New Jersey · State Department of Education
New Jersey civics standards,
by framework and code.
5 frameworks are active in New Jersey — C3 as the state-adopted primary, with CCSS, NJ, NCSS, AP-GOV layered on top. Together they expose 383 standards.
Liberty and Prosperity
NJ
383
Total standards
5
Frameworks active
139
Aligned Principle lessons
C3
Most-aligned framework
Frameworks active in New Jersey
5 frameworks, one map of coverage.
FrameworkAdoptionStandardsPrinciple lessons mapped
C3State Primary
C3 Framework
adopted
2020
310
Standards
139100% density
CCSS
Common Core State Standards
adopted
2015
30
Standards
00% density
NJ
NJ Student Learning Standards for Social Studies (2020)
adopted
2020
26
Standards
00% density
NCSS
NCSS
adopted
2020
10
Standards
00% density
AP-GOV
AP Government and Politics
adopted
2019
7
Standards
121100% density
Trust
How we connect lessons to these standards
Every lesson we map to a New Jersey standard clears a 5-criterion alignment rubric. We name the framework body, cite the official source URL, and record reasoning a reviewer can audit.