Currently Tested Essential Elements for English Language Arts (ELA)

The documents below detail the Essential Elements being tested. For a list of all Dynamic Learning Maps® Essential Elements, see Essential Elements for English Language Arts (pdf).

NOTE: Essential Elements marked with a gray flag gray flag are not assessed in Year-End states.

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English Language Arts Essential Elements Assessed

Key to Map Codes

Code

Description

IP

Initial Precursor

DP

Distal Precursor

PP

Proximal Precursor

T

Target

S

Successor

SP

Supporting

UN

Untested

English Language Arts Guide to EE Codes

Code

Description

RL

Reading Literature Essential Elements are assessed using stories.

RI

Reading Informational Text Essential Elements are assessed using informational texts.

L

Language Essential Elements are assessed in stories, informational texts, and writing testlets.

W

Writing Essential Elements are assessed in writing testlets.