Links to other states’ early learning guidelines

Many states in addition to Washington have developed their own early learning guidelines. The following are links to those guidelines:

Alaska Early Learning Guidelines (2006)
http://www.eed.state.ak.us/publications/EarlyLearningGuidelines.pdf

Arizona Early Learning Standards (2005)
www.azed.gov/earlychildhood/downloads/EarlyLearningStandards.pdf

Arkansas Framework for Infant and Toddler Care (2002)
http://www.arkansas.gov/childcare/generalpdf/infantframework.pdf

Arkansas Early Childhood Education Framework (2004)
http://www.arkansas.gov/childcare/programsupport/pdf/aeceframwork.pdf

California Desired Results Developmental Profiles
www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/ci/desiredresults.asp

Colorado Building Blocks to Colorado’s Content Standards (2003)
http://www.cde.state.co.us/resultsmatter/el_guidelines.htm

Connecticut Guidelines for the Development of Early Learning for Infants and Toddlers Draft (2005)
www.wheelerclinic.org/children/EGdraft2forweb.pdf

Delaware Early Learning Foundations for School Success (2003)
http://www.doe.k12.de.us/programs/earlychildhood/preschool.shtml

District of Columbia Early Learning Standards for Children Entering Kindergarten in the District of Columbia (2005)
http://seo.dc.gov/seo/frames.asp?doc=/seo/lib/seo/pdf/dclearningstandards_numb2_05-2005_document.pdf

Florida Birth to Three Years Old Learning and Developmental Standards (2004)
www.floridajobs.org/earlylearning/oel_performance.html

Florida School Readiness Performance Standards (2003)
www.floridajobs.org/earlylearning/oel_performance.html

Georgia Early Learning Standards (2006)
http://www.decal.state.ga.us/CCS/CCSServices.aspx?Header=67&

Georgia’s Pre-K Program Content Standards (Revised July 2005)
www.decal.state.ga.us/PreK/PrekServices.aspx?Header=2&

Hawaii Preschool Content Standards for Center Based Programs (2004)
http://www.goodbeginnings.org/pdf/SchoolReadiness/HPCS2004.pdf

Idaho Early Learning Standards (2004)
www.sde.state.id.us/SpecialEd/docs/content/IdahoEarlyLearningStandards.pdf

Illinois Early Learning Standards (2002)
www.illinoisearlylearning.org/standards/index.htm

Indiana Foundations to the Indiana Academic Standards for Young Children from Birth to Age 5 (2006)
www.doe.state.in.us/primetime/pdf/foundations/indiana_foundations.pdf

Iowa Early Learning Standards (2006)
www.iowa.gov/educate/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=2468

Kansas Early Learning Guidelines: A Developmental Sequence Building the Foundation for Successful Children DRAFT (2006)
www.srskansas.org/ISD/ees/CCstateplan/Attachment5.2.1A.pdf

Kentucky Early Childhood Standards (2006)
www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Early+Childhood+Development/default.htm

Louisiana’s Early Learning Guidelines and Program Standards: Birth through Three (2005)
www.dss.state.la.us/Documents/OFS/LAEarlyLearningGuide.pdf

Louisiana Standards for Programs Serving Four-Year-Old Children (2002)
http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/saa/1879.html

Supporting Maine’s Infants & Toddlers: Guidelines for Learning & Development (2006)
http://maine.gov/dhhs/ocfs/ec/occhs/infantstoddlers.pdf

State of Maine Early Childhood Learning Guidelines (2005)
www.maine.gov/education/fouryearold/guidelines.html

Maryland Guidelines for Healthy Child Development and Care For Young Children (2003)
www.dhr.state.md.us/cca/pdfs/guidechild.pdf

Maryland Model for School Readiness (2004)
www.mdk12.org/instruction/ensure/MMSR/index.html

Massachusetts Guidelines for Preschool Learning Experiences (2003)
www.eec.state.ma.us/docs/TAGuidelinesForPreschoolLearningExperiences.pdf

Michigan Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs (2006)
www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/ECSQ-IT_Final_180649_7.pdf

Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Prekindergarten (2005)
www.michigan.gov/documents/Early_Childhood_Standards_of_Quality_160470_7.PDF

Minnesota Early Childhood Indicators of Progress: Minnesota’s Early Learning Guidelines for Birth to 3 (2007)
http://edocs.dhs.state.mn.us/lfserver/Legacy/DHS-4438-ENG

