STANDARD COURSE OF STUDY

FOREWORD

North Carolina has had a Standard Course of Study since 1898. Since that time, curricula have been revised periodically to reflect the changing needs of students and society. The most recent revision of the complete K-12 state English Language Arts curriculum occurred in 1992. That curriculum reflected the shift in the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed by business, industry, and society to function in an information-driven world. Current revisions continue to build upon those efforts.

The revised curriculum is based upon surveys of the effectiveness of the previous curriculum, current educational research, and input from public school teachers, administrators, college and university faculties, parents, and business and community leaders. In addition, the revised curriculum is based on national curriculum standards developed jointly by the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association and on language arts standards developed by the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

The North Carolina English Language Arts Standard Course of Study clearly defines a curriculum supporting the ABC's school reform effort as well as the North Carolina Testing Program. These revisions maintain a forward focus by looking at what students will need to know and to be able to do as successful and contributing citizens in our state and nation in the years ahead

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