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Standards·By State·Arkansas
Arkansas · State Department of Education

Arkansas civics standards,
by framework and code.

4 frameworks are active in Arkansas — C3 as the state-adopted primary, with Arkansas Social, CCSS, AP-GOV layered on top. Together they expose 380 standards.

Regnat Populus

AR
380
Total standards
4
Frameworks active
139
Aligned Principle lessons
C3
Most-aligned framework
Frameworks active in Arkansas

4 frameworks, one map of coverage.

FrameworkAdoptionStandardsPrinciple lessons mapped
C3State Primary
C3 Framework
partial
2020
310
Standards
139100% density
Arkansas Social
Arkansas Social Studies Standards (2022)
adopted
2022
33
Standards
230% density
CCSS
Common Core State Standards
adopted
2015
30
Standards
00% density
AP-GOV
AP Government and Politics
adopted
2019
7
Standards
121100% density
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How we connect lessons to these standards

Every lesson we map to a Arkansas standard clears a 5-criterion alignment rubric. We name the framework body, cite the official source URL, and record reasoning a reviewer can audit.

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