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Standards and Model Curriculum Supporting Materials

The documents and aids below provide almost everything educators need to understand and implement Ohio's New Learning Standards in English language arts. Learn about the global context in which the standards were developed, compare them with Ohio's 2001 English language arts standards, and see how they are sucessfully implemented in the classroom.

• First Lens of International Benchmarking Report (DRAFT) (PDF)
• May 2010 Presentation to the Ohio State Board of Education (PPT)
• Comparison of Ohio's K-12 Academic Content Standards (2002) with the Common Core State Standards (Website)
• Bringing Common Core to Life (Website)
• Bringing Common Core to Life Handout (PDF)
• Publishers Criteria (PDF)
• Ohio's New Learning Standards: K-12 English Language Arts (PPT)
• How Will the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts Change My Teaching?
• The Hunt Institute and CCSSO Common Core Implementation Video Series (Videos)
• PARCC Model Content Framework (Website)
• Publisher's Criteria K-2 (April 2012) (Website)
• Publisher's Criteria 3-12 (April 2012) (Website)
• Achieve the Core (Website)
• America Achieves (Website)

The ELA Eye of Integration is a high school example of teaching ELA while supporting environmental literacy through multiple lenses.  It also highlights essential Universal Skills that prepare students for careers and college.

• ELA Eye of Integration Example (PDF)

Implementation Tools

• Alignment Toolkit Phase 2:  Revision of District Curriculum (NEW)
  These tools create a framework from the standards and model curriculum for planning units around big ideas/concepts, sequencing units to the school year, intradisciplinary and interdisciplinary connections, diverse learner considerations, technology integration, assessment practices (formative, summative and performance-based) and resources.
• Instructions for using the Alignment Toolkit Phase Two: Revision of District Curriculum
  This is a link to a brief instruction video that will help guide users through the transitioning and implementation steps.
  English Language Arts - Revision of District Curriculum
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFrNoohluLo

ODE Contact

Elizabeth Bridges
English Language Arts Consultant
(614) 387-2211
elizabeth.bridges@education.ohio.gov

Shantelle Hill
English Language Arts Consultant
(614) 752-5070
shantelle.hill@education.ohio.gov