Fremont County School District #1

The Wyoming Department of Education is collecting informal public input on the 2025 Wyoming Standards for English Language Arts (ELA) at the request of the State Board of Education (SBE). The collected input will be shared with the SBE.

The proposed 2025 ELA Standards are designed to support strong reading, writing, speaking, and vocabulary skills from early learning through high school. The standards are now organized into four clear areas, or domains:

• Reading: Combines literature and informational text into one domain, helping students build skills across all types of texts, with increasing depth and complexity as they grow.

• Writing: Begins with basic skills like handwriting and sentence-building in the early grades, then expands into writing strong arguments, stories, and research-based pieces as students move up.

• Speaking & Listening: Encourages respectful, thoughtful conversations about ideas and texts, helping students learn how to communicate clearly and work with others.

• Vocabulary Acquisition & Use: Focuses on building strong word knowledge, which research shows is key to reading comprehension and helping students express themselves well.

Please attend a regional Public Input Session here in Lander.
September 17: 4–5:30 p.m. at the Fremont County School District #1 Central Office.

This meeting will start with a 10-minute presentation on the standards review process, the review timeline, and a question-and-answer session. The remainder of the session is dedicated to collecting public input.

Click on the link below for more information and access to an ELA Input Survey.
https://edu.wyoming.gov/wde-seeks-public-input-on-the-proposed-english-language-arts-standards/

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