What is ERWC? 

 

Originally created by a task force of university and high school educators as a part of the CSU’s Early Assessment Program in 2004, the ERWC was designed to improve the academic literacy of high school seniors in preparation for college. Approved by the University of California and the CSU as a year-long college-preparatory English course in 2006, students in schools that choose to offer the ERWC may take the course as their core English class in twelfth grade. Based mainly on non-fiction texts, the course emphasizes the in-depth study of expository, analytical, and argumentative reading and writing. The curriculum contains 8 modules divided into two semesters. Each module is structured by a central assignment template composed of a sequence of integrated reading and writing experiences that begin with prereading activities, move into reading and postreading activities, and continue through informal and formal writing assignments.  Meeting both high school requirements and college expectations, the course is intended to align with Common Core State Standards, and the Statements of Competencies created by the Intersegmental Council of Academic Senates articulated in Academic Literacy: A Statement of Competencies Expected of Students Entering California’s Public Colleges and Universities.