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The 2026 PK-12 CS Standards provide a robust interactive web version that adds considerable content, functionality, and flexibility to the official print/pdf version.
This is the sixth in a series of posts about the 2026 PK-12 CS standards. For the full list of articles in this series, see the list at the bottom of this post. In addition to providing standards for specialty high school AI (artificial intelligence) courses, the 2026 PK-12 CS Standards also integrate AI content throughout the…
Standards for each elementary grade level puts the 2026 PK-12 CS standards on par with the standards for Common Core mathematics and ELA and much of NGSS. It acknowledges that early computer science learning needs a more deliberate developmental progression.
The following embeds an archived version of the September 2026 edition of the CSTA Washington newsletter. Highlights include: Click here to see the original archived content. Links in archived content may no longer work as expected.
At the 2026 CSTA Annual Conference in New Orleans, the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) officially released the 2026 CSTA PK–12 Computer Science Standards.
The 2026 PK-12 CS Standards view computing as sociotechnical – the interaction and dependency between human social and technical systems. Ethical and social questions are embedded throughout the 2026 PK-12 CS Standards
Correction: OSPI is scheduled to adopt new Washington computer science standards in the second half of 2028. This adoption date of the second half of 2028 is different from the “end of the 2026-27 academic year” timeline written in the Aug 2026 newsletter. The official release of the 2026 CSTA PK-12 Computer Science standards…
On Aug 13, OSPI Computer Science (Terron Ishihara – Computer Science Program Supervisor) distributed its August newsletter with substantial information on the upcoming Washington computer science standards revision process and the new CSTA PK-12 CS Standards. There’s even a shout out to join CSTA Washington. A PDF of this newsletter is embedded below for your…
The 2026 PK-12 CS standards use three interacting components: concepts, practices, and dispositions.