STAR Curriculum Alignment to State Standards

Empowering educators. Supporting students. Meeting mandates.

Why Standards Alignment Matters

STAR Autism Support has aligned all its evidence-based curricula—including the STAR Program, Links Curriculum, Academic Teaching Units (ATUs), and Themes First Curriculum—to every U.S. state’s academic standards.

• Ensures compliance with federal and state mandates
• Supports evidence-based, standards-driven IEPs
• Promotes instructional consistency across classrooms
• Delivers meaningful learning outcomes for students with autism and developmental disabilities

Who Benefits?

• Students
• Special Education Teachers
• IEP Team Members
• District Curriculum Leaders
• Special Education Administrators

By embedding standards alignment throughout all our curricula, STAR Autism Support empowers educators to bridge the gap between individualized instruction and academic expectations—supporting meaningful learning outcomes for students with autism and developmental disabilities who are expected to meet state standards.

COMING SOON

Standards Alignment & Curriculum Management Tool

An online tool that lets you

• View STAR Curriculum lesson alignments across all programs
• Access cut-and-paste IEP goal examples for every lesson

Key Features

Dynamic filtering options by grade level, subject area, learning level, and lesson name.

Dual-view functionality:
Standards-first view: See all aligned lessons for each standard
Lesson-first view: View all standards connected to specific lessons

Ready-to-use IEP goal examples for each curriculum lesson

Copy-and-paste functionality for efficient IEP document creation

Complete alignment coverage across all STAR Autism Support curricula