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This article briefly traces the history of the National Standards for Foreign Languages in the United States and then addresses who is using the standards. The Center for Applied Linguistics, which designed a survey to determine the effect of national and state standards on public and private foreign language teachers in grades K(indergarten) to 12, reports that approximately half of the surveyed teachers are aware of national or state standards. Finally, the issue of how states are developing foreign language standards is addressed by examining the curricula of Minnesota, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Recommendations follow as to how a state's curriculum can he aligned with the national standards.