WIDA Consortium: English Language Proficiency Standards WIDA is a consortium of states dedicated to the design and implementation of high standards and equitable educational opportunities for English language learners. To this end, the WIDA Consortium has developed English language proficiency standards and an English language proficiency test aligned with those standards (ACCESS for ELLs®). in Assessment > ACCESSwith accessassessmentstandardswida
WIDA Standards Home page World-class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) Consortium site. WIDA is a consortium of states dedicated to the design and implementation of high standards and equitable educational opportunities for English language learners.To this end, the WIDA Consortium has developed English language proficiency standards and an English language proficiency test (ACCESS for ELLs™) and is developing a system of alternate academic assessments for English language learners (SUCCESS™). Select Wizard to Download preferred formats of the standards for your grade and subjects taught. in Assessment > Standards > WIDAwith accessassessmentenglishlangaugeproficiencystandardswidaby 3 users
WIDA: CAN DO Descriptors In fall of 2008, WIDA released the following documents to provide grade level cluster-specific versions of our CAN DO Descriptors. The Descriptors are commonly used by ESL teachers in coaching general education teachers in the first steps of learning to differentiate instruction for English language learners. in Assessment > Standards > WIDAwith candescriptorsdostandardswida
WIDA: English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards All teachers with ELLs in their classes MUST SEE this site! Select the Grade level clusters PreK-5 or 6-12 and print a copy for your reference. NCLB mandated ELP Standards for all English Language Learners. These are the standards from the WIDA consortium, of which Illinois is a member in Assessment > Standards > WIDAwith elpwida
WIDA: ACCESS for ELLs® NEW ACCESS for ELLs® Sample Items! (12/18/08) WIDA is pleased to release a new set of ACCESS for ELLs® sample test items for grades 1-12. For the first time, sample items are now available to the general public to foster awareness of how this English language proficiency assessment operates. in Assessment > ACCESSwith accessassessmentsamplestestwida
WIDA: CAN DO Descriptors In fall of 2008, WIDA released the following documents to provide grade level cluster-specific versions of our CAN DO Descriptors. The Descriptors are commonly used by ESL teachers in coaching general education teachers in the first steps of learning to differentiate instruction for English language learners. in Assessment > Standards > WIDAwith assessmentcandescriptorsdowida