English-language Development Standards for California Public Schools: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve

This is a "Summary of the English-language development (ELD) standards for each domain (listening and speaking, reading, and writing). The summary is designed to give an overview of what students must know and be able to do as they move toward full fluency in English. The levels through which English lerners progress are identified as beginning, intermediate, and advanced. For each ELD standard the summary indicates the English-language arts substrand associated with it." [Excerpt taken from the "Executive Summary.}