Tia now teaches to Pennsylvania's own math and science standards

Pennsylvania students in Grades 5 through 12 can now use Tia for personalized math and science tutoring aligned to their state's own standards. The alignment is live for students attending school who want extra support and for students learning at home. Parent progress reports name the Pennsylvania standards and show the exact codes a student worked on.

Why this matters to Pennsylvania families

A Grade 6 student struggling with ratios needs more than a generic math topic label. A Grade 8 student studying energy, or a high school student studying environmental systems, also benefits when extra help connects to the Pennsylvania science standards their teacher uses. Parents need a way to see what that help covered.

Tia adapts its explanations and pace to the student's understanding. The destination stays tied to the relevant Pennsylvania standard. That makes the support useful alongside school lessons, while giving families who teach at home a named reference for the work.

Tia is a Pennsylvania math and science tutor that adapts the teaching to the student while keeping the Department of Education's standards visible in the progress report. A parent sees the particular code worked on, not only that a math or science session took place.

Pennsylvania Core Math and STEELS Science are live in Tia

Pennsylvania's standards downloads provide the state's standards documents. Tia's Mathematics alignment at every grade from 5 through 12 follows the Pennsylvania Core Standards for Mathematics. Its Science alignment for those grades follows Pennsylvania's Science, Technology and Engineering, and Environmental Literacy and Sustainability standards, known as STEELS. Both are published by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

The alignment carries 1,129 standards across Grades 5 to 12: 295 in Mathematics, including Pennsylvania's Standards for Mathematical Practice, and 834 in Science. Each is carried in the Department's wording and codes and was checked word for word against the published standards before going live. These are standards, not a count of lessons or of students' completed work.

Subject	Pennsylvania standards built into Tia	Number of standards
Mathematics, Grades 5 to 12	Pennsylvania Core Standards for Mathematics, including Standards for Mathematical Practice	295
Science, Grades 5 to 12	STEELS	834
Both subjects	Combined Pennsylvania alignment	1,129

A code makes a standard traceable. For example, CC.2.1.6.E.1 is a Pennsylvania Core Mathematics code and 3.2.6-8.A is an example of the science coding. The parent report lists the codes connected to the student's actual work, in terms a Pennsylvania teacher would recognize.

What changed when Pennsylvania adopted STEELS

Pennsylvania adopted the STEELS standards as its science standards. The Department's science standards page explains that the State Board adopted the standards in January 2022 and that they were fully integrated into classroom instruction by the 2025-26 school year.

That is why Pennsylvania science is more precise than a broad national science sequence in this announcement. The new Tia alignment follows Pennsylvania's published STEELS wording and codes. For a family reviewing an energy topic in Grade 8 or environmental systems in high school, the relevant state standard gives the tutoring a clear reference point.

The Pennsylvania Core Mathematics alignment sits beside it. A Grade 6 student studying ratios can approach the concept through another explanation while the work remains connected to Pennsylvania's math expectations. Tia is not asking the student to follow a separate, generic sequence just to get extra help.

The standards identify what the student works toward; the personalized teaching determines how to explain it. A student who needs a slower pace can revisit an idea, while a student ready to move forward can work with the next relevant concept. The parent can then check which state standard was worked on.

How a math or science session connects to a standard

Consider a student in Grade 6 working on ratios. The parent may know the topic but not which mathematical expectation the lesson addresses. Tia's Pennsylvania Core Mathematics alignment keeps the work tied to the Department's standard, and the progress report identifies its code.

For a Grade 8 student working on energy, the lesson sits within Pennsylvania's STEELS Science alignment. Tia can pitch an explanation to the student's current understanding and then record the standard connected to that work. The code gives the family a precise point to compare with school material or the published state document.

A high school student studying environmental systems works within the same Pennsylvania-specific science framework at the appropriate level. The approach does not turn every student's lesson into the same script. The explanation can change, but the state curriculum reference remains visible.

These examples describe how alignment helps, not a guarantee that one session will complete a standard. A report identifies what was worked on. A parent can use that information to decide what to revisit and what to discuss with a teacher or tutor next.

For a closer look at how an explanation can change within a curriculum, read how adaptive tutoring changes a lesson.

Why the exact Pennsylvania code matters

A label such as ratios or energy can describe a large area of study. A Pennsylvania standard code points to a particular expectation in the Department's documents. That matters when a parent wants to compare extra practice with what is being taught in class.

It also helps keep a useful history of learning. Every Tia progress report names the Pennsylvania standards and lists the specific standards the student worked on, by code. Parents can review the record without guessing which Pennsylvania topic was behind a completed session.

The report uses the Department's wording and codes. A teacher can recognize the terms without a family translating between two unrelated sets of labels. Parents can look up a code in the state's standards downloads and have a more specific conversation about the work.

The 1,129 figure describes the full Grades 5 to 12 Mathematics and Science alignment, not what one student will work on. One student's report lists the specific standards relevant to that student's sessions. This distinction is important for a family deciding what support is needed next.

For another view of useful parent records, see what parents should see in a tutoring dashboard.

Extra support for students attending school

A school student may want another explanation after class, more practice with a current topic or a way back into an earlier idea. Tia's Pennsylvania math and science alignment lets that practice follow the state's own standards from Grade 5 through Grade 12.

A parent of a Grade 6 student can see the math standard behind the work rather than only the time spent practicing. A parent of a Grade 8 student can see which STEELS science standard was addressed. At high school, the same reporting gives families a direct reference for the work in science or math.

This is extra support, not a replacement for the school's teaching or assessment. The value of state-specific alignment is that the student can receive a different explanation without leaving the Pennsylvania curriculum behind. Parents remain able to see what was worked on and ask a more focused question about what comes next.

Reports can support a Pennsylvania home-education portfolio

Pennsylvania home education programs file an annual affidavit or unsworn declaration with the school district, keep a portfolio, and have the student's work reviewed by a qualified evaluator. The Pennsylvania Department of Education's home-education guidance describes the filing and annual evaluation process. Families should confirm the requirements and local procedures with their school district.

A Tia progress report can be one supporting record in a family's portfolio. It names the Pennsylvania standards and lists the specific math or science codes a student worked on. That gives a parent a way to find the corresponding work when assembling materials for review.

A Tia report does not, by itself, satisfy an affidavit, portfolio or evaluator requirement. The family remains responsible for its wider program, required records and submissions. The report's role is to make work done in Tia traceable to the Department's standards.

This use for home education is one part of the launch, not the whole frame. Families with students in school get the same Pennsylvania-specific lessons and clear records for extra support.

Pennsylvania joins other state-specific alignments

Pennsylvania joins Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Virginia, South Carolina, Florida and New York as US states with their own standards built into Tia. The Pennsylvania release covers Mathematics and Science for every grade from 5 through 12, with 295 Pennsylvania Core Mathematics standards and 834 STEELS Science standards.

The states have their own terms and standards documents. Tia keeps Pennsylvania's wording and codes in its alignment and progress reports, so parents can see which authority the work follows. Teaching adapts to the student; the curriculum reference stays precise.

FAQ

One last thing

A broad subject label tells a parent very little. A Pennsylvania standard code shows the expectation behind the work. With the state's own Mathematics and STEELS Science standards built into Tia, the student can learn through an explanation that fits them, while the parent sees the specific state reference afterward.

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