English Language Arts Guidance
Resources for implementing and improving English Language Arts instruction, including content standards, frameworks, curriculum guides, and digital materials.
Resources covering the following topics are listed in the tabbed sections below. The sponsors and supporters of high-quality resources from outside the California Department of Education are provided at the end of the citations.
- California State Standards
California Department of Education (CDE) Web pages that focus on ELA and Literacy (ELA/Literacy) content standards and related standards. - CDE Resources and Policies
CDE Web pages feature resources on the 2014 English Language Arts/English Language Development Framework (ELA/ELD Framework), curriculum guides, instructional materials for implementing standards for all students, and policy information. - Instructional Guidance and Resources
Web-based resources created by notable, national contributors for teachers and families striving to improve students’ ELA/Literacy learning are presented. - Digital Literacy
Curated Web sites with instructional materials and guidance from teachers and other experts on incorporating and improving literacy with digital resources are highlighted. - Social Networking
Approaches and resources for professional learning, lesson sharing, instructional strategies, assessment approaches, and communications with families are featured.
- State Standards
- CDE Resources and Policies
- Instructional Resources
- Digital Literacy
- Social Networking
State Standards
California Department of Education (CDE) Web pages that focus on ELA and Literacy (ELA/Literacy) content standards and related standards.
California Common Core State Standards: English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (PDF), Adopted August 2010
The California Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (CA Standards for ELA/Literacy) are the culmination of an extended, broad-based effort to create the next generation of standards from kindergarten through grade 12 to help ensure all students are literate at college and career ready levels no later than the end of high school. They are based on the national Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
California Common Core State Standards: English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (PDF), Adopted August 2010
The California Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (CA Standards for ELA/Literacy) are the culmination of an extended, broad-based effort to create the next generation of standards from kindergarten through grade 12 to help ensure all students are literate at college and career ready levels no later than the end of high school. They are based on the national Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
California English Language Development Standards
The California English Language Development Standards (CA ELD Standards) help guide curriculum, instruction, and assessment to ensure English learners develop the English language skills needed to engage successfully with the CA Standards for ELA/Literacy.
The California English Language Development Standards (CA ELD Standards) help guide curriculum, instruction, and assessment to ensure English learners develop the English language skills needed to engage successfully with the CA Standards for ELA/Literacy.
Quality Professional Learning Standards
The Quality Professional Learning Standards identify characteristics of professional learning that are most likely to support educators in building individual and collective capacity to meet professional, school, and student performance expectations.
The Quality Professional Learning Standards identify characteristics of professional learning that are most likely to support educators in building individual and collective capacity to meet professional, school, and student performance expectations.
Model School Library Standards for California Public Schools
The School Library Standards support students’ learning to access, evaluate, use, and integrate information and ideas found in print, media, and digital resources, enabling students to function in a knowledge-based economy and technologically-oriented society.
The School Library Standards support students’ learning to access, evaluate, use, and integrate information and ideas found in print, media, and digital resources, enabling students to function in a knowledge-based economy and technologically-oriented society.
Spanish Translation of the California Common Core State Standards: English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Translated document describing what students need to know and be able to do in CCSS for ELA/Literacy, as well as providing support for a shared educational goal, literacy in Spanish.
Translated document describing what students need to know and be able to do in CCSS for ELA/Literacy, as well as providing support for a shared educational goal, literacy in Spanish.
Questions: Phyllis Hallam | PHallam@cde.ca.gov | 916-323-4630
Last Reviewed: Friday, December 18, 2015
