State of New Jersey Department of Education

Content Standards Overview - New vs. Old Standards Structure - Standards

Question: The number of standards - are there differences between the old and the new?
Answer: Yes. Here is a table giving the old and the new for each of the three current revised content areas. Note the new standards' titles and the new numbers!

Content Area
Old Standards
New Standards
Language Arts Literacy
3.1: Speaking
3.2: Listening
3.3: Writing
3.4: Reading
3.5: Viewing
3.1: Reading
3.2 Writing
3.3 Speaking
3.4 Listening
3.5: Viewing and Media Literacy
Mathematics
4.1: Problem Solving
4.2: Communication
4.3: Connections
4.4: Reasoning
4.5: Tools and Technology
4.6: Number Sense
4.7: Geometry and Spatial Sense
4.8: Numerical Operations
4.9: Measurement
4.10: Estimation
4.11: Patterns, Relationships and Functions
4.12: Probability and Statistics
4.13: Algebra
4.14: Discrete Mathematics
4.15: Conceptual Building Blocks of Calculus
4.16: High Levels of Mathematical Thought Through Experiences
4.1: Number and numerical operations
4.2: Geometry and Measurement
4.3: Patterns and Algebra
4.4: Data Analysis, Probability, and Discrete Mathematics
4.5: Mathematical Processes
Science
5.1: Systems of Interacting Components
5.2: Problem-solving, Decision-making,
and Inquiry Skills
5.3: How People of Various Cultures have Contributed to the Advancement
of Science and Technology,
5.4: Technology as an Application of Scientific Principles
5.5: Integrate Mathematics as a Tool for
Problem Solving
5.6: Structure, Characteristics, and Basic Needs of Organisms
5.7: Diversity of Life
5.8: Structure and Behavior of Matter

5.9: Natural Laws as they Apply to Motion, Forces, and Energy Transformations

5.10: Structure, Dynamics, and Geophysical Systems of the Earth
5.11: Origin, Evolution, and Structure of the Universe
5.12: Environment as a System of Interdependent Components affected
by Human Activity and Natural Phenomena.
5.1: Scientific Processes
5.2: Science and Society
5.3: Mathematical Applications
5.4: Nature and Process of Technology
5.5: Life Science
5.6: Physical Science - Chemistry
5.7: Physical Science - Physics
5.8: Earth Science

5.9: Astronomy and Space Science

5.10: Environmental Studies