English Language Arts Learning Standards under revision at this time?
Chapter 57 of the Laws of 2007 asked the State Education Department to establish a timeline and process to review and evaluate the New York State Learning Standards which were approved in 1996, beginning with English language arts. Over the past two years, the Standards Review Initiative English Language Arts Panel has reviewed and completed revisions to the ELA Standards under the direction of Regent Saul Cohen. The revised ELA learning standards were presented to the Board of Regents at its December 2009 meeting. Additionally, over the past year, New York State was involved in the National Governor’s Association www.nga.org /Council of Chief State School Officers www.ccsso.org Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI) www.corestandards.org . On July 19th, 2010, the Board of Regents adopted the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in Social Studies/History, Science, and Technical Subjects. Over the summer, NYS will convene a group of practitioners who
