Wednesday, September 23, 2009

International Benchmarks: Alberta

I guess I'll just go through these in order. I doesn't take long.

Alberta:

There are two basic aims of senior high school English language arts. One aim is to encourage, in students, an understanding an appreciation of the significance and artistry of literature. A second aim is to enable each student to understand and appreciate language and to use it confidently and competently for a variety of purposes, with a variety of audiences and in a variety of situations for communication, personal satisfaction and learning.

The Common Core omits the first aim entirely. Also, "personal satisfaction."

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