State law requires the standards in each content area to be reviewed every nine years. Content areas are reviewed based on a Standards Review Timeline approved by the State Board of Education, which also sets the Implementation Timeline, as seen in the updated WYCPS Review & Implementation Snapshot. The Standards Review Committee considers stakeholder input and follows the Wyoming Standards Design Criteria. The Standards Review Process usually takes 9-18 months to complete and adoption through rules promulgation takes another 4-6 months.
Public Input
The Wyoming Department of Education is seeking informal public input on the 2025 Wyoming Career & Technical Education (CTE) Standards and the English Language Arts (ELA) Extended Standards. The input collected will be presented to the Wyoming State Board of Education (SBE).
The Proposed 2025 CTE Standards update the 2014 Career & Vocational Education Standards to increase the focus on career exploration, employability, and the technical, real-world skills that employers seek. The SBE is seeking to develop Content Standards for all students to learn in the K-2, 3-5, and 6-8 grade bands. Only high school standards have performance standards that must be included in the district assessment system. These high school standards are elective, and although districts must offer all students the opportunity to learn them, only students electing to take the opportunity will be assessed on their understanding and demonstration of those standards.
The Proposed 2025 ELA Extended Standards are aligned to the 2025 Proposed ELA Standards and are the standards for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities.
Each meeting will start with a 10-minute presentation on the standards review process, the review timeline, and a question-and-answer session. The remainder of the session is dedicated to collecting public input.
