Texas · State Department of Education
Texas civics standards,
by framework and code.
4 frameworks are active in Texas — C3 as the state-adopted primary, with Texas Essential, NCSS, AP-GOV layered on top. Together they expose 372 standards.
Friendship
TX
372
Total standards
4
Frameworks active
139
Aligned Principle lessons
C3
Most-aligned framework
Frameworks active in Texas
4 frameworks, one map of coverage.
FrameworkAdoptionStandardsPrinciple lessons mapped
C3State Primary
C3 Framework
adapted
2020
310
Standards
139100% density
Texas Essential
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Social Studies
adopted
2023
45
Standards
49100% density
NCSS
NCSS
adopted
2020
10
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 Texas standard clears a 5-criterion alignment rubric. We name the framework body, cite the official source URL, and record reasoning a reviewer can audit.