The English Language Arts Proficiency Guide for Teachers of Adult Basic Education, often referred to as the ELA Proficiency Guide, is based on the ABE...

Research has identified four essential components to the process of reading and, thus, to reading instruction: alphabetics, fluency, vocabulary, and...

ELA Lens: Culturally Responsive Teaching Culturally responsive teaching is a framework that guides ELA teachers in connecting with who their learners...

The SABES ELA PD Center has developed three ELA What-to-Look-For guides (a.k.a., "Look-For" guides) in collaboration with ACLS to support teacher...

Texts that adult learners read for instruction should be at an appropriately complex level and relate to the unit topic. Care should also be taken to...

This page is intended to help ABE practitioners embed ELA skill instruction in knowledge-building lessons and units related to social studies, science...

This page shares templates and resources for developing English Language Arts curriculum for ABE in Massachusetts. ELA Templates & Guides ELA Scope &...

Click on the resource below to view a list of the English Language Arts professional development events from October 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026...

Watch a 15-minute narrated introduction to the College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education (CCRSAE) for ELA. This is an update of the...

Reading Skills for Today's Adults (RSTA) is an online collection of leveled readings addressing various topics of interest to adult learners. Each...