WIDA at Conferences

Look for us at these upcoming conferences:

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

English Learner Identification of Kindergarteners: Case Study of a U.S. District with High Students Enrollment
Alicia Kim, Mark Chapman (WIDA), Pauline Ho (former WIDA project assistant), Haeun Kim and Jeanne Beck (former WIDA summer interns).

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)

Accessibility of Kindergarten English Language Proficiency Assessments for Students with Low Vision: Considerations from Educators
Anna Rhoad-Drogalis, Laurene Christensen, Kristen Burton and Melinda Rossi (former WIDA intern)

Learn more about AERA.

WIABE Conference - April 2026

April 17-19, 2026
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin

What About Literacy? Unpacking the WIDA Language Development Standards
Grazzia María Mendoza Chirinos

Learn more about WIABE.

WABE Conference - April 2026

April 23-25, 2026
Yakima, WA

Writing with Multilingual Learners
Emma Wright Sandoval 

Learn more about WABE. 

Collaborative Vision Conference - April 2026

April 30 - May 1, 2026
Stevens Point, Wisconsin

WIDA’s Role in Supporting Multilingual Learners who are Blind or Have Low Vision
Anna Rhoad-Drogalis and Kristen Burton

Learn more about WAER.

John Slatin AccessU - May 2026

May 11-14, 2026
Austin, Texas

Using AI to Create More Ambitious, Accessible Learning Experiences
Laura Marshall

Learn more about John Slatin AccessU.
 

NJTESOL/NJBE Spring Conference - May 2026

May 19-21. 2026
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Why Multilingualism Matters: The What and the How
Grazzia Maria Mendoza Chirinos

Learn more about NJTESOL/NJBE.

Language Testing Research Colloquium - June 2026

June 2-6, 2026
Montréal, Québec, Canada

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Issues in Language Assessment: Challenges, Practical Strategies and the Role of ILTA
Monique Yoder (WIDA), Niles Zhao (National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Gladys Quevedo (Universidade de Brasília) and Richard Spiby (British Council)

Investigating the Implementation of Automated Writing Scoring for Adolescent Multilingual Learners in Grades 6-12
Mark Chapman, Katie Schultz, Ahyoung Alicia Kim, Kristin Erin Graw, Heather Elliott

Assessing Multilingual Learners in Kindergarten: Incorporating Age-Appropriate Design Features Into a High-Stakes Test
Mark Chapman, Marcy Olson, Beth DeVito, Christy Shepherd (CAL)

Gaps Between Global and Local Policy: Implications for English Learner Identification
Ahyoung Alicia Kim, Mark Chapman, Haeun Kim (University of Melbourne), Jeanne Beck (ETS) and Pauline Ho (Reed University)

Systematizing Local Concerns About a Large-Scale, Standardized Speaking Test for Young Language Learners
David MacGregor, Mark Chapman, Fabiana MacMillan, Meg Montee (Georgetown University) and Burak Senel (Iowa State University)
 

Learn more about ILTA.

2026 OPI Summer Institute
Bozeman, Montana

WIDA Assessments and Score Reports
Emma Wright Sandoval

WIDA ELD Standards and Score Reports
Emma Wright Sandoval

Learn more about OPI Summer Institute. 

National Conference on Student Assessment - June 2026

June 22-24, 2026
Austin, Texas

Connecting the Dots for Multilingual Learners: Aligning Language and Reading Data in Accountability Systems
Sam Aguirre (WIDA) and Doris Chávez-Linville (Renaissance)

Learn more about NCSA.