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WIDA MODEL Online has moved to a new platform and now offers improved accessibility, usability and efficiency to the testing experience.

WIDA now offers WIDA Alternate Screener, a specialized English language proficiency assessment for K-12 students with the most significant cognitive disabilities.

We have two new WIDA Webinars scheduled for 2025. You can register to attend in real time or to get notified once the recording is posted.

We asked educators at the 2024 WIDA Annual Conference how they honor their students' home languages and cultures. Here’s what they said!

The WIDA Language Charts are a brand-new resource that can help educators understand and communicate the expectations of the revised ACCESS for ELLs assessment (WIDA ACCESS), which will be used in the 2025-2026 WIDA testing year.

Educators working with multilingual learners often ask: How does WIDA’s work intersect with reading instruction? How does language development relate to literacy? This article shares answers to some frequently asked questions about WIDA’s role in literacy. This is part one of a two-part series.

Educators working with multilingual learners often ask: How does the science of reading apply to multilingual learners? In turn, how does the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework address the science of reading? This article shares answers to some frequently asked questions. This is part two of a two-part series.

Nicole Shimizu, Stevie Norman, Sarah Coddington and Thad Williams are presenting at the 2025 WIDA Annual Conference. Their session is rethinking how educators engage in professional development by flipping the traditional process on its head and putting students’ voices, teacher collaboration and real-time learning at the center.

Get ready to spark ideas, build connections and supercharge your teaching practices — registration for the 2025 WIDA Annual Conference is open!

This article explores ways in which inquiry, storytelling and multimodal resources can build bridges between language, culture and content learning, and encourage authentic engagement of our multilingual learners during social studies delivery and instruction each day.