WIDA at Conferences

Look for us at these upcoming conferences:

NAELPA

February 9-10, 2026
Chicago, Illinois

Built to Last: Collaboration for Multilingual Learners Success
Sam Aguirre

Learn more about NAELPA.

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.

TESOL International Convention & Expo - March 2026

March 24-27, 2026
Salt Lake City, Utah

The Big Ideas: Strategies for Educators in Language Classrooms
Grazzia Maria Mendoza Chirinos

Teachers Leading Change Through Action Research
Grazzia Maria Mendoza Chirinos (WIDA) and Esther Bettney (MLRC)

Learn more about TESOL International Association.

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

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)

Learn more about AERA.

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.

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.