The Pennsylvania Academic Standards for Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening provide a guide for teachers to use in the planning of instruction, assessments, and learning benchmarks. These standards cover the 4 key areas of English, Composition, and Literature and specify the skills and knowledge that students are expected to be proficient in by the end of each grade in school.

 

Click the URL below to open the Pennsylvania Department of Education website to learn more about the Academic Standards. 

http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/state_academic_standards/19721 

The national Common Core Standards are in the process of being adopted in Pennsylvania. There is much crossover between the PA Academic Standards and the CCS-ELA with the addition of a Language section covering grammar, syntax, and writing conventions. The CCS provide teachers with a list of the skills and knowledge swhich tudents are expected to master at each grade level and also support educators with resources and exemplars of quality content and student work.

 

Click the link below to go to the PDE website for more information about the CCS.

 

To view a PDF of the CCS, download the file below.

The National Educational Technology Society offers educators a list of technology skills and knowledge in which students should be proficient in order to be prepared for the 21st century. There are also technology standards for teachers that emphasize skills and knowledge teachers should have to better instruct the students.

 

To read more about the society and their standards, click the link below.  

http://www.iste.org/standards.aspx