The standards lay out what students from kindergarten through third grade are expected to know to develop proficiency in reading in their language. The framework also reflects an Alaska Native worldview and puts emphasis on oral traditions.
Updated: 1 hour agoIñupiaq words, with their English definition under them, are posted along the walls of a classroom at Nikaitchuat Ilisagviat, an Iñupiaq immersion school in Kotzebue, on April 11, 2022.
the standards in October to the Alaska State Board of Education and Early Development. “We need to create a framework so that the schools can be part of bringing languages back into the lives of our students, into the lives of our families.”that students need to become proficient in reading by fourth grade.
“We did not lay out what proficiency is in each language, and program and district is going to need to look at it and say, ‘For our students and for our language and for our program, this is what proficiency will be,’” George said. “Our intention behind this work was not to standardize Alaska Native languages.”
The standards are organized into two categories: comprehension and foundational skills. The foundational skills category is similar to English language arts standards, George said. Comprehension includes interacting with place, understanding and vocabulary. To decide whether to implement the new reading standards for Alaska Native languages, the Board of Education will take up the matter again early next year.
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