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Massachusetts State Curriculum Frameworks
The Massachusetts State Curriculum Frameworks are a set of standards developed for all content area subject instruction. MCAS is based on these standards. The Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks provide teachers, students, and families with clear and shared expectations for what all students should know and be able to do at the end of each year.
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks
2023 Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Framework
2016 Digital Literacy and Computer Science Framework
2017 English Language Arts and Literacy Framework
2020 English Language Development Standards
2018 History and Social Science Framework
2016 Science and Technology Engineering Framework
2021 World Languages Framework
Learning Standards For Families
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education provides Family Guides to the Massachusetts learning standards to help families understand what students are expected to know and be able to do by the end of each grade. Designed to help families and teachers work together to support learning, the guides are available in English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Simplified Chinese.
View the Family Guides to the Massachusetts Learning Standards
APS Wellness Department - Human Development
View the APS Wellness & Human Development page
Safe and Drug-Free Schools
Students in grades K-12 receive instruction on substance use/abuse and violence prevention from a district-approved curriculum in their Health Education classes. This program is a research-based tobacco, alcohol, and drug abuse prevention program. To ensure a safe educational environment, the district clearly conveys the message that there is "zero tolerance" for alcohol, drugs, weapons, hate crimes, and violence within and on the grounds of the Abington Public Schools. The schools are aggressive with consequences, as well as education, intervention, and support.