---
title: "Standards for a lesson"
method: GET
path: "/lessons/{lessonId}/standards"
tags: ["Curriculum"]
---

# Standards for a lesson

`GET /lessons/{lessonId}/standards`

Fetches all academic standards aligned to a specific lesson.

Returns the standards that this lesson addresses through its instructional content and activities. These alignments indicate which learning expectations the lesson is designed to help students achieve.

Use this endpoint when you need to:
- See which standards a lesson addresses
- Build standards-aligned lesson plans
- Track standards coverage across lessons
- Generate standards-based reports

## Path parameters

- `lessonId` string, required

## Query parameters

- `limit` integer
- `cursor` string

## Response `200`

Successfully retrieved list of aligned standards

- object — Cursor-based paginated response
  - `data` object[], required — Array of result items
    - `caseIdentifierUUID` string, uuid, required — CASE Network UUID for the resource
    - `statementCode` string, nullable — Code that identifies a standard within its standards framework (e.g., "3.NF.A.1", "A.1B", "MP1"); `null` for organizational groupings without assigned codes
    - `description` string, nullable — Full text of the standard describing what students should know or be able to do
    - `jurisdiction` 'Alabama' | 'Alaska' | 'Arizona' | 'Arkansas' | 'California' | 'Colorado' | 'Connecticut' | 'Delaware' | 'Florida' | 'Georgia' | 'Hawaii' | 'Idaho' | 'Illinois' | 'Indiana' | 'Iowa' | 'Kansas' | 'Kentucky' | 'Louisiana' | 'Maine' | 'Maryland' | 'Massachusetts' | 'Michigan' | 'Minnesota' | 'Mississippi' | 'Missouri' | 'Montana' | 'Nebraska' | 'Nevada' | 'New Hampshire' | 'New Jersey' | 'New Mexico' | 'New York' | 'North Carolina' | 'North Dakota' | 'Ohio' | 'Oklahoma' | 'Oregon' | 'Pennsylvania' | 'Rhode Island' | 'South Carolina' | 'South Dakota' | 'Tennessee' | 'Texas' | 'Utah' | 'Vermont' | 'Virginia' | 'Washington' | 'Washington, D.C.' | 'West Virginia' | 'Wisconsin' | 'Wyoming' | 'Multi-State' — US state, territory, or multi-state designation
    - `author` string, required — Author or creator of the resource
    - `provider` string, required — Source data provider for the resource
    - `license` string, uri, required — URL to the resource's license document
    - `attributionStatement` string, required — Statement that acknowledges the resource's author and provider, as required by the CC BY 4.0 license
    - `curriculumAlignmentType` string[] — Description of how the resource relates to its standard (e.g., `addressing`, `building_toward`, `building_on`, `practicing`)
  - `pagination` Pagination, required — Cursor-based pagination metadata
    - `limit` integer, required — Maximum number of results to return per page
    - `nextCursor` string, nullable — Cursor for fetching the next page of results in your next request (`null` if there are no more results)
    - `hasMore` boolean, required — Whether there are more results after this page

## Other responses

- `404` — Lesson not found
- `500` — Internal server error

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