STANDARD COURSE OF STUDY

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Department of Public Instruction gratefully acknowledges the cooperation and assistance received from individuals and groups throughout the State in this current revision process. Without such cooperation, the revisions and printing of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study would not have been possible.

We wish to express a special thanks to:

• the Office of Instructional Services for providing the leadership and vision that guided the development of this document;
• the many local educators, parents, and businesspeople who participated in the current revision process by serving on committees and reacting to draft documents;
• faculty from the institutions of higher education who advised the staff and assisted in the revision of the curriculum;
• the members of the elementary, middle, and high school curriculum revision committees who gave their time and expertise; and
• the Department of Public Instruction English Language Arts staff who carried the primary responsibility for revision and editing the curriculum.

The 1999 revision process involved on some level the entire English Language Arts community resulting in a document that North Carolina educators find useful. The 2004 process involved minor clarifications of the goals and objectives to allow more understanding of the intent of the original document. We will regularly revise the curriculum in order to meet the needs of the students of North Carolina.

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