Description

The ELD standards are designed to assist classroom teachers in assessing the progress of English learners toward attaining full fluency in English. The strategies used to help students attain proficiency in English differ according to the age at which a student begins learning English; therefore, the standards include outcomes for students who begin learning English in kindergarten through grade two, grades three through five, grades six through eight, and grades nine through twelve. The standards in those grade ranges were developed to help teachers move English learners to full fluency in English and to proficiency in the English– language arts standards.