The New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards were created by the
New Jersey State Board of Education
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in 1996 as the framework for education in
New Jersey
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public schools and clearly define what all students should know and be able to accomplish at the end of thirteen years of
public education
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. Each subject is broken down for each of the grade levels. These subjects include visual and
performing arts, comprehensive health and physical education,
language arts
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literacy, mathematics, science,
social studies, world languages,
technological literacy
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, and career education and consumer, family, and life skills.
The standards are updated and revised as necessary every five years. In 2016, the Core Curriculum Content Standards were combined with a revised version of the Common Core State Standards and renamed the New Jersey Student Learning Standards.
References
Sources
*http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/
1996 establishments in New Jersey
Education in New Jersey
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