Washington’s Learning Standards Review is reshaping how educators engage with standards, instructional planning, and student learning across the state. In this update session, participants will explore the latest developments from OSPI’s multi-year standards review and revision process, including newly adopted English Language Arts and Mathematics standards, upcoming revision timelines, and implementation supports. Learn how educator feedback has informed the work, discover key shifts embedded in the revised standards, and gain insight into the resources and guidance designed to support culturally responsive, inclusive, and future-focused teaching practices across Washington classrooms.
Associate Director of Learning Standards, Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Angela Allen, Associate Director of Learning Standards
564-233-9627, [email protected]
Tuesday August 11, 2026 10:00am - 11:15am PDT Orchard South
about Angela Allen, Associate Director of Learning Standards 564-233-9627, [email protected]<br>Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Washington’s Learning Standards Review is reshaping how educators engage with standards, instructional planning, and student learning across the state. In this update session, participants will explore the latest developments from OSPI’s multi-year standards review and revision process, including newly adopted English Language Arts and Mathematics standards, upcoming revision timelines, and implementation supports. Learn how educator feedback has informed the work, discover key shifts embedded in the revised standards, and gain insight into the resources and guidance designed to support culturally responsive, inclusive, and future-focused teaching practices across Washington classrooms.
Washington’s revised ELA standards mark a major structural evolution, transitioning from the rigid silos of the 2011 CCSS to a unified, cohesive literacy system. In this interactive session, educators will dive into the newly redesigned Reading Domain, which collapses separate categories—like literary texts, informational texts, and K–5 foundational skills—into a single integrated strand. Participants will explore how this updated framework pairs explicit, systematic foundational instruction simultaneously with advanced text comprehension, analysis, and evaluation across all grade levels. Through guided activities, we will unpack the newly established Priority Standards in the Reading Domain. Educators will learn how these standards were chosen based on endurance, leverage, and future readiness, shifting classroom instruction away from a checklist of text types toward dynamic, multimodal genres. Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of the new "big picture" standard structure and practical strategies to seamlessly blend decoding, linguistic comprehension, and student identity in daily lessons.
