Standards
The NYS ESL Learning Standards for Commencement Grades 9-12 are available in their entirety.
Standard 1: Students will listen, speak, read and write in English for information and understanding.
Performance Indicator 1: Identify and use listening and reading strategies to make text comprehensible and meaningful.
Standard 2: Students will listen, speak, read and write in English for literary response, enjoyment, and expression.
Performance Indicator 2: Apply listening and reading strategies to make text comprehensible and meaningful.
Standard 3: Students will listen, speak, read and write in English for critical analysis and evaluation.
Performance Indicator 7: Engage in collaborative activities through a varieties of groupings to discuss, share, develop, reflect on and express, and to interpret opinions and evaluations about a variety of experiences, ideas and information.
Standard 4: Students will listen, speak, read and write in English for classroom and social interaction.
Performance Indicator 8: Negotiate and manage interactions to accomplish social and classroom tasks.