The language standards expect students to learn the essential «rules» of the written and spoken English language.
Not exact matches
Research shows that five - year - old children who struggle with
language are six times less likely to reach the
expected standard in English at age 11 then children who have has good
language skills at five, and ten times less likely to achieve the
expected level in maths.
Importantly, the
standard creates a common
language for the whole education system and raises the bar in terms of what is
expected.
Students who are identified as English
language learners (ELLs) can participate in
language assistance programs to help ensure that they attain English proficiency and meet the same academic content and achievement
standards that all students are
expected to meet.
But given the talk here among
language - arts professionals, it's safe to
expect that the voluntary
standards will not be accepted quietly.
Don't
expect the national
standards being written for English -
language arts to look anything like the other subject - matter
standards that have come before them.
This focus on building knowledge of academic
language, content, and performance helps prepare English
language learners for non-sheltered classes, in which they will be
expected to achieve to high academic
standards alongside their English - speaking peers, a goal of NCLB.
Critical steps are
expected to be taken this week by the California State Board of Education in revising statewide testing, providing new textbooks aligned to the common core and updating curriculum
standards in English
language development.
The
standards, which so far have been adopted by 44 states and U.S. territories, will change what students are
expected to learn in each grade in math and
language arts.
Unprepared, I can only relate that when I opened up the package and saw my book, I was stunned; elated, on the one hand, because of the gorgeous cover — in which credit goes, as you know, to my wife Audrey — terrified, on the other hand, with the realization I now have to rev up to a significantly higher
standard if I
expect to go out into the world and inspire people with, in the words of John Adams, poetry «superior to all odes, hymns, and songs, in any
language.»
Larger publishers are
expected to use a
language called XML, usually in conjunction with a book industry metadata
standard called ONIX but most self - publishers and small presses are spared this.
With the Lollipop update for the Galaxy S4 GPe, you can
expect to see all the
standard Android 5.0 features, including the new Material Design UI, faster performance, lockscreen notifications, multi-user support, improved battery life, support for numerous new
languages, and restored access to external storage for third - party apps.
Industry -
standard languages such as C, C++, Ruby and Java are also
expected to be known.