“Standards for School Libraries”
“Standards for School Libraries”American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
A division of the American Library Association (ALA)
Learning Standards
AASL’s learning standards offer a vision for teaching and learning to both guide and beckon the school library profession as education leaders. The learning standards shape the library program and serve as a tool for school librarians to use to shape the learning of students in the school.
- Standards for the 21st-Century Learner
- Standards for the 21st-Century Learner In Action (indicators, benchmarks, model examples and assessments)
- AASL Learning Standards & Common Core State Standards Crosswalk
- Correlations between the AASL learning standards and the Next Generation Science Standards
- Lesson Plan Database
- Best Apps for Teaching & Learning
- Best Websites for Teaching & Learning
AASL Learning Standards & Common Core State Standards Crosswalk
The following PDFs include tables that help school librarians learn how the AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner and the Common Core State Standards align.
- English Language Arts: AASL to CCSS | CCSS to AASL
- Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies: AASL to CCSS | CCSS to AASL
- Reading Standards for Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects: AASL to CCSS | CCSS to AASL
- Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects: AASL to CCSS | CCSS to AASL
- Mathematics: AASL to CCSS | CCSS to AASL | Resources