English Language Development Standards

1 California English Language Development Standards (Electronic Edition). Kindergarten Through Grade 12. Adopted by the California State Board of Education November 2012. California English Language Development Standards Kindergarten Through Grade 12. Adopted by the California State Board of Education November 2012. Publishing Information The California English Language Development Standards : Kindergarten Through Ordering Information Grade 12 was developed by English Learner Support Division, California Copies of this publication are available for purchase from the California Department of Education. This publication was edited by Faye Ong and John Department of Education.

2 For prices and ordering information, please visit the McLean, working in cooperation with Gustavo Gonzalez, Education Programs Department Web site at or call the CDE Press Consultant, English Learner Support Division. It was designed and prepared for Sales Offce at 1-800-995-4099. printing by the staff of CDE Press, with the cover and interior designed by uyet Truong. It was published by the Department of Education, 1430 N Street, Sacramento, CA 95814-5901. It was distributed under the provisions of the Notice Library Distribution Act and Government Code Section 11096. The guidance in California English Language Development Standards : Kindergarten Through Grade 12 is not binding on local educational agencies 2014 by the California Department of Education or other entities.

3 Except for the statutes, regulations, and court decisions that All rights reserved are referenced herein, the document is exemplary, and compliance with it is not mandatory. (See Education Code Section ). ISBN 978-0-8011-1738-1. Reproduction of this document for resale, in whole or in part, is not authorized. ii | Publishing Information Contents A Message from the State Board of Education and Chapter 3. The Standards : Kindergarten Through Grade 25. the State Superintendent of Public Instruction .. v Kindergarten .. 26. Acknowledgments .. vi Grade 36. Grade 46. The English Language Development Profciency Level Descriptors and Grade 56.

4 Standards ..5 Grade 66. Chapter 1. Purposes, Development , and Structure of the California English Grade 76. Language Development 7. Grade 86. Defnition of the Standards .. 8. Grade 98. Purposes and Intended Users .. 8. Grade 110. California's English Learner 8. Grades 9 10 .. 122. Goals of the California English Language Development Standards .. 9 Grades 11 134. Unintended and Inappropriate Uses of the Standards .. 10 Professional Learning for Successful Implementation of the California Rationale for Three Profciency 11 English Language Development Chapter 4. Theoretical Foundations and the Research Base of the California Legislation and Process for Development and Validation.

5 12 English Language Development 147. Organization of the Standards .. 13 Interacting in Meaningful and Intellectually Challenging 148. 16 149. Chapter 2. Profciency Level Descriptors for the California English Language Developing Academic English .. 151. Development 17 The Importance of Vocabulary .. 151. Organization of the Profciency Level 18 The Importance of Grammatical and Discourse-Level Profciency Level 20 151. Contents | iii Other Relevant Guidance Documents 153 Chapter 6. Foundational Literacy Skills for English Learners .. 177. Conclusion .. 153 Research Summary and Implications for English Learners.

6 178. 153 Alignment Charts for Foundational Literacy Skills in English Language Development and the CA CCSS for ELA/Literacy .. 179. Chapter 5. Learning About How English Works .. 159 Elementary Level: Grades 1 181. Correspondence of the Language Demands in the CA CCSS for Secondary Level: Grades 6 187. ELA/Literacy to the CA ELD Standards .. 161. 189. Supporting English Learners to Develop Academic English .. 164. Organization of Part 172 Glossary of Key Terms .. 190. Use of the CA ELD Standards .. 175. iv | Contents A Message from the State Board of Education and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction In California, home to more than one million English learner students, English Now all of us teachers, administrators, librarians, parents, students, edu- Language Development has always been a top priority.

7 Last year's adoption of cators, and other stakeholders must implement these Standards for English the California English Language Development Standards (CA ELD Standards ) learner students. We look forward to working together with you to ensure that maintains California's commitment to providing English learner students with a all our English learner students meet the goals embodied in these Standards . high-quality program that will enable them to attain profciency in English The potential is endless. developing the skills and confdence in listening, speaking, reading, and writing that are at the core of achievement inside and outside the classroom.

8 These CA ELD Standards are unique in that they correspond with the rigorous California Common Core State Standards : English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects. The CA ELD MICHAEL W. KIRST, President California State Board of Education Standards defne the progression of Language acquisition through three stages of profciency and recognize that the student's native Language plays an important role in learning English . Teachers can use the CA ELD Standards document as a tool to inform their practice, making clear relationships between the English Language and the student's other Language (s).

9 TOM TORLAKSON. State Superintendent of Public Instruction This document was a collaborative effort between the California Department of Education and the California Comprehensive Assistance Center at WestEd, with counsel and input provided by experts, researchers, educators, and key stake- holder groups with expertise and a passion for educating English learners. We appreciate their comprehensive and exhaustive work to provide our students with the very best thinking and the most current practices. A Message | v Acknowledgments Assembly Bill 124, signed into law on October 8, 2011, required the State Michele Anberg-Espinosa, Education Programs Consultant Superintendent of Public Instruction (SSPI), in consultation with the State Deborah Busch, Education Programs Consultant Board of Education (SBE), to update, revise, and align the state's current Lilia Sanchez, Bilingual/Migrant Education Consultant English Language Development (ELD) Standards by grade level with the state's English Language arts (ELA) Standards by November 2012.

10 James Shields, Education Programs Consultant Sandra Covarrubias, Education Programs Consultant The Development of the ELD Standards was made possible under the leadership Gustavo Gonzalez, Education Programs Consultant and direction of Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction;. Richard Zeiger, Chief Deputy Superintendent; and Lupita Cortez Alcal , Deputy Will Lee, Associate Governmental Program Analyst Superintendent of the Instruction and Learning Support Branch at the California Barbara Garcia, Offce Technician Department of Education (CDE). Karen Cadiero-Kaplan, Director of the CDE's Juan Marmolejo, Offce Assistant English Learner Support Division, led the internal efforts in collaboration with leadership and staff across four CDE divisions and the State Board of Education.