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| Dimension | Puerto Rico Departamento de Educación de Puerto Rico (PRDE) - Secretaría Auxiliar de Servicios Académicos (SASA) | Alabama Alabama State Department of Education (Courses of Study adopted by the Alabama State Board of Education) |
|---|---|---|
| Common Core — Math | Adapted / renamed | Repealed |
| Common Core — ELA | Never adopted PRDE developed its own 'Puerto Rico Core Standards' (PRCS) in 2014 for all subjects, in Spanish, described as having 'rigor comparable to' CCSS and developed using CCSS as a reference; math PRCS revised again in 2022. PR's primary language-arts subject is Spanish (Estándares de Español, own standards, not CCSS-derived since CCSS-ELA is English-specific); a separate English Program has its own PRCS-English standards (2014) for English as an academic subject. | Repealed Adopted CCSS 2010 within the Alabama College- & Career-Ready Standards; 2019 board vote ended Common Core - replaced by 2019 Math COS (eff. 2021-22) and 2021 ELA COS (eff. 2022-23). |
| Mathematics framework≠ differs | Common Core, adapted | 2019 Alabama Course of Study: Mathematics State-specific |
| English Language Arts framework | Estándares de Contenido y Expectativas de Grado - Español State-specific | 2021 Alabama Course of Study: English Language Arts State-specific |
| Science framework≠ differs | Estándares de Contenido y Expectativas de Grado - Ciencias NGSS, adapted | State-specific |
| Social Studies framework | Estándares de Contenido y Expectativas de Grado - Estudios Sociales State-specific | 2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies (adopted Dec 12, 2024; effective 2026-27) State-specific |
| U.S. History — grade placement≠ differs | gr 11 | gr 6gr 10gr 11 |
| State / local history — grade placement≠ differs | gr 4gr 7gr 10 | gr 3gr 4gr 5 |
| Civics & government — grade placement≠ differs | gr 12 | gr 6gr 12 |
| World history — grade placement≠ differs | gr 9 | gr 7gr 8gr 9 |
| Official source | dedigital.dde.pr | www.alabamaachieves.org |
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