Oklahoma English language arts (ELA) teachers align their instruction to the Oklahoma Academic Standards (OAS) for ELA to ensure that all students have the opportunity to meet grade-level outcomes and are prepared for post-secondary college and careers. In grades 3 through 8 students are assessed through the Oklahoma School Testing Program (OSTP) to determine their progress toward meeting grade-level outcomes. Students enrolled in 11th grade, however, take the College- and Career-Readiness Assessment which consists of two parts. For part 1, each school district chooses to administer either the ACT or SAT, including the writing section.

The ACT is comprised of five sections, three of which relate to ELA: Reading, English, and Writing. Each section addresses particular skills, which are tied to the ACT College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS). These standards are empirically derived descriptions of the essential skills and knowledge students need to become ready for college and career, giving clear meaning to test scores and serving as a link between what students have learned and what they are ready to learn next.

In the table below, the Reading, English, and Writing ACT CCRS are grouped together by section and skill. Clicking on the skill will open a new page with a two-column table that shows connections between the 2021 Oklahoma Academic Standards (OAS) for ELA and the corresponding ACT standards. Sometimes a single objective from the OAS has been identified to correlate to the ACT, and other times a collection of objectives is necessary since the ACT often shows a range of a particular set of skills. Sections of skills are divided by dark gray lines. In the charts, some objectives from the OAS for ELA have been abridged to more closely show the correlation to the ACT; this abridgement is indicated by an asterisk (*).

When teachers use the identified OAS for ELA objectives to build lessons, they can also address the corresponding ACT standards. Some correlations are stronger than others, and teachers should determine if teaching the OAS for ELA sufficiently addresses the ACT standards or if additional instruction may be needed. Each OAS for ELA objective is linked to its objective analysis page, so teachers can gather student and teacher actions, recommendations, key terms, and related objectives.

Reading	English	Writing
Key Ideas and Details	Production of Writing	Ideas and Analysis
Close Reading	Topic Development in Terms of Purpose and Focus	Development and Support
Central Ideas, Themes, and Summaries	Organization, Unity, and Cohesion	Organization
Relationships	Knowledge of Language	Language Use and Conventions
Craft and Structure	Knowledge of Language
Word Meanings and Word Choice	Conventions of Standard English Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation
Text Structure	Sentence Structure and Formation
Purpose and Point of View	Usage Conventions
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas	Punctuation Conventions
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