The New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards were created by the

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in 1996 as the framework for education in

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s and clearly define what all students should know and be able to accomplish at the end of thirteen years of

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. Each subject is broken down for each of the grade levels. These subjects include visual and

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, comprehensive health and physical education,

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literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, world languages,

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, and career education and consumer, family, and life skills. The standards are updated and revised as necessary every five years. In 2016, the Core Curriculum Content Standards were combined with a revised version of the Common Core State Standards and renamed the New Jersey Student Learning Standards.

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*http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/ 1996 establishments in New Jersey Education in New Jersey {{NewJersey-stub