The New Mexico common core content standards for English language arts are mandated for students in grades K-12. The New Mexico content standards with benchmarks and performance standards for English language arts were adopted in April 1996 as part of 6 NMAC 3.2; they were revised in June 2000. The content standards, benchmarks and performance standards for grades K-4 were again revised in April 2008, and the content standards and performance indicators for Grades 9-12 were again revised in May 2009.
N.M. Admin. Code § 6.29.13.6