Content Standards
Nebraska is unique in the way our schools approach student learning and the assessment of that learning. In Nebraska, standards for learning are adopted for each curriculum area.  However, individual school districts have the option of adopting the state standards or writing their own standards.  If districts adopt their own standards, they must be ruled by the Nebraska Department of Education to be more rigorous than the state standards.  The PLSD  has adopted its own rigorous process standards in each content area.

K-12 Language Arts Standards
Standard 1:  Students will communicate through speaking, listening and writing for different audiences and purposes.
Standard 2: Students will read for comprehension: recognition, interpretation, analysis and evaluation.
Standard 3: Students will use information from a variety of resources to extend their knowledge and skills for different purposes.

K-12 Math Standards
Standard 1: Students will solve problems.
Standard 2: Students will reason and make conjecture about the problem.
Standard 3: Students will communicate their mathematical thinking.
Standard 4: Students will make connections among mathematical concepts.
Standard 5: Students will use a variety of representations for their mathematical thinking.

K-12 Science Standards
Standard 1: Students will understand science concepts and skills.
Standard 2: Students will learn and apply scientific inquiry to reason and justify their thinking.
Standard 3: Students will communicate their scientific understanding.
Standard 4: Students will make connections using science concepts and skills.

K-12 Social Studies Standards
Standard 1: Students will understand social studies concepts and skills.
Standard 2: Students will reason and justify their thinking about social science issues.
Standard 3: Students will communicate their social studies understandings.
Standard 4: Students will make connections using social studies understandings.