Below is a quick guide to other changes in the reading and writing standards: Area Summary of Changes 1995 Colorado Model Content 2010 Colorado Academic Standards Standards Number of Six standards Four standards standards Names of Standard 1 Standard 1 standards Students read and understand a Oral Expression and Listening variety of materials. Standard 2 Standard 2 Reading for All Purposes Students write and speak for a variety of purposes and audiences. Standard 3 Writing and Composition Standard 3 Students write and speak using Standard 4 conventional grammar, usage, Research and Reasoning sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling. The Common Core State Standards for English Language Standard 4 Arts & Literacy in History/Social Students apply thinking skills to Studies, Science and Technical their reading, writing, speaking, Subjects include a separate listening, and viewing. standard for Language. In this document, those Language Standard 5 expectations are integrated into Students read to locate, select, and the four standards above as make use of relevant information appropriate. from a variety of media, reference, and technological resources. Standard 6 Students read and recognize literature as a record of human experience. Integration of 21st Not deliberately addressed in 21st century skills and century skills and original document. postsecondary workforce postsecondary readiness skills were workforce embedded throughout the readiness evidence outcomes of P-12 competencies and in the prepared graduate expectations. P-2 Standards articulated for grade Pre-K included. band beginning with Grade level expectations kindergarten. articulated for each Benchmarks articulated by grade elementary grade. band of K-4 with most geared to Clear expectations upper grades. articulated for grades P-2. Number of grade Average of six benchmarks per Average of 11 grade level level expectations grade level span. expectations per grade level. Reading, Writing, and Communicating Subcommittee Members
Below is a quick guide to other changes in the reading and writing standards: Area Summary of Changes 1995 Colorado Model Content Standards 2010 Colorado Academic Standards Number of standards Six standards Four standards Names of standards Standard 1 Students read and understand a variety of materials. Standard 2 Students write and speak for a variety of purposes and audiences. Standard 3 Students write and speak using conventional grammar, usage, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling. Standard 4 Students apply thinking skills to their reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing. Standard 5 Students read to locate, select, and make use of relevant information from a variety of media, reference, and technological resources. Standard 6 Students read and recognize literature as a record of human experience. Standard 1 Oral Expression and Listening Standard 2 Reading for All Purposes Standard 3 Writing and Composition Standard 4 Research and Reasoning The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects include a separate standard for Language. In this document, those Language expectations are integrated into the four standards above as appropriate. Integration of 21st century skills and postsecondary workforce readiness competencies Not deliberately addressed in original document. 21st century skills and postsecondary workforce readiness skills were embedded throughout the evidence outcomes of P-12 and in the prepared graduate expectations. P-2 Standards articulated for grade band beginning with kindergarten. Benchmarks articulated by grade band of K-4 with most geared to upper grades. Pre-K included. Grade level expectations articulated for each elementary grade. Clear expectations articulated for grades P-2. Number of grade level expectations Average of six benchmarks per grade level span. Average of 11 grade level expectations per grade level. Reading, Writing, and Communicating Subcommittee Members
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