South Carolina

Home / State / South Carolina

Common Core State Standards Profile

South Carolina

Adoption Status

Adoption Status: Withdrawn
Adoption Date: 07/14/2010

Implementation Status

Implementation Type: Incremental
Implementation Timeline: CCSS for ELA and for Math were adopted by South Carolina July of 2010. The standards will be fully implemented in school year 2014-15, with the following timeline: 2011-12 Transition Year, 2012-13 Transition Year, 2013-14 Bridge Year (CCSS will be used for instructional purposes during this school year.) 2014-15 Full Implementation

Assessment

Assessment Consortia: State Issued

South Carolina Details

Name of Standards: South Carolina Common Core State Standards
Standards Numbering Example: South Carolina follows Common Core numbering
Common Core Numbering Example: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.A.1
State Documents: English/Language Arts
Mathematics
Last Reviewed: 10/09/2017
Summary

In June 2014, the state withdrew from Common Core but reported that the standards will be used through 2015 until state standards can be drafted and adopted.

New South Carolina College and Career Readiness Standards for ELA and Math  released April 2015.

South Carolina News

S.C. schools chart new course as No Child Left Behind era ends (February 1, 2016)

New Standards Ease Political Pushback in South Carolina (June 24, 2015)

State threatening anti-common core parents with jail? (April 29, 2015)

New Education Standards Are A Go–But Ghost of Common Core Remains (March 25, 2015)

S.C. education commitee OK’s standards to replace Common Core (March 9, 2015)

South Carolina Throws Out Common Core State Standards (June 5, 2014)

SC Common Core Opponents Target U.S. History Course (September 19, 2014)

SC Ed Official Confident New Standards Will Be Ready for Fall 2015 (December 16, 2014)