Foreign Language

Standards and Framework

Foreign Language Challenge Standards

The California State Board of Education has not adopted content standards in the subject of Foreign Language. Foreign Language Challenge Standards are provided as a resource to help school districts establish standards for the content area.



Foreign Language Framework
The ability to communicate in a language other than one’s own enables students to grow academically and personally. The Foreign Language Framework focuses on developing the highest levels of foreign language proficiency in California students and outlines the content of the foreign language curriculum. This new 2003 edition is anchored in the Language Learning Continuum, published by the College Entrance Examination Board. The continuum provides clear benchmarks for measuring students’ ability to perform in the target language in culturally appropriate ways.


To order a printed version of the framework, contact the CDE press at 800-995-4099.



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