| Language Arts
The Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS) set forth the basic skills for Oklahoma students. These skills are meant to be used by educators in developing language arts curriculum appropriate to the needs of their students.
There are several English/Language Arts sections in the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS), Form M:
Reading - - assesses Vocabulary, World Analysis, and Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary - - assesses the students' verbal ability
Language Arts - - assesses Listening, Spelling, Capitalization, Punctuation, and Language Usage & Expression/Writing Process
The Stanford Achievement Test, Ninth Edition (SAT-9) contains six subtests for Language Arts levels Primary 1 through Primary 3. At the higher levels, there are seven subtests.
The Oklahoma Core Curriculum Test (P.A.S.S. Exam) for reading and writing offers descriptors of student performance levels for grade 5, grade 8, and English II.
The English section of the ACT contains five reading passages and seventy-five multiple-choice questions:
* Ten questions dealing with punctuation
* Twelve questions dealing with grammar
* Eighteen questions dealing with sentence structure
* Eleven questions dealing with revising and strengthening a passage
* Twelve questions dealing with changing words for style and clarity
* Twelve questions dealing with explaining or supporting a point of view clearly and effectively
The Reading section of the ACT contains four reading passages dealing with the following topics:
* Natural Science
* Social Studies
* Humanities
* Literature
The Oklahoma PASS sets forth standards for Language Arts.
Grade 6
The Oklahoma PASS provides learning goals for language arts that students must meet by the end of sixth grade.
Language Mechanics
The Language Mechanics Unit includes comprehending and applying the rules that govern punctuation and capitalization when writing and editing written works.
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