Curriculum Related

Taoyuan American School offers an American-based curriculum aligned with the common core content standards established by the California state board of education for students in grades 1 through 12 with foreign passports.

IOWA Testing. We offer IOWA testing for Grades 3-8. High school students will focus on the PSAT, TOEFL, ACT and SAT tests through our College Preparation Program. The IOWA test is given at the end of April each year.

We perform student AP interest surveys each year to help determine what AP courses to offer our students. This year, TYAS offers 5 AP courses to include - AP Calculus AB, AP World History, AP Computer. AP Chinese, AP Studio Art. We will offer different courses next year.

Online resources include:

Raz-Kids: https://www.raz-kids.com/

Brainpop: https://www.brainpop.com/

IXL: https://www.ixl.com/