Mississippi Pre-Kindergarten Curriculum (2001)
www.mde.k12.ms.us/acad/ID/curriculum/LAER/MsPreK.pdf

Missouri Pre-K Standards (2003)
http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/fedprog/earlychild/PreK_Standards/Index.html

Montana’s Early Learning Guidelines (2004)
www.montana.edu/wwwecp/pdfs/MTEarlyLearningGuidelines.pdf

Nebraska Early Learning Guidelines for Ages Birth to 3 (2006)
www.nde.state.ne.us/ech/ELGuidelines/ELG_IT.pdf

Nebraska’s Early Learning Guidelines 3-5 Year Olds (2005)
www.nde.state.ne.us/ech/ELGuidelines/ELG_3to5.pdf

Nevada Pre-Kindergarten Content Standards
http://www.doe.nv.gov/Standards/Pre-K/Pre-K_Standards.pdf

The New Hampshire Early Learning Guidelines (2005)
http://www.dhhs.state.nh.us/DHHS/CDB/LIBRARY/Policy-Guideline/learning-guidelines.htm

New Jersey Preschool Teaching & Learning Expectations: Standards of Quality (2004)
www.state.nj.us/njded/ece/code/expectations/

Preschool Program Implementation Guidelines (2008)
http://www.state.nj.us/education/ece/dap/

New Mexico PreK Program Standards (2008)
http://www.ped.state.nm.us/EarlyChildhood/dl08/preK/NM%20PreK%20Program%20Standards.pdf

New Mexico’s Pre-Kindergarten Learning Outcomes (Draft) (2006)
http://www.ped.state.nm.us/EarlyChildhood/dl08/preK/NM%20PreK%202006%20Early%20Learning%20Outcomes-Full%20Version.pdf

New York Preschool Planning Guide: Building a Foundation for Development of Language and Literacy in the Early Years (1998)
www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/pub/presch1.pdf

North Carolina Early Learning Standards for North Carolina Preschoolers and Strategies for Guiding Their Success (2005)
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/success/downloads/foundations.pdf

Ohio’s Infant and Toddler Guidelines (2006)
http://www.occrra.org/guidelines.htm

Early Learning Content Standards (2003)
http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEPrimary.aspx?page=2&TopicRelationID=1389

Oklahoma Pre-Kindergarten Curriculum Guidelines (2003)
http://www.sde.state.ok.us/Programs/ECEduc/pdf/PreKGuide.pdf

Pennsylvania Infants and Toddlers: Pennsylvania Learning Standards for Early Childhood (2007)
www.pde.state.pa.us/early_childhood/lib/early_childhood/Infant_Toddler_Standards_4_07.pdf

Early Childhood Learning Continuum Indicators for Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening and Mathematics
www.pde.state.pa.us/nclb/lib/nclb/earlychildhoodcontinuum.pdf

Rhode Island Early Learning Standards
www.ride.ri.gov/els/doc.asp

South Carolina Good Start, Grow Smart Early Learning Standards (2005)
http://ed.sc.gov/agency/Standards-and-Learning/Instructional-Promising-Practices/old/ece/standards05.html

South Dakota Early Learning Guidelines
http://doe.sd.gov/contentstandards/docs/EarlyLearningGuidelinesBook.pdf

Tennessee Early Childhood Early Learning Developmental Standards
http://www.tennessee.gov/education/ci/earlychildhood/index.shtml

Texas Prekindergarten Curriculum Guidelines (2002)
www.tea.state.tx.us/curriculum/early/prekguide.html

Vermont Early Learning Standards Guiding the Development and Learning of Children Entering Kindergarten (2003)
http://education.vermont.gov/new/pdfdoc/pgm_earlyed/pubs/vels_03.pdf

Virginia’s Foundation Blocks for Early Learning (2007)
www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Instruction/Elem_M/FoundationBlocks.pdf

West Virginia Early Learning Standards Framework: Content Standards and Learning Criteria for Pre-Kindergarten
http://www.wvdhhr.org/oss/pieces/ta/documents/wv%20elsf.pdf

Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards (2003)
http://dpi.wi.gov/ec/ecqualhm.html

Wyoming Early Childhood Readiness Standards (2002)
www.k12.wy.us/SAA/standards/earlychild.pdf