Branding Guidelines

The information below is intended to help guide individuals seeking to use or otherwise represent the brand of the Common Core State Standards or Common Core State Standards Initiative.

For additional information on usage and license, please visit our Terms of Use and Public License pages.

No License Needed

Reproduction of the standards or text within the Common Core State Standards does not require the express stated permission of the National Governors Association or the Council of Chief State School Officers. However, the terms of the Public License must be adhered to.

Copyright Notice

Please be advised that any publication or public display must include the following notice: “© Copyright 2010 National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved.”

Please also note, according to the Commercial License, “This License extends to the Common Core State Standards only and not to the examples. A number of the examples are comprised of materials that are not subject to copyright, such as due to being in the public domain, and others required the NGA Center and CCSSO to obtain permission for their use from a third-party copyright holder.”

Trademarks

Trademarks, service marks, and logos appearing on this site are the property of NGA Center and/or CCSSO or the party that provided the trademarks, service marks, and logos to NGA Center and CCSSO. NGA Center and CCSSO and any party that provided trademarks, service marks, and logos to NGA Center and CCSSO retain all rights with respect to any of their respective trademarks, service marks, and logos appearing on this site. Unauthorized use of the trademarks, service marks, and logos of NGA Center or CCSSO or any third party is unlawful and will be grounds for exclusion from future use of this website.

The Common Core State Standards Initiative logo may only be reproduced as part of a full reprint of the Common Core State Standards or when placed on a website directly linking to www.CoreStandards.org.

Restrictions On Use

You may use this site for purposes expressly permitted by this site. You may not use this site for any other purpose, including any commercial purpose, without NGA Center and CCSSO’s express prior written consent. For example, you may not (and may not authorize any other party to): i) co-brand this site, or ii) frame this site, without the express prior written permission of an authorized representative of NGA Center and CCSSO. For purposes of these Terms of Use, “co-branding” means to display a name, logo, trademark, or other means of attribution or identification of any party in such a manner as is reasonably likely to give a user the impression that such other party has the right to display, publish, or distribute this site, or content accessible within this site. You agree to cooperate with NGA Center and CCSSO in causing any unauthorized co-branding or framing immediately to cease.

Citation

Authors: National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Council of Chief State School Officers Title: Common Core State Standards (insert specific content area if you are using only one) Publisher: National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington D.C. Copyright Date: 2010