What Are Academic

Standards?
 The New York State Learning
Standards:
Number of Standards for Each
Each content area
has a different
number of
standards.

Health, physical Education English language Arts Mathematics, Science,

4 Standards and Technology
3 Standards
7 Standards

Languages Other Than Social Studies Career Development and

English Operational Studies
5 Standards
2 Standards 3 Standards

The Arts
4 Standards
 The New York State Learning
Standards
There are 3 levels.

     
     
ELEMENTARY INTERMEDIATE COMMENCEME
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ELEMENTARY INTERMEDIATE COMMENCEMENT

Primary School Middle School High School

Grades K-5 Grades 6-8 Grades 9-12

 ESL Standards

• Goal 1: To use English to communicate in

social settings.

• Standard 1: Students will use English to

participate in social interactions.

• Standard 2: Students will interact in, through,

and with spoken and written English for personal
expression and enjoyment.

• Standard 3: Students will use learning strategies

to extend their communicative competence.
 ESL Standards

• Goal 2: To use English to achieve

academically in all content areas.

• Standard 1: Students will use English to interact

in the classroom.

• Standard 2: Students will use English to obtain,

process, construct, and provide subject matter
information in spoken and written form.

• Standard 3: Students will use appropriate

learning strategies to construct and apply
academic knowledge.
 ESL Standards

• Goal 3: To use English in socially and

culturally appropriate ways.

• Standard 1: Students will use appropriate

language variety, register, and genre according
to audience, purpose, and setting.

• Standard 2: Students will use nonverbal

communication appropriate to audience,
purpose, and setting.

• Standard 3: Students will use appropriate

learning strategies to extend their sociolinguistic
and socio-cultural competence
Levels of Language Development
Considerations for assigning students to levels using percentile scores on an English Language measure.
Placement decisions should consider student age, maturity, native language proficiency, and grade level.
See: Snyder’s Placement Package.

1% 13% 20% 30%

Beginning

Intermediate

Advanced
16%

Transitional
23%

33% 40%