# Common Core Standard for Keyboarding

**URL:** <https://community.typesy.com/t/common-core-standard-for-keyboarding/4078>\
**Category:** Administering Typesy\
**Created:** [May 22, 2020, 6:09am UTC](https://community.typesy.com/t/common-core-standard-for-keyboarding/4078 "2020-05-22T06:09:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![adnanbruce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@adnanbruce](https://community.typesy.com/u/adnanbruce)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 6:09am UTC](https://community.typesy.com/t/common-core-standard-for-keyboarding/4078/1 "2020-05-22T06:09:51Z")

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Hi, what is the common core standard for keyboarding?

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**Author:** ![Lyka\_Remeticado](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.typesy.com/lyka_remeticado/32/191_2.png) [@Lyka\_Remeticado](https://community.typesy.com/u/Lyka_Remeticado)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 7:23am UTC](https://community.typesy.com/t/common-core-standard-for-keyboarding/4078/2 "2020-05-22T07:23:35Z")

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Hi,

For content guidance, you may check Common Core Standard for each grade level here:

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/typesy/original/1X/cd7d18c1b85941f57c3d7747e0872846388021fa.png)

Best Regards,  
Lyka Remeticado  
Community Associate at Typesy

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**Author:** ![Alex](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.typesy.com/alex/32/194_2.png) [@Alex](https://community.typesy.com/u/Alex)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.typesy.com/t/common-core-standard-for-keyboarding/4078/3 "2020-05-22T17:22:28Z")

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Hello, @adnanbruce!

As you’ll see, the CC standard does not specify _how_ to teach keyboarding or which skills should be earned by which grade. The standards are meant to be open guidelines rather than prescriptions.

What the standards _do_ dictate is that keyboarding is deemed an essential skill. For in school purposes, many states have now converted from paper- to computer-based tests, meaning students must have a solid foundation of keyboard learning in order for test scores not to skew. For a larger application, consider how the world continues to rely more heavily on technology, and that the ability to type has now become a necessary skill for any and all entering the 21st-century workforce.

The common core standards may not give you a roadmap to teaching typing, but luckily there are programs like Typesy, designed to ensure your learners meet and exceed the standards set for them.

Regards,  
Alex (The Reimagined Classroom Teacher)