Browse Standards
View all PreK-12 NYS Learning Standards in a dropdown list format.
Standard Area - ARTS: NYS The Arts
Standard Area - ARTS: NYS The Arts
Standard Area - CDOS: NYS Career Development and Occupational Studies
Standard Area - CDOS: NYS Career Development and Occupational Studies
Standard Area - CSDF: NYS Computer Science and Digital Fluency
Standard Area - CSDF: NYS Computer Science and Digital Fluency
Standard Area - ELA: NYS Next Generation English Language Arts
Standard Area - ELA: NYS Next Generation English Language Arts
Standard Area - HPF: NYS Health, Physical Education, and Family and Consumer Sciences
Standard Area - HPF: NYS Health, Physical Education, and Family and Consumer Sciences
Standard Area - NY-MATH: NYS Next Generation Mathematics
Standard Area - NY-MATH: NYS Next Generation Mathematics
Standard Area - PE: NYS Physical Education
Standard Area - PE: NYS Physical Education
Standard Area - S: NYS Science
Standard Area - S: NYS Science
Standard Area - SEL: NYS Social Emotional Learning Benchmarks
Standard Area - SEL: NYS Social Emotional Learning Benchmarks
Standard Area - SS: NYS Social Studies Framework
Standard Area - SS: NYS Social Studies Framework
Standard Area - TECH: Learning Standards for Technology (see MST standards under Previous Standard Versions)
Standard Area - TECH: Learning Standards for Technology (see MST standards under Previous Standard Versions)
Standard Area - WL: World Languages
Standard Area - WL: World Languages
Standard Area - Previous Standards Versions
Standard Area - Previous Standards Versions
Standard Area - ARTS: The Arts (1996)
Standard Area - ARTS: The Arts (1996)
Standard Area - ELA: English Language Arts (NYS P-12 Common Core)
Standard Area - ELA: English Language Arts (NYS P-12 Common Core)
Standard Area - LOTE: NYS Languages Other Than English
Standard Area - LOTE: NYS Languages Other Than English
Standard Area - LHSS: Literacy in History/Social Studies (NYS 5-12 Common Core)
Standard Area - LHSS: Literacy in History/Social Studies (NYS 5-12 Common Core)
Standard Area - LSTS: Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects (NYS 6-12 Common Core)
Standard Area - LSTS: Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects (NYS 6-12 Common Core)
Standard Area - ELA: English Language Arts (2005)
Standard Area - ELA: English Language Arts (2005)
Standard Area - ESL: English as a Second Language
Standard Area - ESL: English as a Second Language
Academic Level - ESL.E: Elementary
Academic Level - ESL.E: Elementary
Academic Level - ESL.I: Intermediate
Academic Level - ESL.I: Intermediate
Grade Band - ESL.I.5-8: Grades 5 - 8
Grade Band - ESL.I.5-8: Grades 5 - 8
Standard - ESL.I.5-8.1: Students will listen, speak, read, and write in English for information and understanding.
Standard - ESL.I.5-8.1: Students will listen, speak, read, and write in English for information and understanding.
Standard - ESL.I.5-8.2: Students will listen, speak, read, and write in English for literary response, enjoyment, and expression.
Standard - ESL.I.5-8.2: Students will listen, speak, read, and write in English for literary response, enjoyment, and expression.
Key Idea - ESL.I.5-8.2.1: Students learning English as a second language will use English for self-expression, artistic creation, and participation in popular culture. They will develop and use skills and strategies appropriate to their level of English proficiency to listen to, read, and respond to oral, written, and electronically produced texts and performances, relate texts and performances to their own lives and other works, and develop an understanding of the diverse social, historical, and cultural dimensions the texts and performances represent.
Key Idea - ESL.I.5-8.2.1: Students learning English as a second language will use English for self-expression, artistic creation, and participation in popular culture. They will develop and use skills and strategies appropriate to their level of English proficiency to listen to, read, and respond to oral, written, and electronically produced texts and performances, relate texts and performances to their own lives and other works, and develop an understanding of the diverse social, historical, and cultural dimensions the texts and performances represent.
Performance Indicator - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.1: Students read, listen to, view, write about, and discuss texts and performances from a wide range of authors, subjects, and genres.
Performance Indicator - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.1: Students read, listen to, view, write about, and discuss texts and performances from a wide range of authors, subjects, and genres.
May Include - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.1.MI: Sources such as picture books, myths, fables, poems, stories, plays, novels, and other fiction and nonfiction texts in authentic and modified forms, including works of American popular culture.
May Include - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.1.MI: Sources such as picture books, myths, fables, poems, stories, plays, novels, and other fiction and nonfiction texts in authentic and modified forms, including works of American popular culture.
Performance Indicator - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.2: Students identify and use reading and listening strategies to make literary text comprehensible and meaningful.
Performance Indicator - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.2: Students identify and use reading and listening strategies to make literary text comprehensible and meaningful.
May Include - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.2.MI: Strategies such as skimming, scanning, previewing, reviewing, listening selectively, listening for a specific purpose, and listening for main ideas and details.
May Include - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.2.MI: Strategies such as skimming, scanning, previewing, reviewing, listening selectively, listening for a specific purpose, and listening for main ideas and details.
Performance Indicator - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.3: Students identify and explain the distinguishing features of the major genres, and use those features to aid comprehension, interpretation, and discussion of literature.
