DESSA Alignment to State Standards: DESSA Crosswalks-Updated for 2025

Overview

Every state in the U.S. uses individualized standards, frameworks, or guidelines that help prepare K-12 students to be successful in achieving their academic, career, and personal goals. We developed crosswalks that align DESSA items to the relevant competencies outlined in each state’s guidance. 

These resources are designed to help you understand how the DESSA supports your state’s existing initiatives to ensure that every student has the knowledge, skills, and mindsets needed for success now and into the future.  

Select your state below to explore how the DESSA fits within your local context: 

PDF Downloads by State

• Alabama Health Education and DESSA Crosswalk
• Alaska Employability Skills and DESSA Crosswalk
• Arizona Character Counts and DESSA Crosswalk
• Arkansas G.U.I.D.E. for Life Goals and DESSA Crosswalk
• California Social and Emotional Learning Competencies and DESSA Crosswalk
• Colorado Comprehensive Health and DESSA Crosswalk
• Connecticut SEL & Intellectual Habits and DESSA Crosswalk
• Delaware SEL Competencies and DESSA Crosswalk
• Florida Resiliency Standards and DESSA Crosswalk
• Georgia CTAE Foundation Skills and DESSA Crosswalk
• Hawaii HA Breath and DESSA Crosswalk
• Idaho College and Career Readiness Standards and DESSA Crosswalk
• Illinois SEL Standards and DESSA Crosswalk
• Indiana Employability Standards and DESSA Crosswalk
• Indiana SEL Competencies and DESSA Crosswalk
• Iowa Employability Skills and DESSA Crosswalk
• Iowa Social-Emotional Learning Competencies and DESSA Crosswalk
• Kansas Social-Emotional Character Development Standards and DESSA Crosswalk
• Kentucky Portrait of a Learner and DESSA Crosswalk
• Louisiana Foundational Skills, Health Standards and DESSA Items Crosswalk
• Maine Life and Career Ready Standards and DESSA Crosswalk
• Maryland SEL Competencies and DESSA Crosswalk
• Massachusetts Comprehensive Health and PE Framework and DESSA Crosswalk
• Michigan SEL Competencies and DESSA Crosswalk
• Minnesota SEL Framework and DESSA Crosswalk
• Mississippi SEL & DESSA Crosswalk
• Missouri CORE Framework and DESSA Crosswalk
• Montana CTE Standards & DESSA Items Crosswalk
• Montana Whole Child Skill Development Competencies and DESSA Crosswalk
• Nebraska Career Readiness Standards and DESSA Crosswalk
• Nevada Social Emotional Learning Essential Skills and DESSA Crosswalk
• New Hampshire Work-Study Practices and DESSA Crosswalk
• New Jersey Social and Emotional Learning Competencies and DESSA Crosswalk
• New Mexico CTE Standards and DESSA Crosswalk
• New York SEL Benchmarks and DESSA Crosswalk
• North Carolina Portrait of a Graduate and DESSA Crosswalk
• North Dakota Portrait of a Graduate and DESSA Crosswalk
• Ohio K-12 SEL Standards and DESSA Crosswalk
• Oklahoma Academic Standards for Health Education and DESSA Items Crosswalk
• Oregon TSEL Standards and DESSA Crosswalk
• Pennsylvania Career Ready Skills and DESSA Crosswalk
• Profile of a South Carolina Graduate and DESSA Crosswalk
• Rhode Island SEL Standards and DESSA Crosswalk
• South Dakota Career Readiness Skills and DESSA Crosswalk
• Tennessee Social and Personal Competencies and DESSA Crosswalk
• Texas Positive Character Traits and DESSA Crosswalk
• Utah PoG and DESSA Crosswalk
• Utah SEL and DESSA Crosswalk
• Vermont PoG and DESSA Crosswalk
• Virginia Profile of a Graduate and DESSA Crosswalk
• Virginia SEL Guidance Standards and DESSA Crosswalk
• Washington Profile of a Graduate and DESSA Crosswalk
• Washington SEL Standards and DESSA Crosswalk
• West Virginia Standards for Student Success and DESSA Crosswalk
• Wisconsin Social and Emotional Learning Competencies and DESSA Crosswalk
• Wyoming Profile of a Graduate and DESSA Items