USA Nationwide Common Core Educational Standards for Keyboarding *
| Grade | Common Core Keyboarding Requirement | Recommended Words Per Minutes (WPM) & Accuracy |
| 3 | English Language Arts Standards » Writing » Grade 3 » 6 With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others. |
10 WPM @ 85% accuracy |
| 4 | English Language Arts Standards » Writing » Grade 4 » 6 With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of one page in a single sitting. |
15 WPM @ 90% accuracy |
| 5 | English Language Arts Standards » Writing » Grade 5 » 6 With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting. |
20 WPM @ 90% accuracy |
| 6 | English Language Arts Standards » Writing » Grade 6 » 6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of three pages in a single sitting. |
25WPM @ 95% accuracy |
| 7 | English Language Arts Standards » Writing » Grade 7 » 6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and link to and cite sources as well as to interact and collaborate with others, including linking to and citing sources. |
30WPM @ 95% accuracy |
| 8 | English Language Arts Standards » Anchor Standards » College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing » 8 Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism. |
40WPM @ 97% accuracy |
| 12 | English Language Arts Standards » Anchor Standards » College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing » 10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences. |
50WPM @ 99% accuracy |
* Taken from www.commoncore.org official government site. Used with permission. Recommended WPM and Accuracy are the recommendation of the Typesy teaching faculty, and achievable based on the Typesy keyboarding curriculum.