Standards and Graduation Requirements
The NYS Board of Regents adopted the revised New York State Learning Standards for Languages Other Than English (LOTE) on Monday, March 15, 2021.听 听Click here to access the official press release. The revisions align the standards with both the World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages and high-leverage practices and update them to represent what students should know and be able to do in the languages and cultures which they study. The Board of Regents also adopted a regulation change to rename the learning standards from LOTE to 鈥淲orld Languages鈥 at their July 2021 meeting following a public comment on the proposed changes.
- NYS Standards for World Languages
- Understanding the Modern Language Standards
- Understanding the Classical Language Standards
- Themes and Topics
- Performance Indicators
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