Cass School District #63 Curriculum
The five English language proficiency (ELP) standards are identical for the classroom and large scale state assessment frameworks. They reflect the social and academic dimensions of acquiring a second language that are expected of English language learners in grade levels K-12 attending schools in the United States. Each English language proficiency standard addresses a specific context for language acquisition (social and instructional settings as well as language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies) and is divided into four grade level clusters: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12.
The language proficiency standards center on the language needed and used by English language learners to succeed in school. The English language proficiency standards in the content area of mathematics over the four domains (listening, reading, speaking and writing) are: