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WIDA is proud to welcome the state of New York to the WIDA Consortium. This major milestone marks an exciting step forward for multilingual learners, educators and families across the state and across the country.

WIDA has partnered again with Centro Hispano of Dane County for their Escalera summer internship program. Centro Hispano is a nonprofit in Madison, WI that supports Latinx communities in Madison and surrounding areas. WIDA was lucky to have Sherling Garcia Vargas as the 2025 summer intern.

We’re mere weeks away from the 2025 WIDA Annual Conference! This year’s gathering of passionate educators, leaders and innovators will be in-person in Seattle, Washington, from October 28-30, 2025, with an exciting virtual day on October 27, 2025.

WIDA’s suite of assessments includes WIDA MODEL, a flexible interim assessment that gives educators like you valuable insights between annual summative testing. It can be used up to twice per year. You can also use MODEL scores to inform instruction and help you plan.

For educators working with multilingual learners with disabilities, choosing the right accommodations on WIDA assessments can feel complicated. New research sheds light on how educators make these decisions, challenges they face and how best practices can support students in showing what they know and can do.

WIDA is excited to welcome new and returning WIDA Fellows for 2025–2026. The program, launched in 2019, brings expert educators and WIDA staff together in a collaborative effort to enhance the development of WIDA products and services.

WIDA experts answer questions from educators about the relationship among the WIDA Language Charts, WIDA ACCESS and end of unit classroom assessment.

WIDA is thrilled to announce that WIDA researcher Grazzia Mendoza has been selected as one of only 20 fellows worldwide for the Women in Higher Education Fellowship.

Test developers made behind-the-scenes changes to WIDA ACCESS for the 2025-2026 school year.

This back-to-school guide tells you everything you need to know to assess, teach and grow with WIDA this school year.