Performance Indicator - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.3: Students identify and explain the distinguishing features of the major genres, and use those features to aid comprehension, interpretation, and discussion of literature.
Performance Indicator - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.4: Students locate and identify selected literary elements and techniques in texts and relate those elements to those in other works and to students' own experiences.
Performance Indicator - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.4: Students locate and identify selected literary elements and techniques in texts and relate those elements to those in other works and to students' own experiences.
May Include - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.4.MI: Elements such as setting, character, plot, theme, point of view, repetition, characterization, imagery, foreshadowing, and climax.
May Include - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.4.MI: Elements such as setting, character, plot, theme, point of view, repetition, characterization, imagery, foreshadowing, and climax.
Performance Indicator - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.5: Students make predictions, inferences, and deductions, and describe different levels of meaning of literary works presented orally and in written form, including literal and implied meanings.
Performance Indicator - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.5: Students make predictions, inferences, and deductions, and describe different levels of meaning of literary works presented orally and in written form, including literal and implied meanings.
May Include - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.5.MI: Strategies such as summarizing and explaining; identifying word choice, point of view, and symbols.
May Include - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.5.MI: Strategies such as summarizing and explaining; identifying word choice, point of view, and symbols.
Performance Indicator - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.6: Students read aloud with confidence, accuracy, and fluency.
Performance Indicator - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.6: Students read aloud with confidence, accuracy, and fluency.
Performance Indicator - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.7: Students compose and present personal and formal responses to and interpretations of published literary works and the works of peers, referring to details and features of text.
Performance Indicator - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.7: Students compose and present personal and formal responses to and interpretations of published literary works and the works of peers, referring to details and features of text.
May Include - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.7.MI: Features such as characters, setting, plot, ideas, events, vocabulary, and text structures.
May Include - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.7.MI: Features such as characters, setting, plot, ideas, events, vocabulary, and text structures.
Performance Indicator - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.8: Students create stories, poems, songs, and plays, including those that reflect traditional and popular American culture, observing the conventions of the genre; create an effective voice, using a variety of writing styles appropriate to different audiences, purposes, and settings.
Performance Indicator - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.8: Students create stories, poems, songs, and plays, including those that reflect traditional and popular American culture, observing the conventions of the genre; create an effective voice, using a variety of writing styles appropriate to different audiences, purposes, and settings.
Performance Indicator - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.9: Students engage in collaborative activities through a variety of student groupings to create and respond to literature.
Performance Indicator - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.9: Students engage in collaborative activities through a variety of student groupings to create and respond to literature.
May Include - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.9.MI: Groupings such as small groups, cooperative learning groups, literature circles, and process writing groups.
May Include - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.9.MI: Groupings such as small groups, cooperative learning groups, literature circles, and process writing groups.
Performance Indicator - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.10: Students create, discuss, interpret, and respond to literary works, using appropriate and effective vocabulary, grammar, spelling, and punctuation in writing, and using appropriate vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation in speaking.
Performance Indicator - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.10: Students create, discuss, interpret, and respond to literary works, using appropriate and effective vocabulary, grammar, spelling, and punctuation in writing, and using appropriate vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation in speaking.
Performance Indicator - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.11: Students apply self-monitoring and self-correcting strategies while reading, viewing, discussing, listening to, or producing literary texts and essays.
Performance Indicator - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.11: Students apply self-monitoring and self-correcting strategies while reading, viewing, discussing, listening to, or producing literary texts and essays.
May Include - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.11.MI: Strategies such as asking questions, starting over, rephrasing, and exploring alternative ways of saying things.
May Include - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.11.MI: Strategies such as asking questions, starting over, rephrasing, and exploring alternative ways of saying things.
Performance Indicator - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.12: Students apply learning strategies to comprehend and make inferences about literature and produce literary responses.
Performance Indicator - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.12: Students apply learning strategies to comprehend and make inferences about literature and produce literary responses.
May Include - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.12.MI: Strategies such as asking questions, using prior knowledge, graphic organizers, context clues, planning, note taking, and exploring cognates and root words.
May Include - ESL.I.5-8.2.1.12.MI: Strategies such as asking questions, using prior knowledge, graphic organizers, context clues, planning, note taking, and exploring cognates and root words.
Standard - ESL.I.5-8.3: Students will listen, speak, read, and write in English for critical analysis and evaluation.
Standard - ESL.I.5-8.3: Students will listen, speak, read, and write in English for critical analysis and evaluation.
Standard - ESL.I.5-8.4: Students will listen, speak, read, and write in English for classroom and social interaction.
Standard - ESL.I.5-8.4: Students will listen, speak, read, and write in English for classroom and social interaction.
Standard - ESL.I.5-8.5: Students will demonstrate cross-cultural knowledge and understanding.
Standard - ESL.I.5-8.5: Students will demonstrate cross-cultural knowledge and understanding.
Academic Level - ESL.C: Commencement
Academic Level - ESL.C: Commencement
Standard Area - NLA: Native Language Arts
Standard Area - NLA: Native Language Arts
Standard Area - Math: Mathematics (NYS P-12 Common Core)
Standard Area - Math: Mathematics (NYS P-12 Common Core)
Standard Area - MST: Math, Science & Technology
Standard Area - MST: Math, Science & Technology
Standard Area - SS: Social Studies
Standard Area - SS: Social Studies
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