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.
Standards Under Review
- The ELA Standards were drafted by the Standards Review Committee (SRC), and Public Input was collected August–September 2025. The input was presented to the State Board of Education (SBE) in November. The SRC has since met to review the draft and is preparing it for the State Board of Education’s consideration in April.
- The ELA Extended Standards and the Career & Technical Education (CTE) Standards were drafted by the Standards Review Committees (SRC), and Public Input was collected October–November 2025. The input was presented to the State Board of Education (SBE) in November.
- The CTE SRC has also performed additional reviews of the draft for the State Board of Education’s consideration.
- The ELA Extended Standards SRC may revisit their work after the ELA Standards are finalized.
- The Social Studies (SS) Standards Review Committee (SRC) began their work in late January 2026 and convened in Riverton in February, where they drafted the first round of SS Standards. The SS SRC will continue their work over the next few months to finalize the Draft Standards. The SBE will then review the draft and decide when they are ready to collect informal public input.
