
Superior quality assessments of English language development
A comprehensive system of proven assessment options
WIDA offers a range of trusted assessments to meet your students’ language needs. These tools, developed in collaboration with education thought leaders and partners such as the Center for Applied Linguistics, are used across the nation and around the world.
- More than 2 million students complete ACCESS testing each year
- WIDA is the leader in assessing English learners with disabilities
- WIDA offers multimodal assessment delivery options

Featured Educator
“The WIDA tools are the baseline to what we use to properly gauge the progress our students are making within their English language proficiency.”
Ryan Ariosa, ESOL Teacher
Baltimore, Maryland

How to choose the right assessment
WIDA offers several tools for assessing your English learners. Unsure which one to use? We can help you make the right choice.
Assessments that Deliver Results

WIDA Screener
This suite of assessments is designed to help educators decide whether an incoming student in Kindergarten through grade 12 would benefit from language support services.

WIDA MODEL
This suite of flexible, on-demand English language proficiency assessments can be used to identify and monitor the progress of English learners. Scores from WIDA MODEL can be used to predict student performance on ACCESS for ELLs.

ACCESS for ELLs
This widely used suite of English language proficiency assessments is given to English learners in grades K-12 to monitor their achievement and measure their progress in English language development.