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Georgia’s standards appear only as the alignment framework. Every instructional approach, teacher note, and crosswalk in this library is drawn from the official standards of six high-performing states. Here is all of it, in full.
MA Massachusetts
Consistently the nation’s top performer on NAEP reading and math. Economics content lives inside its 2018 History & Social Science Framework, including a high school Economics elective and Personal Financial Literacy standards.
NJ New Jersey
A top-3 NAEP state and the national leader in K–8 financial literacy: state law (N.J.S.A. 18A:35-4.34) requires financial literacy instruction in every middle grade, with standards spanning kindergarten through grade 12.
UT Utah
The first state to require a standalone financial literacy course for graduation (2008) and the perennial A+ on national personal-finance report cards. Its General Financial Literacy course is the most-imitated in the country.
VA Virginia
Requires a full-credit Economics and Personal Finance course for graduation; consistently A-rated for personal finance education. Its EPF standards integrate economics and personal finance in one course, the same design as Georgia’s new requirement.
TN Tennessee
A-rated for personal finance education with a required, project-based Personal Finance course (practice FAFSA, 1040/W-4 filing, credit report analysis) and a rigorous standalone Economics course (standards E.01–E.50).
MN Minnesota
Home to some of the most widely cited K–12 economics standards in the country, with a dedicated economics strand at every grade. The 2021 standards cited here become mandatory statewide in 2026–27.