Foundational Technology Skills and the CSDF Standards

published by Mike Neumire on 1/28/2026

New York State's Computer Science and Digital Fluency standards have been around for a few years now. Their implementation is mandated by the state, but they are not currently tied to any kind of assessment. This has made them easy to deprioritize, and therefore hard to adopt.  Have you seen the standards before? You can check them out here. The standards are broken into five concept areas, and each concept area has standards that are spread over grade bands from K-1 to 9-12. While it has been difficult to ask teachers to take up this responsibility, most teachers agree that all students need some foundational technology skills to help them successfully navigate the very digital learning landscape of modern education. They need to know how to keyboard, screenshot, make videos, organize documents, and troubleshoot common issues, among other important skills. Because these foundational technology skills feel a little more universal and easier to get behind, I've created a crosswalk between the CSDF standards and a scope and sequence of foundational technology skills, to make it easier to see how we're already meeting some standards, or how we could easily tweak one or two things to meet more standards.  

• CSDF Standards: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15G61uakm-RwozZt7u2ubqyV9nXPYZsEp/view?usp=sharing 

• Foundational Technology Skills Scope and Sequence: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RNFbjMpqe0KYH7taMVIbXahMwglpc6al/view?usp=sharing 

• Crosswalk: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VKGj2ykoAlIxSn7Hgk3WNmMMYWRVOU5qshuvecAUPXE/edit?usp=sharing