All of them! Our Standards Unpacker works with Common Core State Standards (CCSS), Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), C3 Framework for Social Studies, and any state-specific standards. Just paste the standard text—whether it's ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, or any other subject—and we'll break it down into teachable components that automatically flow into lesson planning.

Here's the magic: When you unpack a standard, PlanSpark stores all the component details (domain, cluster, skills, progression, strategies). When you click "Create Aligned Lesson Plan," it takes you to the Lesson Plan Generator with everything already filled in—learning objective from the student-friendly text, standards code and full text, grade level, and subject. The AI then generates a lesson that addresses every component using the teaching strategies from your unpacked standard. Then you can simulate that lesson and create aligned assessments. Complete data flow with zero manual copying. No other platform does this.

Foundational skills are prerequisites students need before tackling the main standard. Core skills are the heart of what the standard requires—these are must-teach components. Extension skills take students beyond the minimum requirement for deeper learning or advanced application. When you generate a lesson plan from an unpacked standard, activities are automatically sequenced in this order for pedagogically sound instruction.

Three key differences: (1) Speed - Standards are dense academic language that takes 30-45 minutes to properly analyze. We do it in 30 seconds. (2) Completeness - We identify discrete skills, sequence them, translate to student language, AND provide evidence-based strategies. (3) Integration - The unpacked standard automatically flows into lesson planning, simulation, and assessment creation. You're not just understanding the standard—you're building a complete, aligned instructional unit from it.

Absolutely! Complex standards often require multiple lessons to cover all components thoroughly. Unpack the standard once, then create as many lesson plans as needed—each time you click "Create Aligned Lesson Plan," the form pre-fills with the same standard information. You can focus each lesson on different components or aspects, and everything stays perfectly aligned to the original standard.

All unpacked standards are automatically saved to your account with links to any lesson plans you created from them. You can view them by subject or grade level, export to PDF for printing or sharing with colleagues, see which standards have associated lessons (complete audit trail), archive old standards you're no longer teaching, and access them anytime to create new lessons. Build your personal library of unpacked standards with complete workflow tracking.

Yes! It's bidirectional. From an unpacked standard, click to create a lesson plan. From a lesson plan, click to view the original unpacked standard. From a lesson plan, click to create an aligned assessment. From an assessment, click back to the lesson plan. Complete navigation and audit trail showing perfect alignment from standards through assessment. You always know exactly what standard each lesson addresses and which lessons cover each standard.