What to teach in North Dakota

The subjects North Dakota requires

• The subjects required for public school students, including: English language arts (reading, composition, creative writing, grammar, spelling)
• Mathematics
• Social studies (U.S. Constitution, U.S. history, geography, government; North Dakota studies in grades 4 and 8)
• Science (including agriculture)
• Physical education
• Health (physiology, hygiene, disease control, effects of alcohol, tobacco and narcotics)
• Computer science (including cybersecurity)

Quoted from the statute or regulation cited on the law page. Requirements for Grades K–5 are listed where the state sets them, but this site teaches Grades 6–12, so only those are matched below.

Courses that cover them

North Dakota's list touches all four subjects taught here. Each course below is a full year.

Mathematics

English

Science

Social studies

Each is planned as a 36-week year of about 180 sessions, five a week — the year 20 of the 21 course guides set out explicitly. How long a session runs is yours to set.

Does this meet the hours?

At least 4 hours per day for at least 175 days per year.

Each course here plans a 36-week year of about 180 sessions, five a week — the year 20 of the 21 course guides set out explicitly. The length of a session is left to you, because a Grade 6 session and a Grade 12 one are not the same thing.

Four such courses run across the same 180-session year, so a four-course year meets North Dakota's 175 days without any arithmetic: the days are the calendar, not a total to accumulate.

The four high school years

North Dakota reviews the work each year, so the high school record matters twice: once for the annual assessment and again for whoever reads the transcript afterwards. A full sequence of these courses looks like this.

Four subjects across four years is 16 full-year courses. Credits, grades and the diploma itself are North Dakota's business, not this site's — what North Dakota says about diplomas and transcripts.

What this site does not teach

North Dakota requires 4 subjects that these courses do not cover: health, physical education, art, computing or practical arts. Saying so plainly is more use than a page implying full coverage. Families commonly meet these through sport clubs, instrument or art lessons, a language app or tutor, and documented family activity — all of which count where the state asks for a log rather than a transcript.

Evidence for the annual review

North Dakota asks for testing or evaluation, so the year has to leave a paper trail. These courses produce four things that serve as evidence, without any extra work:

• Printable lessons. Every lesson has a print view holding the full teaching text, worked examples and practice — dated pages for a portfolio.
• Exams with answer keys and marking criteria. Each course has a midterm, a final and a sample exam, each question carrying response criteria an evaluator can read.
• A 36-week pacing table. The parent guide for each course lists the week-by-week assignments, which is the planning document most evaluators ask to see.
• Exit tickets and checkpoints. Short written responses through each lesson, showing work over time rather than one test score.

Standardized achievement test in grades 4, 6, 8 and 10: the district's test or (at parent request and expense) a nationally normed test, given at home or at a public school by a state-licensed/approved teacher. Exempt if the parent files a philosophical, moral or religious objection, or if the parent is a licensed/approved teacher, has a bachelor's degree, or passed a national teacher exam. A composite score below the 30th percentile triggers an evaluation for a learning problem and, if no disability, a parent-filed remediation plan (made with a licensed teacher's advice) until the child reaches the 30th percentile or shows a year of progress.

Deadline: File test results with the district superintendent (no specific date in statute).