Resources/Recursos

The WIDA Language Charts connect WIDA ACCESS test scores to the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework and make the WIDA Proficiency Level Descriptors clearer, more actionable and directly connected to classroom instruction. Use this spreadsheet version to easily copy and paste information into your own spreadsheet tools, create personalized charts or customize the charts for individual or small groups.

Use the WIDA Language Charts to do the following:

• Share and discuss students’ expressive language (speaking and writing) and interpretive language (listening and reading) development with content teachers, coaches, counselors and administrators.
• Document progress of students’ language development; plan curriculum, instruction and classroom assessment; and invite individual teachers or teams to use information for making grade-level decisions.
• Supplement WIDA ACCESS scores with individual student samples to reveal a more comprehensive portrait of a student’s language development.

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Released August 2026

The WIDA Language Charts connect WIDA ACCESS test scores to the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework and make the WIDA Proficiency Level Descriptors clearer, more actionable and directly connected to classroom instruction. Use this spreadsheet version to easily copy and paste information into your own spreadsheet tools, create personalized charts or customize the charts for individual or small groups.

Use the WIDA Language Charts to do the following:

• Share and discuss students’ expressive language (speaking and writing) and interpretive language (listening and reading) development with content teachers, coaches, counselors and administrators.
• Document progress of students’ language development; plan curriculum, instruction and classroom assessment; and invite individual teachers or teams to use information for making grade-level decisions.
• Supplement WIDA ACCESS scores with individual student samples to reveal a more comprehensive portrait of a student’s language development.

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Released August 2026

Make the WIDA Language Charts the next discussion topic of your professional learning community! Pair these slides with the WIDA Language Charts participant handout to create a facilitator toolkit. Since this slide deck takes an in-depth approach to using the Language Charts, plan at least 60-90 minutes for your collaborative group meeting. Note: Facilitators should be very familiar with the WIDA ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Edition.

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Released August 2026

Make the WIDA Language Charts the next discussion topic of your professional learning community! Pair this participant handout with the WIDA Language Charts presentation slides to create a facilitator toolkit.

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Released August 2026

Introduce colleagues to the WIDA Language Charts by using these informational PowerPoint slides.

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Released August 2026

This WIDA Snapshot offers an introduction to collaboration, one of the six ABCs of Family and Community Engagement. The ABCs of Family and Community Engagement are six key considerations for educators who support multilingual learners and their families and communities.

Released August 2026

This template illustrates the step-by-step process teachers can take to craft companion integrated learning targets for a sample science unit about the weather along with integrated learning objectives for individual lessons. For additional context, please visit the WIDA Snapshot Integrated Learning Goals, Targets and Objectives: Weaving Together Content and Language.

Released August 2026

Effective classroom assessments can be designed to recognize and build on what multilingual students already do well.

This is the first of a three-part WIDA Snapshot series on classroom assessment that looks at how teachers can: create connected learning goals, use feedback effectively, and enhance their assessment literacy.

This Snapshot explains how a teaching team worked together to develop shared learning goals and coordinated targets. These goals focus on supporting multilingual students by valuing their language skills and cultural backgrounds.

Released August 2026

Effective classroom assessments can be designed to recognize and build on what multilingual students already do well.

This is the second of a three-part WIDA Snapshot series on classroom assessment that looks at how teachers can: create connected learning goals, use feedback effectively, and enhance their assessment literacy.

This Snapshot highlights the power of teacher, peer and self-reflective feedback in elevating multilingual learners’ voices and building relationships.

Released August 2026

Effective classroom assessments can be designed to recognize and build on what multilingual students already do well.

This is the third of a three-part WIDA Snapshot series on classroom assessment that looks at how teachers can: create connected learning goals, use feedback effectively, and enhance their assessment literacy.

This Snapshot examines how developing language assessment literacy, through attention to purposes, principles and practices, supports more informed, strengths-based instructional decisions.

Released August 2026

This handout is intended to provide educators with overarching guidance on how to implement five actionable approaches for centering newcomers that foster language development, learning and community building in order to create successful outcomes for new multilingual learners in the classroom.

Released July 2026

This is the redacted version of the Annual Technical Report for ACCESS for ELLs Online Series 603, administered during the 2024-25 school year (without item information).

ACCESS for ELLs Annual Technical Reports describe the purpose and design of the assessment, the test development process, and test administration and scoring procedures. They also provide analysis of annual test results, provide validity and reliability evidence, and detail the quality control measures taken before, during, and after testing.

NOTE: Both the View and Download Now links will prompt a download of a zip file that contains three files: Part 1: Executive Summary, Purpose, Design, and Implementation Part 2: Technical Results Part 3: References

Released July 2026

This is the redacted version of the Annual Technical Report for ACCESS for ELLs Paper Series 603, administered during the 2024-25 school year (without item information).

ACCESS for ELLs Annual Technical Reports describe the purpose and design of the assessment, the test development process, and test administration and scoring procedures. They also provide analysis of annual test results, provide validity and reliability evidence, and detail the quality control measures taken before, during, and after testing.

NOTE: Both the View and Download Now links will prompt a download of a zip file that contains three files: Part 1: Executive Summary, Purpose, Design, and Implementation Part 2: Technical Results Part 3: References

Released July 2026

This Focus Bulletin describes how WIDA approaches the assessment of the language for reading for multilingual learners. We describe how the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition, informs the design of WIDA reading tests, with a focus on the WIDA ACCESS test. Through multiple examples of reading test items, we demonstrate how the language assessed on the ACCESS reading test varies by grade-level cluster and target proficiency level.

Released July 2026

This guide is meant to assist stakeholders in understanding the scores reported for WIDA MODEL test takers in Kindergarten through Grade 12.

Released July 2026

This accessibility manual was developed to guide the selection and administration of Test Administration Considerations, Universal Tools, and Accommodations for individual English Language Learners (ELLs) in order to produce valid assessment results.

Released June 2026

The aim of this interpretive guide is to help educators and families better understand the scores reported for WIDA Screener Online, WIDA Screener Paper, WIDA Screener for Kindergarten and WIDA Alternate Screener.

Released June 2026

A checklist for tracking the accommodations a student receives for WIDA ACCESS Paper.

Released June 2026

Checklist for IEP teams to prepare for administration of WIDA Alternate ACCESS.

Released June 2026

Checklist for IEP teams to prepare for administering WIDA ACCESS for Kindergarten.

Released June 2026