English Language Arts Grades 6-12 Update to the Board of Education October 8, 2024
Understanding what’s important to others and how to share what’s important to me...
Understanding what’s important to others and how to share what’s important to me...
Open exchange of ideas builds trust and confidence...
Voice
Tonight, we will explore the secondary English program that guides our students as they work to find their voices.
New York State Next Generation
English Language Arts Learning Standards ●
Learning Standards ○ ○ ○
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Lifelong Practices of Readers and Writers ○
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define what a student should know and be able to do 28 Anchor Standards in 4 Strands (Reading, Writing, Listening & Speaking, and Language) Grade-level and grade-band standards describe specific end-of-year expectations. used with the grade-level learning standards and part of classroom instruction
Range of Student Reading Experiences ○
clarify the reading and text complexity expectations for each grade level
Updated English Regents Exam, June 2026 Last spring, Schroeder English teacher Linda Law, along with 20+ state teachers, met with NYSED OSA associates to provide feedback on proposed blueprints for the NextGen ELA Regents exam. ● ●
Format will remain the same with only small tweaks. The exam will not be digital; it will still be pen and paper.
Regents Results 2024
WNYRIC Dataview Portal
ELA Regents Results 2016 - 2024 (June)
WNYRIC Dataview Portal
Middle School ELA ● ● ●
Bias toward fiction and writing standards ELA skills class at grade 8 Writing lab, in its second year
Literacy ●
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Literacy course ○ Bias toward non-fiction and reading standards Range of remedial reading options, grades 6-8
High School Literacy ●
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Third year with full-time position at each building Greater access for students and colleagues Wider range of services
English
Welcome to… ● ● ● ●
Kate Randisi, Willink Middle School Meredith Kulik, Willink Middle School Danni Bemis, Schroeder High School Eileen Connelly, Schroeder High School
Looking Ahead ● Review the secondary ELA program through the lens of the science of reading ● Build more student experiences in listening and speaking ● Continue our commitment to diversify the stories we share