WIDA at Conferences

Look for us at these upcoming conferences:

Hawaii International Conference on Education - January 2026

January 8-11, 2026
Honolulu, Hawaii

Rooted in Respect: Culturally Sustaining Practices and Resources for Indigenous Student Success
Jenni Monie de Torres, Vitaliy Shyyan, Jamie Shanley (Sealaska Heritage Institute) and Gayle Miller (Lower Kuskokwim School District)

English Language Growth Trajectories of ("Long-Term") English Learners: Trends Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
Glenn Poole and Narék Sahakyan

Instructional and Assessment Considerations for Multilingual Learners who are Blind or have Low Vision
Laurene Christensen and Madison Leech (Central Bucks School District) 

Bridging Languages and Modalities: Inclusive ELP Practices for Multilingual Learners Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Laurene Christensen, Alissa Metzler and Vitaliy Shyyan

Protocols of Respect and Revitalization: Co-designing Assessment Approaches with and for Indigenous Communities
Michele Greene, Grace Li, Vitaliy Shyyan and Staci Block (California Indian Education for All)

Supporting Culturally Responsive Literacy Through Native Ways of Knowing
Vitaliy Shyyan and Staci Block (California Indian Education for All)

Learn more about the Hawaii International Conference on Education.

Washington Association for Bilingual Education Winter Institute - January 2026

January 30-31, 2026
Seattle, WA

Expanding Reading Instruction with Multilingual Learners
Alisa Rhoads

Learn more about WABE.

National Committee for Effective Literacy Summit - January 2026

January 21, 2026
Virtual Summit

From Language to Literacy: Unpacking WIDA ELD and SLD Standards
Jessica Canul Diaz

Learn more about the National Committee for Effective Literacy.

National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) Conference - February 2026

February 9-13, 2026
Chicago, Illinois

Utilizing Language Development Standards Frameworks: Integrating Content and Language in Instructional Units
Maya Martinez-Hart and Edith Nava

Learn more about NABE.

American Association For Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference - March 2026

March 21-24, 2026
Chicago, Illinois

Implementing English Language Development Standards and Transformative Practices in a Rural School District—A Case Study Approach
Hannah Park

Goals and Motivational Orientations of Multilingual International Students in English-Speaking Universities
Hannah Park

Validating language development with responsible AI: Using LLMs to support WIDA Can Do Descriptor updates
Lynn Shafer Willner

Learner-Centered Approaches in Language Assessment Research: Methodological Lessons from a K–12 Pilot Study
Fabiana MacMillan, Jason Kemp and David MacGregor

Learn more about AAAL.

National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Annual Meeting - April 2026

April 8-11, 2026
Los Angeles, California

Examining Variation in Alternate English Language Proficiency and Alternate Content Assessment Outcomes
Glenn Poole and Narék Sahakyan

Learn more about NCME.

American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting - April 2026

April 8-12, 2026
Los Angeles, California

Implementing English Language Development Standards and Transformative Practices in a Rural School District—A Case Study Approach
Hannah Park and Tim Boals

A Space for Translanguaging: Secondary Students’ Agency and Identity Construction in Multilingual Online Classroom Discussions
Hannah Park

Multimodal literacy in secondary language arts classes: High school youths’ genre appropriation through multimodal composing
Hannah Park

Fostering a Co-constructed Multimodal Learning Space Through Digital Multimodal Compositions in Elementary Multilingual Classrooms
Hannah Park

Proficiency Outcomes of English Leaners with Significant Cognitive Disabilities Before, During, and After the Pandemic
Glenn Poole and Narék Sahakyan

From Confusion to Clarity: Improving a K-12 ELP Assessment Score Report for Parents (roundtable) 
Jason A. Kemp, Alicia Kim, Fabiana MacMillan and Daisy Chang (former WIDA project assistant)

Learn more about AERA.