To understand standards alignment in the context of curriculum and assessment, it is important to understand what standards are, what curriculum consists of, what assessments are, and what alignment means in the context of curriculum and assessment. Standards indicate what students should know and be able to do within a particular content area, while curriculum shapes how students will gain the knowledge, skills, and abilities as described in the standards. Assessments can be used to gather evidence related to student learning. Assessments may include summative, benchmark, or interim tests, or may involve more informal methods of data collection through a formative assessment process. This update reviews two states, Louisiana and Oregon, and what they have done to align their curriculum and assessment programs respectively.