English Language Arts 20 (2026)
ELA20.14
Analyze the credibility and effectiveness of information presented in a range of texts, including media and digital texts.
Indicators for this outcome
| (a) | Analyze factors that contribute to credibility (e.g., author expertise, institutional affiliation, purpose, transparency of sourcing) and reliability (e.g., accuracy of information, use of evidence, consistency across sources). |
| (b) | Analyze factors that contribute to a lack of credibility (e.g., unclear authorship, lack of expertise, missing source information, obvious bias, lack of transparency, misleading intent) and reliability (e.g., inaccurate information, unsupported claims, limited evidence, outdated information, inconsistency across sources). |
| (c) | Analyze how medium, modality, platform and publication context (e.g., independent journalism vs. sponsored content, news article vs. influencer post, date of publication) influence the credibility, reliability and perceived objectivity of a text. |
| (d) | Examine how persuasive techniques (e.g., loaded or emotional language, selective use of statistics, repetition, jargon, propaganda, oversimplification) can distort facts, influence perception or compromise the objectivity of information. |
| (e) | Analyze how visual or multimodal elements (e.g., image selection, layout, sound design, captioning) shape the perceived trustworthiness and tone of a source. |
| (f) | Compare sources on the same topic to identify conflicting information, omissions or alignment of facts, and evaluate how these influence understanding and interpretation. |
| (g) | Explain how personal interest, prior knowledge, bias or media habits may influence one’s evaluation of a source and identify ways to approach information more critically. |
| (h) | Reflect on which additional sources or perspectives are needed to deepen understanding. |
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