Every student, every day, is engaged in meaningful, affirming, grade-level instruction.
In accordance with
ORS 329.045, in 2026, the Oregon State Board of Education formally adopted Content Standards for English Lanaguge Arts.
The Oregon English Language Arts Standards provide a coherent set of expectations for the knowledge, skills, and practices that students will develop throughout their education. Grounded in research and informed by community input, the standards reflect national research and best practices, including the science of reading, and are informed by Oregon's Early and Adolescent Literacy Frameworks. They are based on evidence of how students develop literacy, particularly in foundational reading skills, reading literature and informational texts, writing, language development, and speaking and listening, with the goal of ensuring all students graduate proficient in literacy skills.
These standards reflect Oregon's committment to equity, excellence, and access for every student and serve as the foundation for high-quality instructional materials selection and implementation, instruciton and assessment.
Grounded in this foundation, Oregon's required
Transformative SEL Standards and
Tribal History/Shared History curriculum are to be integrated alongside ELA standards to create the conditions for learning and thriving and ensuring the histories, cultures, contributions, and sovereignty of Oregon's nine federally recognized Tribal Nations are taught accurately and with integrity.
The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) has updated its standards using a new, consistent template designed to improve clarity, usability, and coherence across content areas.
We will share updates here as future standards review or revision processes are identified. Please check back for the latest information.
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