marketing, Management, and Entrepreneurship
Early Childhood Learning Standards Kindergarten Readiness	Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards
English Language Arts (ELA)	Wisconsin Standards for ELA
Family Consumer Sciences	Wisconsin Standards for Family and Consumer Science
Information and Technology Literacy	Information and Technology Literacy
Mathematics	Wisconsin Standards for Math
Music	Wisconsin Standards for Music
Physical Education and Health	Wisconsin Standards for Physical Education Wisconsin Standards for Health
Science Environmental Literacy and Sustainability	Wisconsin Standards for Science Next Generation Science Standards Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Social Studies	Wisconsin Standards for Social Studies
Technology and Engineering	Wisconsin Standards for Technology and Engineering
Theater	Wisconsin Standards for Theater Education
World Language	Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for Learning World Languages
School Counseling	(Wisconsin's Comprehensive School Counseling Program Model) ASCA School Counselor Association Model ASCA School Counselor Performance Standards CASEL Core SEL Competencies
WIDA Standards	WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition

In addition to the standards listed above, additional standards are embedded into our instructional practices intended to personalize student learning and meet individual student needs. These standards include: Disciplinary Literacy Standards, Wisconsin Common Career Technical Standards, and International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE) Standards.

Additionally, some of our coursework is provided through dual enrollment opportunities or includes a post-secondary experience within the course and follows additional outcomes. Some examples include:

AP Coursework	AP Course Outcomes
Dual Enrollment Courses (Early College Credit Program and Start College NOW Options)	UW-River Falls, Chippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC), etc.
Transcripted Credit Courses	CVTC Course Outcomes; Dakota County Course Outcomes

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