CDE - Content Standards

The California ELD Standards are available in English and Spanish: scroll down the CDE page to download PDF versions.

English Language Development state-approved standards are the onramp to the English Language Arts standards. As English learners progress from beginning to higher proficiency levels, they acquire the concepts and skills to be able to access the state's rigorous ELA standards. Many ELD standards at the early advanced and advanced levels contain working similar to or exactly the same as ELA standards, reflecting this very goal. The intent is for English learners to progress through the ELD levels to acquire the necessary English language skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking to function proficiently at grade levels.

Supplementary Resource:

Map of Standards for English Learners

The Map of Standards for English Learners: Integrating Instruction and Assessment of English Language Development and English Language Arts Standards, developed by WestEd, is a standards-based tool for classrooms with mixed English ability students. It pairs the California English Language Development (ELD) standards and the state's English Language Arts standards. Administrators and teachers can readily see the match of these two related sets of standards within a grade span.

Related link:

WestEd

Reference: The Map of Standards for English Learners: Integrating Instruction and Assessment of English Language Development and English Language Arts Standards, 4th edition, by John Carr and Rachel Lagunoff. Copyright 2003 by WestEd. All rights reserved.