English Language Arts (ELA) & Literacy Archive

English Language Arts Core Curriculum (2005)

This English Language Arts Core Curriculum (2005) is a standards-based document that provides an additional level of specificity to the learning standards for English language arts adopted by the New York State Board of Regents in 1996. It respects the tradition of local choice in New York State that empowers educators to select texts, identify products, and use a rich array of instructional strategies and activities to meet student learning needs.

• 2005 Core 

Learning Standards for English Language Arts (1996)

• Standards  
• Student Work  
• HTML Version

NYS Office of Curriculum & Instruction curriculum materials aligned to the 1996 ELA Standards

• The Preliminary Draft Framework  
• The Early Literacy Profile 
• The English Language Arts Resource Guide with Core Curriculum (1998)