Standards

Websites and Online Resources on Standards

Adult Education Content Standards Warehouse: http://www.adultedcontentstandards.ed.gov/default.asp
This site supports adult educators in their efforts to develop, align, and implement content standards in English language acquisition (ELA), mathematics, and reading.
Also note the Field Resources section of this website for additional resources.
New: Standards In Action- a guide supporting the implementation of content standards in adult education programs. Available at: http://www.adultedcontentstandards.ed.gov/standardsInAction.asp

CASAS Basic Skill Content Standards: https://www.casas.org/home/?fuseaction=home.showContent&MapID=1720

College- and Career-Readiness Standards (draft): http://www.corestandards.org/Standards/index.htm

Equipped for the Future (EFF): http://eff.cls.utk.edu/
Equipped for the Future is a national standards-based educational improvement initiative for adult basic education and English language acquisition. Here you will find content standards and a rich collection of professional development resources as well as supporting materials and products to guide adult learning, instruction, and assessment. This website brings together resources for adult learners, teachers of adults, and anyone interested in the quality and results of adult literacy programs.

Standards, reporting, outcomes, accountability and teacher credentials - what's online: http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Swearer_Center/Literacy_Resources/standards.html
This website attempts to bring together online resources for those considering, working with and/or otherwise engaged in an examination of standards and reporting issues in adult education.

Standards, Standards Initiatives, and Other Related State Resources in the U.S.

Alabama
Career/Technical Education – Curriculum Core Content Standards http://www.academicinnovations.com/docs/ALCATE.pdf

Arizona
Adult Education Standards http://www.ade.state.az.us/adult-ed/adult_ed_standards.asp

California
Adult Education Content Standards under development
http://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/pj/261
ESL Model Standards for Adult Education Programs http://www.otan.dni.us/webfarm/emailproject/standard.pdf

Florida
Adult Education Standards and Curriculum Frameworks http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/dwdframe/ad_frame.asp
Career and Technical Education Curriculum Frameworks http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/dwdframe/

Georgia
Adult Education Curriculum Framework http://literacy.myweb.uga.edu/curriculum/

Illinois
Illinois ESL Content Standards http://www.iccb.state.il.us/pdf/adulted/publications_reports/Content%20Standards_Final%20Version.pdf

Iowa
Adult Literacy Content Standards http://www.readiowa.org/standards/contentstandards.html

Kansas
Adult Education Content Standards http://www.kansasregents.org/adult_ed/Adult%20Education%20Content%20Standards.html

Kentucky
Content Standards Draft http://www.kyae.ky.gov/gedold/contentstandards.htm

Louisiana
Adult Education Content Standards (Bulletin 123) http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/family/524.html

Maine
Standards Based Curriculum http://www.maine.gov/education/aded/dev/curriculum/curriculum.htm

Maryland
Content Standards for Adult ESL/ESOL and Adult Education Technology Standards http://www.umbc.edu/alrc/standards.html

Massachusetts
Curriculum Frameworks http://www.doe.mass.edu/acls/frameworks/

Michigan
Content Standards (ABE, GED, and ESL) http://www.michigan.gov/mdcd/0,1607,7-122-1680_2798_43725---,00.html

Missouri
Adult Education and Literacy Content Standards http://dese.mo.gov/divcareered/ael_content_standards.htm

Nevada
Adult Education Content Standards http://www.literacynet.org/nevada/teachertutor.html

New York
Resource Guide and Learning Standards http://www.nald.ca/fulltext/hudson/adult_ed/cover.htm

Ohio
Standards and Benchmarks: http://literacy.kent.edu/opas/standards.html
Eureka! – Online Searchable Database: http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/

Oklahoma
EFF standards (http://eff.cls.utk.edu/fundamentals/16_standards.htm)
Oklahoma's approach to implementing ABE content standards through the EFF Center was part of a three-year training plan. Through this plan, directors and teachers were introduced to content standards and standards-based instruction. They started with reading using the Read with Understanding Curriculum Framework. Content standards in math were next introduced through the Use Math to Solve Problems and Communicate Curriculum Framework. The third phase introduced writing using the Convey Ideas in Writing standard and its curriculum framework.

Oregon
Adult Basic Skills & Educational Functioning Levels http://www.oregon.gov/CCWD/ABE/index.shtml

Pennsylvania
ESL Content Standards http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/resources_for_adult_education/9086
Foundation Skills Framework http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/resources___documents/9086/foundation_skills_framework/523305

Rhode Island
RI Adult Education Content Standards http://www.ric.edu/aepdc/priority_aecs.php

Tennessee
ESOL Curriculum Resource Book http://www.cls.utk.edu/esol_curriculum_book.html

Texas
Texas Adult Education Content Standards http://www-tcall.tamu.edu/taesp/index.htm

Vermont
http://education.vermont.gov/new/html/pgm_adulted/educators_staff.html
(EFF Standards)

Virginia
Content Standards under development.
Virginia is working to develop content standards for GED and ESOL adult education programs. Their adult education newsletter, PROGRESS, highlights their work in this area: http://www.valrc.org/publications/progress/winter2006.pdf
Content Standards in Adult Education: Recommendations from the Literature to Guide Development in Virginia- http://www.aelweb.vcu.edu/publications/standardsreport/

Washington
The Washington State Adult Learning Standards http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu/college/_e-abe_learningstandards.aspx
Adult & Family Literacy Competencies http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu/docs/education/abe/adult_and_family_lit_competencies.pdf

West Virginia
Essential IGOs (Instructional Goals and Objectives) http://wvabe.org/essential_igos.htm

Wisconsin
Wisconsin Technical College System Curriculum Bank http://curriculumbank.org/curriculumbank/index.pl

International Standards

Australia
National Reporting System http://www.nrs.dest.gov.au/nrs/1usenrs.htm

Canada
Canadian Language Benchmarks (ESL) http://language.ca/display_page.asp?page_id=206

New Zealand
Key Competencies & Draft Descriptive Standards http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=10354&indexid=11194&indexparentid=1028

Scotland
An Adult Literacy and Numeracy Curriculum Framework for Scotland http://www.lc.communitiesscotland.gov.uk/stellent/groups/public/documents/webpages/cs_008875.pdf

United Kingdom (UK)
National Standards for Adult Literacy, Numeracy, and ICT: http://www.qca.org.uk/libraryAssets/media/14130_national_standards_for_adult_literacy_numeracy_ict.pdf

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