Developed by the National Council of Teachers of English Committee to Evaluate Curriculum Guidelines and Competency Requirements, this guide is intended to help teachers and administrators develop exemplary English language arts curricula. The first half of the booklet presents an annotated list of committee-recommended curriculum guides, representing a variety of sample frameworks, units, and lesson plans intended for reference use by schools and agencies in the process of developing or revising a curriculum. Grouped according to the year in which the guides were recommended (1983, 1982, and 1981), each annotation provides information on grade level, content, aims and objectives, and how to obtain the guide. The second half of the booklet contains a statement of criteria for planning and evaluating English language arts curriculum guides. Criteria are organized under the headings of philosophy, policies and procedure, objectives, organization, process as content, language, composition, media, reading and literature, evaluation, and design. (HTH)