English Language Arts

Since the adoption of the most recent Washington State Learning Standards (WSLS) for English Language Arts (ELA) in 2011, Tacoma Public Schools has been striving to provide teachers and students with high quality resources to address these rigorous standards. 

In 2013, as a part of the commitment to provide high quality resources, SpringBoard by CollegeBoard was adopted for both middle school and high school ELA curriculum. In 2016, a team of (50+) K-12 educators came together to prioritize the WSLS for ELA, for all grades. As the next step for aligning curricular resources with the priority standards for K-12 ELA, the Curriculum and Instruction department determined that SpringBoard was in alignment for secondary ELA. 

In 2023, Savvas myView Literacy, a comprehensive ELA curriculum grounded in phonological/phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension instruction was adopted.