“The Next Generation Social Studies Standards and Objectives in West Virginia were approved by the State Board of Education in February, 2012.  They became effective on July 1, 2012.  There will not be a roll out as there has been for ELA and Math.  The Next Generation Social Studies Standards and Objectives are in effect in grades K-12 during the 2012-2013 school year.  They can be found both on the Policy Page of the WVDE site and they can also be found on Teach21 under the interactive Next Generation Standards and Objectives along with the new ELA and Math.”

-Joey Wiseman, WVDE social studies coordinator