Curriculum Standards for K-12 Markets (USA)

Speedy Publishing LLC is committed to creating clear, engaging, and curriculum-supporting books for school libraries, public libraries, educators, parents, and students. Our educational catalog focuses on major subject areas, including Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, STEM, geography, history, civics, biographies, and early learning.

Our books support more than 300 curriculum topics across the PreK to Grade 12 market. We create content that helps students understand key ideas, build subject knowledge, strengthen reading skills, and connect classroom lessons to real-world examples.

Supporting National and State Educational Standards

We create educational content that supports major U.S. academic standards and learning frameworks, including:

• Common Core State Standards
• College, Career, and Civic Life Framework for Social Studies State Standards
• Next Generation Science Standards
• State-specific curriculum standards and learning requirements

We also review PreK to Grade 12 curriculum standards from individual U.S. states to identify topics that schools may need across grade levels. This includes standards and curriculum requirements from states such as Texas, South Dakota, California, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and others.

For example, Texas uses the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, commonly known as TEKS. Some states place strong emphasis on local history, state geography, civics, regional science topics, or specific grade-level learning goals. By reviewing these state standards, we are better able to create books that address topics sometimes missed by broad national publishing programs.

This approach helps us publish content that supports both national learning goals and state-specific classroom needs.

Lexile Measures and Grade-Level Reading Support

We use Lexile measurements and grade-level reading targets to help ensure that our books are appropriate for the students who use them. We understand that a book must do more than cover the right topic. It must also be readable for the intended age group.

Our editorial process considers:

• Reading level
• Grade band
• Sentence length
• Vocabulary difficulty
• Subject complexity
• Image and text relationship
• Glossary support
• Student comprehension

This helps educators, librarians, and parents select books that match both the curriculum topic and the reader’s ability level.

Common Core State Standards

Speedy Publishing titles support Common Core State Standards by helping students read, understand, and respond to informational text.

Our nonfiction books help students:

Recall key ideas and details

• Identify main topics
• Understand important vocabulary
• Use headings, captions, glossaries, and indexes
• Connect images to written information
• Ask and answer questions about what they read
• Use facts from the text to explain ideas

Many titles include clear chapter structures, labeled images, captions, glossaries, and supporting text features. These features help students locate information, understand nonfiction organization, and build stronger reading comprehension.

Our books are written to support both independent reading and classroom use.

College, Career, and Civic Life Framework for Social Studies

Speedy Publishing creates social studies books that support inquiry, discussion, and evidence-based learning.

Our social studies catalog includes topics in:

• Civics
• Geography
• U.S. history
• World history
• Ancient history
• Modern history
• Economics
• Culture
• Government
• Archaeology
• Biographies
• State and regional history

Our books help students develop questions, examine facts, compare information, and communicate what they have learned. Many titles encourage students to think about how people, places, governments, cultures, and historical events connect to one another.

This supports the main goals of the C3 Framework, including inquiry, disciplinary thinking, evidence use, and informed discussion.

Next Generation Science Standards

Our science titles support major science learning areas across PreK to Grade 12.

Our science catalog includes:

• Life science
• Earth science
• Space science
• Physical science
• Natural science
• Environmental science
• Technology
• Engineering
• STEM topics
• Science biographies

Our books help students observe patterns, understand cause and effect, compare systems, examine scientific ideas, and learn how science applies to everyday life.

Topics may include animals, plants, ecosystems, weather, landforms, matter, energy, forces, space, Earth systems, scientific discoveries, and famous scientists.

We aim to make science easier to understand by using clear explanations, strong visuals, real-world examples, and age-appropriate vocabulary.

State-Specific Curriculum Support

We understand that many schools need books that go beyond broad national standards. State standards often include topics tied to local history, state government, geography, natural resources, major industries, regional culture, and state-specific events.

We review curriculum standards from many U.S. states, including:

• Texas
• South Dakota
• California
• Georgia
• Florida
• Alabama

and other state education programs

This helps us identify learning gaps and publish books that meet specific state needs. For example, a Texas social studies curriculum may require students to learn about Texas history, state leaders, major events, geography, natural resources, and civic responsibilities. Other states may require books on state symbols, regional Native American history, local ecosystems, state government, or important historical movements.

By studying these requirements, Speedy Publishing can create titles that help schools and libraries build stronger curriculum-supporting collections.

Math, Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies Coverage

Speedy Publishing supports the major subject areas used across schools and libraries.

Math titles may support number sense, problem solving, measurement, shapes, patterns, data, and basic mathematical thinking.

Language Arts titles may support reading comprehension, vocabulary, writing skills, grammar, phonics, nonfiction text features, and early literacy.

Science titles may support life science, physical science, Earth and space science, environmental science, STEM, and scientific thinking.

Social Studies titles may support history, geography, civics, economics, culture, government, biographies, and state-specific learning.

Our goal is to create books that educators can use for classroom lessons, library collections, research projects, supplemental reading, and independent learning.

Features That Support Student Learning

Our books often include nonfiction features that help students read with purpose and understand what they are learning.

These may include:

• Clear chapter titles
• Table of contents
• Glossaries
• Captions
• Labeled images
• Maps and diagrams when appropriate
• Short sections
• Key facts
• Real-world examples
• Review-style learning support
• Age-appropriate vocabulary

These features help students move through a topic step by step. They also support teachers and librarians who need books that are easy to place into lessons, displays, research units, and reading programs.

Visual Learning and Text Support

Images play an important role in children’s nonfiction. Speedy Publishing uses photographs, illustrations, maps, diagrams, and labeled visuals to support understanding.

Our images are selected to strengthen the text, not distract from it. Captions and labels help students connect what they see with what they read. This supports visual literacy and helps students understand new ideas more clearly.

For younger readers, this connection between picture and text is especially important. It helps them build background knowledge while improving reading confidence.

Helping Educators and Librarians Build Better Collections

We create books for schools, libraries, parents, and readers who need reliable educational content. Our standards-based approach helps educators and librarians choose titles that match student needs, classroom topics, and grade-level expectations.

Whether a school needs books for science, social studies, state history, STEM, early learning, or independent reading, Speedy Publishing offers a broad catalog of print and digital titles that support learning across grade levels.

Our Commitment

Speedy remains committed to publishing books that are useful, readable, affordable, and relevant to today’s classrooms and libraries.

We create educational content that supports national standards, state curriculum requirements, Lexile-based reading goals, and age-appropriate learning. Our purpose is to help students read with confidence, understand important topics, and build knowledge that supports long-term academic success.