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Maryland · State Department of Education

Maryland civics standards,
by framework and code.

6 frameworks are active in Maryland — C3 as the state-adopted primary, with Maryland College, CCSS, NCSS, AP-GOV, NAMLE layered on top. Together they expose 391 standards.

Fatti Maschii, Parole Femine

MD
391
Total standards
6
Frameworks active
139
Aligned Principle lessons
C3
Most-aligned framework
Frameworks active in Maryland

6 frameworks, one map of coverage.

FrameworkAdoptionStandardsPrinciple lessons mapped
C3State Primary
C3 Framework
partial
2020
310
Standards
139100% density
Maryland College
Maryland College and Career Ready Social Studies Framework (2025)
adopted
2025
34
Standards
229% density
CCSS
Common Core State Standards
adopted
2015
30
Standards
00% density
NCSS
NCSS
adopted
2020
10
Standards
00% density
AP-GOV
AP Government and Politics
adopted
2019
7
Standards
121100% density
NAMLE
NAMLE
partial
2021
0
Standards
00% density
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How we connect lessons to these standards

Every lesson we map to a Maryland 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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