Standards & assessment

Coverage you can show, not just claim.

Every lesson is tagged with the standards it teaches — with evidence for every tag. As students publish their projects, coverage fills in per class. No spreadsheet, no vibes.

NGSS 4-LS1-1Construct an argument that plants and animals have structures that support survival…
The receipt: earned by Build Step 5 — “students code the camouflage animation and write two sentences explaining how the structure helps the animal survive.”

Every alignment cites the step that earns it; anything below the confidence floor is dropped. A few honest tags beat many loose ones.

Your state's standards, natively

Pick your framework in settings and lessons come back tagged in your codes — a New Jersey teacher sees NJSLS, a Texas teacher sees TEKS.

  • Cross-curricular by default — every lesson has students researching, writing, and coding, so a science lesson comes back tagged for science, literacy, CS, and information literacy.
  • More states, continuouslyemail us if yours is missing and we'll prioritize it.
  • Research-grounded — science guidance is externally checked against NGSS Evidence Statements, Webb's DOK, and the AAAS misconception research.
Works in every state
NGSSCCSS ELACCSS MathCSTA 2026C3 Social StudiesAASLISTE
TXTexas
TEKS ScienceTEKS ELARTEKS Math
NJNew Jersey
NJSLS Science · incl. climateNJSLS ELANJSLS MathNJSLS-CSISDraft

Competency-based, by construction

Students demonstrate the standard through work they build — projects, not bubble sheets. The evidence chain is simple:

1
The project is the evidence
Writing that explains the concept, code that models it — designed backward from the standard so the finished project demonstrates it.
2
The rubric is consistent
One rubric, five dimensions — every lesson, all year, each dimension linked to the standards it assesses.
3
Completion is earned
A standard counts once the student's project is submitted and the teacher publishes it — teacher judgment stays in the loop.
🎟️ Formative, along the way
Storyboard drafts, exit tickets, and peer-review checks — collected as the lesson runs, named in the lesson plan.
🏆 Summative, at the end
The published, playable project — scored on the five-dimension rubric.
The one rubric — five dimensions, every lesson3-2-1 · grade-calibrated
ContentAccuracy & understanding of the subject standardNGSS
WritingClarity, structure & use of evidence from the readingCCSS W
DesignHow art, sound & layout carry the meaningISTE
CodingEvents, logic & interactivity that work as intendedCSTA
ProcessDrafting, acting on feedback & revising to publishAASL
Per-cell descriptors are written for each project; K–2 uses 2 levels, grades 3+ use 3.

Coverage fills in as you teach

Each classroom tracks the frameworks you picked — per standard, per student — no spreadsheet to keep.

  • Earned, not clicked — a bar moves only when a student's project is submitted and published.
  • Rolls up for admins — on school and district plans, coverage aggregates across teachers, classes, and buildings — see Schools & Districts →

Common questions

How do I know a tag is legitimate?

Every alignment carries evidence: it cites the exact storyboard step or build milestone that earns it, and alignments below the confidence floor are dropped. Tags are shown on the lesson preview so you can verify them before assigning.

When does a standard count as “covered”?

When a student's project is submitted and the teacher publishes it. Nothing counts automatically — the teacher's review is the gate, which is what makes the coverage report defensible.

What about writing standards specifically?

The storyboard's writing scaffolds are named writing moves — “state an opinion,” “use temporal words” — that map to specific Writing/Language standards through a fixed table, not AI judgment.

Which frameworks and states are supported?

NGSS, Common Core ELA and Math, CSTA, the C3 social studies framework, AASL, and ISTE nationally — plus native state views (Texas and New Jersey today, more continuously). Email support@elementari.com if yours is missing.

See the tags on a real lesson.

Generate one for your unit — every alignment comes with its receipt.