PreK-12 English Language Proficiency Standards

PreK-12 English Language Proficiency Standards

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Using TESOL's 1997 landmark publication, ESL Standards for Pre-K-12 as a building block, the new 2006 PreK-12 English Language Proficiency Standards expands the scope and breadth of ESL content standards:<br><br> Connects language to the specific core curriculum content areas of English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies.<br> Values students' native languages and cultures as the foundation for developing academic language proficiency.<br> Acknowledges the social and intercultural aspects of language development.<br> Provides an organizational structure that is synchronized with U.S. federal legislation.<br><br>The volume is subtitled "An Augmentation of the WIDA English Language Proficiency Standards." World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment Consortium (WIDA) is a consortium of nine states, formed in 2002 with federal monies, to develop comprehensive English language proficiency standards.<br><br>This new volume provides extensive matrices elucidating sample performance indicators, organized by the five standards (targeting language in social/intercultural interactions, language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies) and grade-level cluster (PreK-K, 1-3, 4-5, 6-8, and 9-12). The matrices are formed by the interaction of the five language proficiency levels (starting, emerging, developing, expanding, and bridging) with each language domain (listening, speaking, reading, writing).