Office of Curriculum, Technology, & Assessment

Beginning in June 2005, a standards committee was charged by the South Dakota Board of Education with revision of the current South Dakota Content Standards and Performance Descriptors for Social Studies, with input from students, parents, teachers, and communities of South Dakota. The draft document evolved from recent research in best practices in teaching, the No Child Left Behind legislation, experience in classrooms with the existing South Dakota social studies content standards, the evolution of published standards from other states, numerous professional publications, and lengthy discussions by experienced kindergarten through grade sixteen South Dakota educators. This revised document was opened for public comment by the South Dakota Board of Education on January 25, 2006.