Health Education
On March 25, 2021, the State Board of Education approved the K-12 Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) for Health Education. The
use of the revised GSE for
Health Education is voluntary for the 2021-2022 school year. Full implementation begins in the 2022-2023 school year.
World Languages
On January 17, 2019, the State Board of Education approved 7 new Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) courses for world languages. These courses will be implemented during the 2019-2020 school year. The courses include 6 new Middle School Dual Language Immersion Courses and a Spanish for Native Speakers Level 3 course.
Fine Arts
The Georgia Standards of Excellence have been created for all courses in Dance, Media Arts, Music, Theatre, and Visual Art. Full adoption for Georgia Standards of Excellence in Theatre and Visual Art begin in the 2018-19 school year. GSE are voluntary for the 2018-19 school year for Dance and Music and will be fully adopted in the 2019-20.
Physical Education
On May 3, 2018, the State Board of Education approved the K-12 Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) for Physical Education. Full implementation begins in the 2019-2020 school year.
Science
The current Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) for Science must be taught during the 2016-17 school year. The Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) for Science will be implemented beginning the 2017-18 school year.
Social Studies
The current Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) for Social Studies must be taught during the 2016-17 school year.
The Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) for Social Studies will be implemented beginning the 2017-18 school year.
English Language Arts
All coding for standards and related instructional resources will be updated with the new GSE for use beginning in the 2015-2016 school year. For example, ELACC3RF3 will be changed to ELAGSE3RF3. All GPS and related documents in other content areas will be renamed to reflect the Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) as revisions occur.
See below for links to the ELA.
